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Well permit 18620-
Well permit · receipt 9091734 · 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 | 23.0 ft |
| Well completed | 1964-02-06 |
| First beneficial use | 1964-02-06 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.12722, -103.52079 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T22.0 S R55.0 W S24NENW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88628- | Domestic | 0.23 km | 55 ft | — | — | 1977-03-20 |
| 255722- | Domestic, Stock | 0.3 km | 45 ft | — | — | — |
| 255722--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.3 km | 34 ft | — | 18.0 gpm | 2004-10-05 |
| 4059- | Domestic | 0.9 km | 28 ft | — | — | 1959-08-04 |
| 88818--A | Domestic, Stock | 1.05 km | — | — | — | — |
| 88818- | Domestic, Stock | 1.06 km | 25 ft | — | — | 1920-12-31 |
| 71920- | Domestic | 1.13 km | 45 ft | — | — | 1973-10-17 |
| 20991- | Domestic | 1.28 km | 30 ft | — | — | 1964-08-01 |
| 21091- | Domestic | 1.28 km | 24 ft | — | — | 1964-08-12 |
| 225336- | Domestic, Stock | 1.37 km | — | — | — | — |
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.