Hydrohistorian
Well permit 74439-
Well permit · receipt 9073141 · Division 2 · Water District 66 · Baca 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: 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 | 260.0 ft |
| Driller | HIGH PLAINS DRILLING CO. (RULE, DONALD R) |
| Permit issued | 1974-05-21 |
| Well completed | 1974-07-01 |
| First beneficial use | 1974-07-01 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.07062, -103.04742 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T34.0 S R50.0 W S21SWNW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 317665- | Stock | 0.83 km | — | — | — | — |
| 309133- | Domestic, Stock | 1.66 km | — | — | — | — |
| 344530- | Stock | 1.8 km | — | — | — | — |
| 309132- | Domestic, Stock | 2.02 km | — | — | — | — |
| 70337- | Stock | 2.28 km | 140 ft | — | — | 1973-11-03 |
| 278297- | Stock | 2.32 km | 130 ft | — | — | 2009-06-08 |
| 70769- | Stock | 2.33 km | 100 ft | — | — | 1973-10-27 |
| 316707- | Stock | 2.51 km | 110 ft | 48 ft | — | 2021-11-28 |
| 47523- | Domestic | 2.59 km | 40 ft | — | — | 1971-09-04 |
| 239577- | Stock | 3.05 km | 150 ft | — | — | 2002-12-10 |
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.