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Well permit 5051-
Well permit · receipt 9121971 · Division 7 · Water District 31 · La Plata 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 | 115.0 ft |
| Driller | SLIMS WATER WELL SERVICE (MAYFIELD, RUFUS H) |
| Permit issued | 1959-12-29 |
| Well completed | 1959-12-14 |
| First beneficial use | 1959-12-14 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.03702, -107.55279 (Spotted from quarters) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T32.0 N R7.0 W S12NENE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12539- | Domestic | 0.0 km | 133 ft | — | — | 1962-07-30 |
| 94042-VE | Domestic, Stock | 0.22 km | — | — | — | — |
| 5051--A | Domestic | 0.22 km | 120 ft | — | — | 1994-03-03 |
| 165368- | Domestic, Stock | 0.24 km | 60 ft | — | — | 1993-05-13 |
| 89271- | Domestic | 0.25 km | 214 ft | — | — | 1977-05-01 |
| 74587- | Household use only | 0.41 km | 80 ft | — | — | 1974-06-23 |
| 249068- | Domestic | 0.43 km | — | — | — | — |
| 75672-F | Commercial, Industrial | 0.51 km | — | — | — | 2009-08-16 |
| 75671-F | Commercial, Industrial | 0.52 km | — | — | — | 2009-08-22 |
| 249067- | Domestic | 0.67 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.