Hydrohistorian
Well permit 28554-
Well permit · receipt 9091891 · 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 | 300.0 ft |
| Well completed | 1966-08-23 |
| First beneficial use | 1966-08-23 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.72945, -103.44768 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T27.0 S R54.0 W S3NWNE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12146- | Domestic | 1.69 km | — | — | — | — |
| 21394- | Domestic | 1.69 km | — | — | — | — |
| 22627- | Domestic | 1.69 km | 30 ft | — | — | 1965-01-13 |
| 22628- | Domestic | 1.69 km | 26 ft | — | — | 1965-01-14 |
| 89319- | Domestic | 1.72 km | 34 ft | — | — | 1977-05-13 |
| 86877- | Domestic, Stock | 1.79 km | 32 ft | — | — | 1977-11-15 |
| 35832-MH | Monitoring/Sampling | 2.74 km | — | — | — | — |
| 216663- | Domestic, Stock | 2.8 km | 20 ft | — | — | 1999-05-08 |
| 294085- | Domestic, Stock | 2.97 km | 47 ft | — | — | — |
| 294099- | Domestic, Stock | 3.36 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.