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Well permit 73078-
Well permit · receipt 9106928 · 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 Constructed |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 50.0 ft |
| Driller | M & G DRILLING & SUPPLY (MERRIFIELD, C E) |
| Permit issued | 1974-01-21 |
| Well completed | 1974-03-26 |
| First beneficial use | 1974-04-30 |
| Permit expires | 1976-01-21 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.66880, -106.43203 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T40.0 N R5.0 E S33NWSE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 145553--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.43 km | 265 ft | 26 ft | 15.0 gpm | 2017-11-11 |
| 55629- | Domestic, Stock | 0.44 km | 30 ft | — | — | — |
| 145553--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.57 km | 100 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2003-05-12 |
| 145553- | Domestic | 0.58 km | 32 ft | — | — | 1951-10-23 |
| 322- | Domestic, Stock | 0.6 km | 330 ft | — | — | — |
| 55630- | Domestic, Stock | 0.62 km | 26 ft | — | — | — |
| 55630--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.62 km | 50 ft | — | 5.0 gpm | 2004-01-17 |
| 322--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.66 km | 205 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2011-07-07 |
| 73665- | Domestic | 0.72 km | 127 ft | — | — | 1974-04-17 |
| 231532- | Domestic, Stock | 0.77 km | 300 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.