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Well permit 6265-
Well permit · receipt 9091237 · 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 | Well Constructed |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 102.0 ft |
| Well completed | 1960-06-08 |
| First beneficial use | 1960-06-08 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.78045, -103.47884 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T26.0 S R54.0 W S17NESE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 285209- | Stock | 0.41 km | 152 ft | — | — | 2011-09-17 |
| 289101- | Stock | 1.54 km | 200 ft | — | — | — |
| 165-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 1.72 km | 65 ft | — | — | — |
| 6266- | Stock | 1.88 km | 45 ft | — | — | 1975-08-28 |
| 11255--A | Domestic | 2.03 km | 68 ft | 48 ft | — | 2017-09-22 |
| 282925- | Domestic, Stock | 2.75 km | 60 ft | — | — | 2012-07-15 |
| 149667- | Domestic, Stock | 2.76 km | — | — | — | 1987-11-08 |
| 46-G | Other | 2.76 km | 200 ft | — | — | 1988-03-17 |
| 282924- | Domestic | 2.76 km | 300 ft | — | — | — |
| 40751- | Stock | 2.83 km | 50 ft | — | — | 1970-06-06 |
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.