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Well permit 26254-
Well permit · receipt 9091873 · 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 | 68.0 ft |
| Well completed | 1966-02-10 |
| First beneficial use | 1966-02-10 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.91855, -103.66346 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T24.0 S R56.0 W S34SWNE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 263831--A | Stock | 0.34 km | — | — | — | — |
| 263831- | Stock | 0.36 km | 50 ft | — | — | — |
| 256525- | Monitoring/Sampling | 3.07 km | 149 ft | — | — | 1996-08-07 |
| 95179- | Domestic, Stock | 3.16 km | 30 ft | — | — | — |
| 64324-F | Commercial | 3.18 km | 590 ft | — | — | 1977-06-10 |
| 91085- | Stock | 3.21 km | 590 ft | — | — | 1977-06-10 |
| 3632-AD | Irrigation | 3.23 km | — | — | — | — |
| 26654-F | Irrigation | 3.23 km | — | — | — | — |
| 273380- | Stock | 3.31 km | 680 ft | — | — | 2007-06-28 |
| 71-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 3.34 km | 465 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.