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Well permit 85617-
Well permit · receipt 9092064 · 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 | 980.0 ft |
| Permit issued | 1976-08-20 |
| First beneficial use | 1951-04-15 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.01334, -103.71798 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T23.0 S R56.0 W S30SWSE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4005919-MH | Monitoring Hole (Notice of Intent) | 0.59 km | — | — | — | — |
| 236-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.63 km | 35 ft | — | — | — |
| 250-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.63 km | 36 ft | — | — | — |
| 251-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.63 km | 36 ft | — | — | — |
| 252-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.63 km | 36 ft | — | — | — |
| 253-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.63 km | 36 ft | — | — | — |
| 254-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.63 km | 36 ft | — | — | — |
| 50927-MH | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.91 km | — | — | — | — |
| 4005920-MH | Monitoring Hole (Notice of Intent) | 0.95 km | — | — | — | — |
| 49-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 1.03 km | 47 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.