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Well permit 12279-
Well permit · receipt 9105367 · 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 | SMITH DRILLING (SMITH, F R) |
| Well completed | 1962-09-22 |
| First beneficial use | 1962-09-22 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.66967, -106.62117 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T40.0 N R3.0 E S35NWSW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24017- | Domestic | 0.0 km | 38 ft | — | — | 1965-05-28 |
| 30838- | Domestic | 0.0 km | 34 ft | — | — | 1967-07-19 |
| 39589-F | Commercial | 0.26 km | 61 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1992-08-12 |
| 31862- | Domestic | 0.26 km | 41 ft | — | — | 1967-10-30 |
| 230655--A | Domestic | 0.26 km | 60 ft | — | — | 2001-06-28 |
| 63692-F | Municipal | 0.26 km | 65 ft | — | 50.0 gpm | 2006-03-28 |
| 239611- | Commercial | 0.27 km | 60 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2002-05-09 |
| 230655- | Domestic | 0.28 km | 40 ft | — | — | — |
| 75541-F | Commercial | 0.3 km | 60 ft | — | — | 2000-02-07 |
| 26592-F-R | Commercial | 0.33 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.