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Well permit 51788-
Well permit · receipt 9106331 · 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, Stock (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 | 120.0 ft |
| Driller | IRRIGATION ENGINEERING & SUPP. (BURK, COY) |
| Permit issued | 1972-02-28 |
| Well completed | 1972-07-08 |
| First beneficial use | 1972-07-08 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.61626, -106.23334 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T39.0 N R7.0 E S20NENW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51788--A | Domestic | 0.0 km | 120 ft | — | — | 1982-06-24 |
| 32572- | Stock | 0.06 km | 75 ft | — | — | 1968-07-06 |
| 132198- | Domestic, Stock | 0.27 km | 175 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1986-06-30 |
| 139671- | Household use only | 0.31 km | — | — | — | — |
| 22379--A | Domestic | 0.35 km | 194 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1983-07-06 |
| 9694- | Domestic | 0.35 km | 65 ft | — | — | 1961-12-20 |
| 22379- | Domestic | 0.35 km | 196 ft | — | — | 1972-06-30 |
| 62893- | Domestic | 0.35 km | — | — | — | — |
| 88343- | Household use only | 0.35 km | 120 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1977-10-10 |
| 157575--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.41 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.