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Well permit 538-RN
Well permit · receipt 9104225 · Division 3 · Water District 20 · Rio Grande 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 General Purpose).
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 | Permit Canceled |
|---|---|
| Category | General Purpose |
| Total depth | 90.0 ft |
| Permit issued | 1960-04-30 |
| Well completed | 1947-12-31 |
| First beneficial use | 1947-12-31 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.51137, -106.14679 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T38.0 N R8.0 E S30SWNW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 282593--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.17 km | 99 ft | — | — | 2010-03-26 |
| 282593- | Domestic, Stock | 0.18 km | — | — | — | — |
| 289008- | Domestic, Stock | 0.21 km | 15 ft | — | — | — |
| 289008--A | Domestic | 0.21 km | — | — | — | — |
| 22559- | Domestic | 0.45 km | 95 ft | — | — | 1965-01-17 |
| 287545- | Domestic, Stock | 0.58 km | 177 ft | — | — | 2012-03-28 |
| 185144--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.61 km | — | — | — | — |
| 185144--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.61 km | 40 ft | — | — | 2003-06-09 |
| 185144- | Domestic, Stock | 0.62 km | 40 ft | — | — | — |
| 121931- | Stock | 0.63 km | 40 ft | — | — | 1981-11-30 |
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.