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Well permit 42620-
Well permit · receipt 9091953 · 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 | 45.0 ft |
| Well completed | 1970-08-22 |
| First beneficial use | 1970-08-22 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.04046, -103.43606 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T23.0 S R54.0 W S22NENE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14809-R | Irrigation | 0.2 km | — | — | — | — |
| 24641- | Domestic | 0.3 km | 47 ft | — | — | 1965-08-04 |
| 13596-F | Irrigation | 0.31 km | 34 ft | — | — | 1932-04-30 |
| 6486-F | Irrigation | 0.37 km | 43 ft | — | — | 1964-12-06 |
| 9082-F | Irrigation | 0.37 km | 42 ft | — | — | 1965-04-01 |
| 238695- | Domestic, Stock | 0.46 km | 48 ft | — | 12.0 gpm | 2004-01-22 |
| 248277- | Domestic | 0.53 km | 40 ft | — | — | — |
| 201492- | Commercial | 0.54 km | 42 ft | — | — | — |
| 201493- | Commercial | 0.54 km | 42 ft | — | — | — |
| 11102-R | Irrigation | 0.56 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.