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Well permit 51660-
Well permit · receipt 9103474 · Division 3 · Water District 35 · Costilla 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 | 280.0 ft |
| Driller | M & G DRILLING & SUPPLY (MERRIFIELD, C E) |
| Permit issued | 1972-02-24 |
| Well completed | 1972-03-07 |
| First beneficial use | 1972-03-01 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.33226, -105.40493 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T31.0 S R72.0 W S23SESW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 468-AD | Irrigation | 0.18 km | — | — | — | — |
| 11971-AD | Commercial | 0.22 km | — | — | — | — |
| 29051-MH | Monitoring/Sampling | 0.23 km | 300 ft | — | — | 1996-08-28 |
| 93063-VE | Household use only | 0.35 km | — | — | — | — |
| 71394- | Household use only | 0.35 km | 280 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1973-11-21 |
| 100775- | Household use only | 0.38 km | 220 ft | — | — | — |
| 79940-F | Household use only | 0.38 km | 320 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2016-08-04 |
| 47540-F | Household use only | 0.4 km | 300 ft | — | — | 1996-08-28 |
| 47540-F-R | Household use only | 0.4 km | 304 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 2000-07-10 |
| 4196-F | Irrigation | 0.43 km | 1,100 ft | — | — | 1963-06-27 |
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.