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Well permit 29248-
Well permit · receipt 9091897 · 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 | 538.0 ft |
| Well completed | 1966-11-05 |
| First beneficial use | 1966-11-05 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.95493, -103.59462 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T24.0 S R55.0 W S17SESW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23485- | Domestic | 0.57 km | — | — | — | — |
| 29409- | Domestic | 0.57 km | 582 ft | — | — | 1966-12-10 |
| 69-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.65 km | 735 ft | — | — | — |
| 73-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.65 km | 575 ft | — | — | — |
| 161669- | Domestic | 0.69 km | 600 ft | — | — | — |
| 161669--A | Domestic | 0.69 km | 650 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1991-09-25 |
| 162457- | Domestic | 0.72 km | 650 ft | — | — | — |
| 91372-VE | Domestic | 0.73 km | 625 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1991-09-22 |
| 162457--A | Domestic | 0.73 km | 645 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 1991-09-22 |
| 96072- | Domestic | 0.86 km | 570 ft | — | — | 1978-02-27 |
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.