Hydrohistorian
Well permit 18289-
Well permit · receipt 9091731 · 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 Abandoned |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 632.0 ft |
| Driller | RAINS, W C |
| Permit issued | 1963-12-16 |
| Well completed | 1964-01-10 |
| First beneficial use | 1964-01-10 |
| Well plugged | 1996-03-28 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.93337, -103.56275 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T24.0 S R55.0 W S27SWNW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27716-MH | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.0 km | — | — | — | — |
| 35327-MH | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.0 km | 570 ft | — | — | 1999-02-09 |
| 35686-MH | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.0 km | — | — | — | — |
| 0441852 | Domestic, Stock | 0.18 km | — | — | — | — |
| 18289--A | Domestic | 0.23 km | 603 ft | — | — | 1996-02-20 |
| 18289--A | Stock | 0.24 km | 570 ft | 180 ft | — | 1999-02-09 |
| 314429- | Domestic, Stock | 0.59 km | 570 ft | 180 ft | — | 1999-02-09 |
| 151894- | Stock | 0.62 km | 40 ft | — | — | — |
| 151894--A | Stock | 0.62 km | 30 ft | — | — | 1988-07-12 |
| 258983- | Domestic, Stock | 1.06 km | 550 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.