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Well permit 52979-
Well permit · receipt 9100451 · Division 3 · Water District 20 · Alamosa 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 |
| Driller | SPEELMAN DRILLING (SPEELMAN, E H) |
| Permit issued | 1972-03-14 |
| Well completed | 1972-04-07 |
| First beneficial use | 1972-04-05 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.48431, -106.01677 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T37.0 N R9.0 E S5NWNW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52978- | Stock | 0.87 km | 45 ft | — | — | 1972-04-05 |
| 6323-AD | Irrigation | 0.91 km | — | — | — | — |
| 61133- | Domestic | 1.04 km | — | — | — | — |
| 277404- | Domestic, Stock | 1.04 km | 50 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2008-08-19 |
| 0310401 | Commercial | 1.08 km | — | — | — | — |
| 54246- | Domestic | 1.1 km | 845 ft | — | — | — |
| 54243- | Domestic | 1.13 km | 845 ft | — | — | — |
| 61132- | Domestic | 1.23 km | — | — | — | — |
| 52695- | Domestic | 1.28 km | 80 ft | — | — | — |
| 52695--A | Domestic | 1.28 km | 308 ft | — | — | 2014-05-24 |
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.