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Well permit 79670-
Well permit · receipt 9106990 · 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 | 100.0 ft |
| Well completed | 1975-10-17 |
| First beneficial use | 1975-10-17 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.67651, -106.23151 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T40.0 N R7.0 E S29SWSE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11155-R | Irrigation | 0.36 km | 160 ft | — | — | — |
| 2818-AD | Irrigation | 0.51 km | — | — | — | — |
| 16084-F | Irrigation | 0.51 km | — | — | — | — |
| 17434-F | Irrigation | 0.51 km | 160 ft | — | — | 1973-07-25 |
| 17434-F-R | Irrigation | 0.51 km | 160 ft | — | 895.0 gpm | 2004-03-25 |
| 11825-F | Irrigation | 0.55 km | — | — | — | — |
| 793-R-R | Irrigation | 0.55 km | 151 ft | — | — | 1970-05-09 |
| 11147-R | Irrigation | 0.55 km | 165 ft | — | — | 1943-04-30 |
| 20217-F | Irrigation | 0.62 km | 120 ft | — | — | 1976-04-13 |
| 22872-F-R | Irrigation | 0.63 km | 180 ft | — | 1000.0 gpm | 1998-08-17 |
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.