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Well permit 78697--A
Well permit · receipt 9106978 · 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 | 88.0 ft |
| Well completed | 1927-12-31 |
| First beneficial use | 1927-12-31 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.71851, -106.25448 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T40.0 N R7.0 E S18NENW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78697--A | Domestic | 0.03 km | 200 ft | 85 ft | — | 2023-02-28 |
| 253960- | Domestic, Stock | 0.08 km | 180 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2004-09-10 |
| 185414- | Domestic, Stock | 0.28 km | 80 ft | — | — | 1997-10-19 |
| 230661- | Domestic, Stock | 0.28 km | 100 ft | — | — | 2001-04-13 |
| 185414--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.28 km | 200 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2013-10-02 |
| 77207- | Domestic, Stock | 0.33 km | 93 ft | — | — | 1974-10-18 |
| 6157-AD | Irrigation | 0.35 km | — | — | — | — |
| 10947-R | Irrigation | 0.35 km | — | — | — | — |
| 2194-F | Irrigation | 0.39 km | 100 ft | — | — | 1959-06-23 |
| 10947-R-R | Irrigation | 0.42 km | 136 ft | — | 800.0 gpm | 1982-03-25 |
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.