Hydrohistorian
Well permit 281822-
Well permit · receipt 3642459 · 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, Stock (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 | 27.0 ft |
| Permit issued | 2009-09-29 |
| First beneficial use | 1948-12-31 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.01897, -103.47689 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T23.0 S R54.0 W S29NWSE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 654-R-R | Irrigation | 0.32 km | 30 ft | — | — | 1968-03-21 |
| 231-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.39 km | 38 ft | — | — | — |
| 14831-R | Irrigation | 0.4 km | — | — | — | — |
| 653-R | Irrigation | 0.48 km | 46 ft | 30 ft | — | 1955-05-31 |
| 10122-R | Irrigation | 0.49 km | 50 ft | — | — | — |
| 53681-F | Commercial | 0.53 km | 46 ft | 30 ft | — | 1955-05-31 |
| 309946- | Domestic, Stock | 0.59 km | — | — | — | — |
| 309946--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.59 km | 43 ft | 16 ft | — | 2018-08-28 |
| 1791-R | Irrigation | 0.63 km | 33 ft | — | — | — |
| 313-R | Irrigation | 0.67 km | 58 ft | — | — | — |
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.