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Well permit 34871-
Well permit · receipt 9091929 · 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 | 27.0 ft |
| Driller | HARRY D. FOLGER & SON (FOLGER, HARRY D) |
| Well completed | 1969-08-13 |
| First beneficial use | 1968-08-09 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.11785, -103.96531 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T22.0 S R59.0 W S24NWSW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-R | Irrigation | 0.0 km | 28 ft | — | — | 1945-06-30 |
| 1986-R | Irrigation | 0.0 km | 31 ft | — | — | — |
| 202302- | Stock | 0.15 km | 28 ft | — | — | — |
| 14853-R | Irrigation | 0.4 km | 34 ft | — | — | 1933-09-30 |
| 511-R | Irrigation | 0.57 km | 28 ft | — | — | — |
| 968-R | Irrigation | 0.57 km | 35 ft | — | — | — |
| 304721- | Domestic, Stock | 0.7 km | 21 ft | — | — | — |
| 1767-R | Irrigation | 0.81 km | 39 ft | — | — | — |
| 9588- | Domestic | 0.81 km | 30 ft | — | — | 1962-02-20 |
| 1754-R | Irrigation | 0.9 km | 32 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.