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Well permit 16719-
Well permit · receipt 9091715 · 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 | 50.0 ft |
| Well completed | 1963-08-05 |
| First beneficial use | 1963-08-05 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.13621, -103.98810 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T22.0 S R59.0 W S15SENE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 560-R | Irrigation | 0.57 km | 27 ft | — | — | — |
| 1186-R | Irrigation | 0.57 km | 40 ft | — | — | — |
| 226-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.63 km | 28 ft | — | — | — |
| 211857- | Domestic, Stock | 0.72 km | — | — | — | — |
| 295526- | Domestic | 0.72 km | 38 ft | — | 12.0 gpm | 2016-07-07 |
| 296241- | Domestic, Stock | 0.82 km | 24 ft | — | — | 1930-01-01 |
| 296241--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.82 km | — | — | — | — |
| 59962-F | Irrigation | 0.84 km | 24 ft | — | 151.0 gpm | 2003-07-10 |
| 250298- | Domestic, Stock | 0.85 km | — | — | — | — |
| 581-R | Irrigation | 0.9 km | 28 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.