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Well permit 3793-
Well permit · receipt 9091107 · 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: 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 | Permit Canceled |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 945.0 ft |
| Driller | RAINS, W C |
| Permit issued | 1959-07-02 |
| Well completed | 1959-08-26 |
| First beneficial use | 1959-08-26 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.07783, -103.78535 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T23.0 S R57.0 W S4SENE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11822- | Stock | 0.03 km | 950 ft | — | — | 1962-09-01 |
| 60149-F | Commercial | 0.06 km | 955 ft | — | — | 2004-03-05 |
| 22757-F | Irrigation | 0.14 km | 40 ft | — | — | — |
| 21556-F | Irrigation | 0.25 km | 35 ft | — | — | — |
| 11096-R | Irrigation | 0.31 km | 41 ft | — | 300.0 gpm | 1936-07-01 |
| 4231- | Domestic | 0.46 km | 56 ft | — | — | 1959-09-04 |
| 22974-F | Irrigation | 0.56 km | — | — | — | — |
| 12750-F-R | Commercial, Stock | 0.58 km | 955 ft | — | 50.0 gpm | 2004-06-30 |
| 12750-F | Commercial | 0.58 km | 982 ft | — | — | 1968-03-21 |
| 12750-F-R | Commercial, Stock | 0.6 km | 955 ft | — | — | 2003-05-21 |
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.