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Well permit 31526-
Well permit · receipt 9091912 · 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 | 540.0 ft |
| Well completed | 1967-08-08 |
| First beneficial use | 1967-08-08 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.99172, -103.50239 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T24.0 S R54.0 W S6SENW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0382075 | Household use only | 0.04 km | — | — | — | — |
| 96212--A | Domestic | 0.12 km | 480 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1989-10-15 |
| 96212- | Domestic | 0.12 km | 450 ft | — | — | 1978-11-18 |
| 88626- | Stock | 0.13 km | 28 ft | — | — | 1979-03-10 |
| 330530- | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.24 km | 16 ft | 15 ft | — | 2023-03-28 |
| 4003953-MH | Monitoring Hole (Notice of Intent) | 0.29 km | 19 ft | — | — | 2025-11-06 |
| 341603- | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.29 km | 14 ft | — | — | 2025-11-06 |
| 4003952-MH | Monitoring Hole (Notice of Intent) | 0.31 km | 17 ft | — | — | 2025-11-06 |
| 330529- | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.31 km | 21 ft | — | — | 2023-03-28 |
| 341602- | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.31 km | 17 ft | — | — | 2025-11-06 |
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.