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Well permit 15541-R
Well permit · receipt 9091690 · 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: Irrigation (category General Purpose).
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 | General Purpose |
| Total depth | 35.0 ft |
| Well completed | 1945-04-22 |
| First beneficial use | 1945-04-22 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.05301, -103.76379 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T23.0 S R57.0 W S14NWNW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 218226- | Domestic, Stock | 0.46 km | 60 ft | — | — | — |
| 218226--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.5 km | — | — | — | — |
| 5235- | Domestic | 0.58 km | 1,103 ft | — | — | 1960-03-07 |
| 158572- | Domestic | 0.61 km | — | — | — | — |
| 221-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.85 km | 930 ft | — | — | — |
| 256-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.85 km | 1,040 ft | — | — | — |
| 6641-R | Irrigation, Stock | 0.9 km | 50 ft | 35 ft | — | 1926-05-31 |
| 84114- | Stock | 0.9 km | 43 ft | — | — | 1938-04-21 |
| 16109-R | Irrigation | 0.91 km | 55 ft | — | — | 1951-08-01 |
| 16109-R-R | Irrigation | 0.95 km | 48 ft | — | 200.0 gpm | 2013-04-20 |
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.