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Well permit 52247--A
Well permit · receipt 9106359 · 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 | 425.0 ft |
| Driller | M & G DRILLING & SUPPLY (MERRIFIELD, C E) |
| Permit issued | 1973-04-19 |
| Well completed | 1973-05-08 |
| First beneficial use | 1960-07-15 |
| Permit expires | 1975-04-19 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.40129, -106.06639 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T37.0 N R8.0 E S35SWSE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52247- | Domestic | 0.0 km | — | — | — | — |
| 2296-AD | Irrigation | 0.03 km | — | — | — | — |
| 12709-R | Irrigation | 0.03 km | 50 ft | — | — | 1955-06-01 |
| 909- | Domestic | 0.66 km | 315 ft | — | — | 1958-04-05 |
| 2460-F | Irrigation | 0.66 km | 490 ft | — | — | 1960-04-26 |
| 1845-R | Irrigation | 0.78 km | 333 ft | — | — | — |
| 10-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.78 km | 50 ft | — | — | — |
| 11-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.78 km | 326 ft | — | — | — |
| 246-WCB | Colorado Water Conservation Board | 0.78 km | 333 ft | — | — | — |
| 909--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.81 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.