Hydrohistorian
Well permit 278567-
Well permit · receipt 3632559A · Division 2 · Water District 17 · Otero County
Source DWR administrative record · verify at DWR permit record ↗
What this permit is not
A well permit is the State Engineer’s permission to construct and use a well — it is not a decreed water right and confers none. DWR’s record limits its use to: Domestic (category Residential).
It carries no WDID, so nothing on the decreed side of this site describes it. For an exempt household or stock well that is normal: such a well is exempt from administration in the priority system — a river call does not curtail it — and never needed a decree. For a non-exempt use it may mean the application expired, was denied, or was permitted under an augmentation plan DWR has not linked here. How permits, decrees and monitoring wells differ →
Permit details
| Status | Well Constructed |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 30.0 ft |
| Permit issued | 2008-09-03 |
| First beneficial use | 1940-08-31 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.06596, -103.73032 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T23.0 S R57.0 W S12NENE |
Nearby well permits
The 10 closest permits on record, as DWR describes them. Depth and static water level are what the driller reported at completion — one reading, on one day, not a monitored trend. See them on the map →
| Permit | Use | Distance | Depth | Static level | Yield | Completed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 278567--A | Domestic | 0.01 km | — | — | — | — |
| 80168--A | Domestic | 0.2 km | 27 ft | — | — | 1975-07-19 |
| 8609-AD | Commercial | 0.2 km | — | — | — | — |
| 80168- | Domestic | 0.2 km | 27 ft | — | — | 1975-07-19 |
| 195466- | Domestic | 0.22 km | 20 ft | — | — | — |
| 21558-F | Irrigation | 0.25 km | 20 ft | — | — | — |
| 40990- | Domestic | 0.25 km | 19 ft | — | — | 1970-05-02 |
| 2610-AD | Domestic, Stock | 0.44 km | — | — | — | — |
| 24757-F | Commercial | 0.53 km | 45 ft | — | 14.0 gpm | 1980-11-18 |
| 9157-F | Irrigation | 0.56 km | 45 ft | — | — | 1965-04-14 |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.