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Well permit 70260-
Well permit · receipt 9121390 · Division 7 · Water District 29 · 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 | 75.0 ft |
| Driller | SMITH WATER WELL SERVICE (SANDERS, O L) |
| Permit issued | 1973-07-25 |
| Well completed | 1973-08-05 |
| First beneficial use | 1973-08-05 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.23264, -106.98663 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T35.0 N R1.0 W S31NENE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31861- | Domestic | 0.17 km | 60 ft | — | — | 1967-10-10 |
| 41593- | Domestic | 0.17 km | 87 ft | — | — | 1970-06-17 |
| 41661- | Domestic | 0.27 km | 86 ft | — | — | 1970-06-27 |
| 47179- | Domestic | 0.27 km | 203 ft | — | — | 1971-07-06 |
| 68723-F | Irrigation | 0.36 km | — | — | — | — |
| 19576-F | Municipal | 0.4 km | 100 ft | — | — | 1974-12-18 |
| 37957- | Domestic | 0.51 km | 65 ft | — | — | 1969-06-06 |
| 49556- | Domestic | 0.51 km | 750 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1971-11-07 |
| 29337- | Domestic | 0.55 km | 130 ft | — | — | 1966-12-01 |
| 30256- | Domestic | 0.55 km | 247 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.