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Well permit 2554-
Well permit · receipt 9104514 · 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 (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 | 35.0 ft |
| Driller | MAXEY WELL WORKS (MAXEY, JAMES W) |
| Permit issued | 1958-12-11 |
| Well completed | 1958-12-19 |
| First beneficial use | 1958-12-19 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.69488, -106.69374 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T40.0 N R3.0 E S19SWSW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24205- | Domestic | 0.39 km | — | — | — | — |
| 11469-F | Commercial | 0.39 km | 48 ft | — | — | 1965-06-24 |
| 122976- | Household use only | 0.46 km | 70 ft | — | — | 1981-11-23 |
| 86839- | Household use only | 0.56 km | 25 ft | — | — | 1976-12-16 |
| 25179- | Domestic | 0.57 km | 33 ft | — | — | — |
| 35515- | Domestic | 0.57 km | 29 ft | — | — | 1968-10-30 |
| 319164- | Household use only | 0.6 km | 400 ft | 25 ft | — | 2021-12-01 |
| 90448-F | Domestic | 0.65 km | 405 ft | 120 ft | 7.0 gpm | 2025-12-19 |
| 323112- | Household use only | 0.66 km | 400 ft | 1 ft | 15.0 gpm | 2021-11-15 |
| 142176- | Household use only | 0.68 km | — | — | — | — |
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.