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Well permit 6936-
Well permit · receipt 9104979 · 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 Replaced - Abandonment Required |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 175.0 ft |
| Driller | SMITH DRILLING (SMITH, F R) |
| Permit issued | 1960-09-08 |
| Well completed | 1960-10-03 |
| First beneficial use | 1960-10-03 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.65965, -106.12826 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T39.0 N R8.0 E S5NWNW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5162-F | Irrigation | 0.0 km | 79 ft | — | — | 1964-04-03 |
| 13560-R | Irrigation | 0.0 km | — | — | — | — |
| 6936--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.18 km | 308 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2002-07-24 |
| 40501- | Domestic | 0.27 km | 30 ft | — | — | 1970-04-15 |
| 13558-R-R | Irrigation | 0.31 km | 100 ft | — | 1000.0 gpm | 2004-02-13 |
| 61648-F | Commercial | 0.35 km | 90 ft | — | 35.0 gpm | 2004-10-11 |
| 13559-R | Domestic, Irrigation | 0.37 km | 60 ft | — | — | 1950-06-01 |
| 6536-F-R | Irrigation | 0.39 km | 102 ft | — | 1350.0 gpm | 1993-08-20 |
| 6536-F-R | Irrigation | 0.39 km | 102 ft | 8 ft | — | 1993-08-20 |
| 96866--A | Domestic | 0.6 km | 223 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1988-06-17 |
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.