Hydrohistorian
Well permit 71631-
Well permit · receipt 9087379 · Division 2 · Water District 16 · Huerfano 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 Replaced - Abandonment Required |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 60.0 ft |
| Driller | METZ, TOM |
| Permit issued | 1973-09-28 |
| Well completed | 1973-11-29 |
| First beneficial use | 1973-09-28 |
| Permit expires | 1975-09-28 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.42432, -105.04848 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T30.0 S R68.0 W S19SWNW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 198417- | Domestic | 0.18 km | 70 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 1997-03-17 |
| 32732- | Domestic | 0.2 km | — | — | — | — |
| 92581- | Household use only | 0.23 km | 59 ft | — | 14.0 gpm | — |
| 283697- | Stock | 0.31 km | 92 ft | — | — | 2009-08-25 |
| 71631--A | Stock | 0.32 km | 92 ft | 25 ft | — | 2009-08-25 |
| 283706- | Domestic | 0.32 km | 70 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1997-03-17 |
| 148731--A | Domestic | 0.33 km | 42 ft | — | 8.0 gpm | 1987-06-26 |
| 148731- | Domestic | 0.34 km | 10 ft | — | — | — |
| 283705--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.47 km | — | — | — | — |
| 283705- | Domestic, Stock | 0.53 km | 60 ft | — | — | 2004-11-20 |
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.