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Well permit 144-RN
Well permit · receipt 9090897 · 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 General Purpose).
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 | Permit Canceled |
|---|---|
| Category | General Purpose |
| Total depth | 28.0 ft |
| Permit issued | 1960-03-17 |
| First beneficial use | 1953-06-01 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.11043, -103.86388 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T22.0 S R58.0 W S26NWNE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4465-R | Irrigation | 0.0 km | 27 ft | — | — | 1940-07-31 |
| 5756-F | Irrigation | 0.0 km | 34 ft | — | — | 1964-07-20 |
| 21890- | Domestic | 0.0 km | 32 ft | — | — | 1964-12-19 |
| 182561- | Domestic | 0.15 km | 40 ft | — | — | — |
| 196777- | Domestic | 0.19 km | 28 ft | — | — | — |
| 196746- | Domestic | 0.23 km | 26 ft | — | — | — |
| 46804- | Domestic | 0.34 km | 32 ft | — | — | 1971-06-26 |
| 4451-R | Irrigation | 0.4 km | 36 ft | — | — | 1954-07-24 |
| 5455- | Domestic | 0.4 km | 43 ft | — | — | 1960-04-12 |
| 14443-R | Irrigation | 0.4 km | 29 ft | — | — | 1956-09-01 |
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.