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Well permit 17491-
Well permit · receipt 9105713 · 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 | 98.0 ft |
| Well completed | 1977-10-03 |
| First beneficial use | 1977-10-03 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.64730, -106.23926 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T39.0 N R7.0 E S5SWSW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17491--A | Domestic | 0.0 km | — | — | — | — |
| 90660- | Household use only | 0.02 km | 93 ft | — | — | 1977-08-29 |
| 291279- | Domestic | 0.14 km | — | — | — | — |
| 291279--A | Domestic | 0.14 km | — | — | — | — |
| 40973- | Domestic | 0.17 km | 32 ft | — | — | 1970-05-20 |
| 59260-F | Domestic | 0.22 km | 120 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2003-05-20 |
| 56693-F | Household use only | 0.26 km | 120 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2001-12-10 |
| 59471-F | Domestic | 0.27 km | 120 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2003-05-21 |
| 59472-F | Domestic | 0.31 km | 120 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2003-05-22 |
| 59479-F | Domestic | 0.34 km | 120 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2003-05-29 |
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.