Hydrohistorian
Well permit 53411-
Well permit · receipt 9092006 · 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 | 50.0 ft |
| Permit issued | 1972-03-17 |
| First beneficial use | 1956-12-30 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.06416, -103.67682 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T23.0 S R56.0 W S9SENE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3- | Domestic | 0.1 km | 34 ft | — | — | 1957-06-28 |
| 330666- | Household use only | 0.12 km | 33 ft | 14 ft | 15.0 gpm | 2025-08-28 |
| 1384-AD | Wildlife | 0.18 km | — | — | — | — |
| 6223-R | Irrigation | 0.41 km | — | — | — | — |
| 11675-R | Irrigation | 0.42 km | — | — | — | — |
| 14326- | Domestic | 0.42 km | 42 ft | — | — | 1963-03-15 |
| 14326--A | Stock | 0.55 km | 40 ft | — | — | 1986-05-08 |
| 0016244 | Irrigation | 0.6 km | — | — | — | — |
| 6223-R-R | Irrigation | 0.6 km | 35 ft | — | 300.0 gpm | 1990-10-30 |
| 86219-F | Recreation, Wildlife | 0.64 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.