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Well permit 11453-
Well permit · receipt 9091430 · 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 | 28.0 ft |
| Well completed | 1962-05-19 |
| First beneficial use | 1962-05-19 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.05678, -103.73631 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T23.0 S R57.0 W S12SWSE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4499-R | Irrigation | 0.0 km | — | — | — | — |
| 11452- | Domestic | 0.0 km | 28 ft | — | — | 1962-05-11 |
| 195462- | Domestic, Stock | 0.18 km | 27 ft | — | — | — |
| 51300-F | Irrigation | 0.2 km | — | — | — | — |
| 215633- | Domestic, Stock | 0.22 km | 30 ft | — | — | — |
| 195468- | Domestic | 0.27 km | 30 ft | — | — | — |
| 281708- | Domestic, Stock | 0.27 km | 27 ft | — | 50.0 gpm | 1959-06-15 |
| 196836- | Domestic | 0.32 km | 35 ft | — | — | — |
| 14286-R | Irrigation | 0.34 km | 30 ft | — | — | 1972-06-10 |
| 281669- | Domestic, Stock | 0.38 km | 40 ft | — | — | — |
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.