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Well permit 72274-
Well permit · receipt 9123086 · 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, 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 Replaced - Abandonment Required |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 220.0 ft |
| Driller | MORTIMER WATER WELL DRILLING (MORTIMER, HARRY) |
| Permit issued | 1979-08-29 |
| Well completed | 1979-09-08 |
| First beneficial use | 1973-12-04 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.15899, -107.69704 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T34.0 N R8.0 W S27NESE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72274--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.0 km | 220 ft | — | — | 1979-09-08 |
| 70174-F | Industrial | 0.26 km | — | — | — | 1990-11-20 |
| 70206-F | Industrial | 0.27 km | — | — | — | 2008-07-31 |
| 70207-F | Industrial | 0.28 km | — | — | — | 2008-08-06 |
| 70198-F | Industrial | 0.39 km | — | — | — | 2007-10-27 |
| 70205-F | Industrial | 0.39 km | — | — | — | 2008-10-19 |
| 13390- | Domestic | 0.55 km | 170 ft | — | — | 1962-01-11 |
| 124497- | Domestic | 0.59 km | 200 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1983-04-20 |
| 300702- | Domestic | 0.59 km | 200 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1983-04-20 |
| 203302- | Domestic | 0.74 km | 200 ft | — | 3.0 gpm | 1997-08-21 |
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.