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Well permit 91673-
Well permit · receipt 9092098 · 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 | 718.0 ft |
| Driller | COMANCHE WATER WELL SVC (FENNELL, JAMES) |
| Permit issued | 1977-07-21 |
| Well completed | 1977-10-31 |
| First beneficial use | 1978-03-10 |
| Permit expires | 1979-07-21 |
Location
| Coordinates | 38.06897, -103.59187 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T23.0 S R55.0 W S8NWNE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 340970- | Domestic, Stock | 0.51 km | 32 ft | — | — | 1921-08-21 |
| 92-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.75 km | 66 ft | — | — | — |
| 156-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.75 km | 60 ft | — | — | — |
| 157-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.75 km | 36 ft | — | — | — |
| 340971- | Domestic, Stock | 1.28 km | 28 ft | — | — | 1972-04-05 |
| 46063-MH | Monitoring/Sampling | 1.43 km | — | — | — | — |
| 46064-MH | Monitoring/Sampling | 1.43 km | — | — | — | — |
| 259820- | Domestic, Stock | 1.45 km | — | — | — | — |
| 12284-AD | Commercial, Municipal | 1.52 km | — | — | — | — |
| 11871- | Domestic, Stock | 1.52 km | 655 ft | — | — | 1962-07-20 |
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.