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Well permit 68449-
Well permit · receipt 9103586 · 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 | 260.0 ft |
| Driller | IRRIGATION ENGINEERING & SUPP (MERIWETHER, GEORGE D.) |
| Permit issued | 1973-04-17 |
| Well completed | 1974-09-27 |
| First beneficial use | 1974-09-27 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.41129, -105.41962 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T30.0 S R72.0 W S27SWNE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90332-F | Domestic | 0.25 km | 180 ft | 95 ft | — | 2025-11-26 |
| 79466-F | Domestic | 0.75 km | 200 ft | — | 10.0 gpm | 2016-01-08 |
| 222602- | Domestic | 0.83 km | 170 ft | — | — | — |
| 116616- | Household use only | 0.84 km | 76 ft | 12 ft | — | 1981-02-10 |
| 75753-F | Domestic | 0.86 km | 80 ft | — | 13.0 gpm | 2012-02-22 |
| 89429-F | Household use only | 0.91 km | 105 ft | 35 ft | — | 2024-09-08 |
| 339948- | Household use only | 0.93 km | 140 ft | 20 ft | 15.0 gpm | 2025-09-15 |
| 45362-F | Household use only | 0.95 km | 200 ft | — | 12.0 gpm | 1981-09-15 |
| 117603- | Domestic | 0.96 km | 200 ft | — | — | 1981-09-15 |
| 222601- | Domestic, Stock | 1.05 km | 95 ft | — | — | 2001-07-12 |
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.