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Well permit 545-R
Well permit · receipt 9104233 · 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: Irrigation (category General Purpose).
This one is tied to a decreed structure (WDID 2006213, linked above): if it is a non-exempt well, that is where its priority date and any augmentation obligation live, and this page is only the construction record. How permits, decrees and monitoring wells differ →
Permit details
| Status | Well Constructed |
|---|---|
| Category | General Purpose |
| Total depth | 220.0 ft |
| Permit issued | 1959-08-17 |
| First beneficial use | 1939-11-30 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.49689, -106.10097 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T38.0 N R8.0 E S33SWNE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 541-R | Irrigation | 0.4 km | 320 ft | — | — | 1905-01-01 |
| 546-R | Irrigation | 0.41 km | 195 ft | — | — | — |
| 544-R | Irrigation | 0.57 km | 160 ft | — | — | — |
| 540-R | Irrigation | 0.81 km | 305 ft | — | — | 1905-01-01 |
| 542-R | Irrigation | 0.81 km | 320 ft | — | — | — |
| 543-R | Irrigation | 0.81 km | 280 ft | — | — | — |
| 538-R | Irrigation | 0.9 km | 200 ft | — | — | — |
| 539-R | Irrigation | 0.9 km | 300 ft | — | — | 1905-01-01 |
| 445-R | Irrigation | 1.14 km | 896 ft | — | — | — |
| 534-R | Irrigation | 1.14 km | 80 ft | — | — | — |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record, last updated 1998-10-09. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.