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Well permit 31531-
Well permit · receipt 9106100 · 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 | 64.0 ft |
| Driller | SMITH DRILLING (SMITH, F R) |
| Permit issued | 1967-07-18 |
| Well completed | 1967-11-11 |
| First beneficial use | 1967-11-11 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.73542, -106.14659 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T40.0 N R8.0 E S6SWSW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28722-F | Commercial | 0.1 km | 160 ft | — | 20.0 gpm | 1985-05-25 |
| 57640- | Domestic | 0.1 km | 120 ft | — | — | — |
| 670-R-R | Irrigation | 0.18 km | 95 ft | — | 1600.0 gpm | 1977-01-11 |
| 31531--A | Domestic | 0.19 km | 80 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2013-05-30 |
| 671-R | Irrigation | 0.2 km | 60 ft | — | — | — |
| 673-R | Irrigation | 0.23 km | 90 ft | — | — | — |
| 89402-F | Commercial | 0.25 km | 110 ft | 20 ft | 150.0 gpm | 2025-06-15 |
| 84078-F | Commercial, Fire | 0.25 km | — | — | — | — |
| 21727-F | Irrigation | 0.28 km | 106 ft | — | — | 1978-09-28 |
| 60631--A | Domestic | 0.31 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.