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Well permit 15471-
Well permit · receipt 9105645 · 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 | 40.0 ft |
| Driller | COOPER DRILLING INC. (COOPER, JAMES G) |
| Permit issued | 1963-05-22 |
| Well completed | 1963-05-25 |
| First beneficial use | 1963-05-25 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.66676, -106.30717 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T40.0 N R6.0 E S34NESW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15471--A | Domestic | 0.25 km | 240 ft | — | — | 1994-04-18 |
| 0244604 | Household use only | 0.3 km | — | — | — | — |
| 108121- | Domestic | 0.35 km | 39 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1980-02-26 |
| 45717- | Domestic | 0.47 km | 34 ft | — | — | 1971-05-21 |
| 51878--A | Domestic | 0.55 km | — | — | — | — |
| 51878--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.65 km | 100 ft | 18 ft | — | 2022-09-03 |
| 51878- | Domestic | 0.66 km | 14 ft | — | — | 1946-04-30 |
| 51877- | Domestic | 0.67 km | 24 ft | — | — | — |
| 80153- | Other | 0.72 km | 16 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1976-08-31 |
| 243209- | Domestic | 0.72 km | 50 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.