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Well permit 70698-
Well permit · receipt 9123040 · 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: 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 | 120.0 ft |
| Driller | MORTIMER WATER WELL DRILLING (MORTIMER, HARRY) |
| Permit issued | 1973-08-20 |
| Well completed | 1973-08-27 |
| First beneficial use | 1975-12-21 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.28703, -107.53415 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T35.0 N R6.0 W S21SENW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141399- | Domestic | 0.02 km | 235 ft | — | — | 1985-10-02 |
| 151744- | Domestic | 0.13 km | 147 ft | — | 8.0 gpm | 1988-07-28 |
| 104599- | Domestic, Stock | 0.21 km | 4 ft | — | — | — |
| 109543- | Domestic | 0.36 km | — | — | — | — |
| 106808--A | Domestic | 0.36 km | 202 ft | — | — | 1981-08-19 |
| 139790- | Domestic | 0.36 km | 180 ft | — | 2.0 gpm | 1986-06-27 |
| 175315- | Domestic | 0.36 km | 200 ft | — | — | 1994-07-28 |
| 157167- | Domestic | 0.39 km | — | — | — | — |
| 269475- | Domestic | 0.39 km | 300 ft | — | — | 2006-07-20 |
| 103152- | Domestic | 0.42 km | 60 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.