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Well permit 5042-
Well permit · receipt 9091171 · 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 | 670.0 ft |
| Well completed | 1959-12-31 |
| First beneficial use | 1959-12-31 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.00579, -103.57089 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T23.0 S R55.0 W S33SWNE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2649-F | Irrigation | 0.0 km | 38 ft | — | — | 1960-07-11 |
| 6385- | Domestic | 0.0 km | 34 ft | — | — | 1960-07-12 |
| 14763-R | Irrigation | 0.0 km | 21 ft | — | — | — |
| 293807- | Irrigation, Stock | 0.29 km | 35 ft | — | — | — |
| 95373- | Domestic | 0.31 km | 40 ft | — | — | — |
| 44-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.31 km | 44 ft | — | — | — |
| 46-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.31 km | 40 ft | — | — | — |
| 47-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.31 km | 30 ft | — | — | — |
| 203-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.31 km | 39 ft | — | — | — |
| 2540-F | Irrigation | 0.36 km | 45 ft | — | — | 1960-05-05 |
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.