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Well permit 87556-
Well permit · receipt 9092075 · 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, 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 | 29.0 ft |
| Permit issued | 1976-12-01 |
| First beneficial use | 1930-12-31 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.12537, -104.02489 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T22.0 S R59.0 W S20NENE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 759-R | Municipal | 0.0 km | 31 ft | — | — | — |
| 760-R | Municipal | 0.0 km | 30 ft | — | — | — |
| 7662- | Domestic | 0.0 km | 15 ft | — | — | 1958-08-01 |
| 10499- | Domestic | 0.0 km | 28 ft | 7 ft | — | 1933-12-31 |
| 274731- | Domestic | 0.04 km | 40 ft | — | — | — |
| 274731--A | Domestic | 0.04 km | 35 ft | — | — | 2009-08-03 |
| 784-RN | Domestic | 0.08 km | 31 ft | — | — | 1958-04-30 |
| 2338-AD | Municipal | 0.14 km | — | — | — | — |
| 759-R-R | Other | 0.14 km | — | — | — | 1975-02-07 |
| 759-R-R | Municipal | 0.14 km | 31 ft | — | 220.0 gpm | 1975-02-07 |
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.