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Well permit 38257-
Well permit · receipt 9091939 · 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 | 40.0 ft |
| Well completed | 1969-06-24 |
| First beneficial use | 1969-06-24 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.00264, -103.53471 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T23.0 S R55.0 W S35NWSE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 195489- | Domestic | 0.06 km | 35 ft | — | — | — |
| 193347- | Domestic | 0.08 km | 36 ft | — | — | — |
| 195490- | Domestic | 0.21 km | 35 ft | — | — | — |
| 248250- | Domestic | 0.21 km | 40 ft | — | — | — |
| 196659--A | Domestic | 0.22 km | 45 ft | — | — | 1997-07-09 |
| 244730- | Domestic | 0.22 km | 45 ft | — | — | — |
| 304640- | Domestic | 0.22 km | 40 ft | — | — | — |
| 195491- | Domestic | 0.26 km | 42 ft | — | — | — |
| 249275- | Domestic | 0.29 km | 32 ft | — | — | — |
| 22742-F | Irrigation | 0.29 km | 29 ft | — | — | 1935-12-31 |
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.