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Well permit 4684-
Well permit · receipt 9091156 · 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 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 | 555.0 ft |
| Driller | WIMP ORMSBEE DRILLING (WIMP, ) |
| Permit issued | 1959-10-14 |
| Well completed | 1959-10-17 |
| First beneficial use | 1959-10-17 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.96596, -103.56711 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T24.0 S R55.0 W S16NENE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24270-F | Domestic, Municipal | 0.18 km | 555 ft | — | — | 1959-10-17 |
| 29195- | Domestic | 0.41 km | — | — | — | — |
| 29968- | Domestic | 0.41 km | — | — | — | — |
| 103491- | Domestic, Stock | 0.63 km | 310 ft | — | — | — |
| 20239- | Domestic, Stock | 0.81 km | 490 ft | — | — | 1964-07-02 |
| 20692- | Domestic, Stock | 0.81 km | 496 ft | — | — | 1964-07-31 |
| 15-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.86 km | 62 ft | — | — | — |
| 70-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.86 km | 430 ft | — | — | — |
| 75-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.86 km | 570 ft | — | — | — |
| 30712-MH | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.91 km | — | — | — | — |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record, last updated 1998-09-24. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.