Hydrohistorian
Well permit 26870-
Well permit · receipt 9091879 · 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 | 60.0 ft |
| Well completed | 1966-04-21 |
| First beneficial use | 1966-04-21 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.09663, -103.75433 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T22.0 S R57.0 W S35NWNE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0007604 | Unknown | 0.4 km | — | — | — | — |
| 46949- | Domestic, Stock | 0.4 km | — | — | — | — |
| 46950- | Domestic, Stock | 0.4 km | — | — | — | — |
| 46951- | Domestic, Stock | 0.4 km | — | — | — | — |
| 46952- | Domestic, Stock | 0.4 km | — | — | — | — |
| 46953- | Domestic, Stock | 0.4 km | — | — | — | — |
| 46954- | Domestic, Stock | 0.56 km | — | — | — | — |
| 46955- | Domestic, Stock | 0.56 km | — | — | — | — |
| 46944- | Domestic, Stock | 0.57 km | — | — | — | — |
| 46947- | Domestic, Stock | 0.57 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.