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Well permit 68228-
Well permit · receipt 9121384 · Division 7 · Water District 78 · Archuleta 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 | 165.0 ft |
| Driller | SMITH WATER WELL SERVICE (SANDERS, O L) |
| Permit issued | 1973-03-29 |
| Well completed | 1973-06-16 |
| First beneficial use | 1973-09-01 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.23893, -107.16552 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T34.0 N R3.0 W S1SWSW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75825--A | Household use only | 0.05 km | 166 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1981-07-23 |
| 151558- | Household use only | 0.07 km | 260 ft | — | — | 1988-08-09 |
| 236504- | Commercial | 0.09 km | 180 ft | — | 0.2 gpm | 2002-01-14 |
| 94230- | Domestic | 0.09 km | 200 ft | — | — | 1977-11-02 |
| 141998- | Household use only | 0.1 km | 340 ft | — | — | 1985-11-20 |
| 319809- | Household use only | 0.17 km | 370 ft | 20 ft | 10.0 gpm | 2021-02-05 |
| 87079--A | Household use only | 0.21 km | 307 ft | — | — | 1978-07-22 |
| 87079- | Domestic | 0.21 km | 121 ft | — | — | 1976-11-19 |
| 85231- | Domestic | 0.24 km | 195 ft | — | 6.0 gpm | 1977-06-28 |
| 181390- | Household use only | 0.28 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.