Hydrohistorian
Well permit 6168-R
Well permit · receipt 9104836 · 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).
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 | General Purpose |
| Total depth | 30.0 ft |
| Permit issued | 1958-08-29 |
| First beneficial use | 1940-12-31 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.66661, -106.10993 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T40.0 N R8.0 E S33NWSW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6169-R | Irrigation | 0.0 km | 85 ft | — | — | — |
| 21996- | Domestic | 0.0 km | 250 ft | — | — | 1964-11-06 |
| 3945-F | Irrigation | 0.18 km | 80 ft | — | — | 1963-03-02 |
| 21996--A | Domestic | 0.22 km | 303 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2004-09-03 |
| 1812-R | Irrigation | 0.23 km | 75 ft | — | — | — |
| 13852-AD | Other | 0.25 km | — | — | — | — |
| 1811-R | Irrigation | 0.27 km | 35 ft | — | — | 1936-12-01 |
| 292352- | Domestic | 0.29 km | 90 ft | — | — | — |
| 292352--A | Domestic | 0.29 km | 90 ft | — | — | 2013-09-12 |
| 11293-R | Irrigation | 0.32 km | 42 ft | — | — | — |
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.