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Well permit 278539-
Well permit · receipt 9304003 · Division 3 · Water District 20 · Rio Grande 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 Constructed |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 254.0 ft |
| Driller | L D SPENCER DRILLING & PUMP (SPENCER, LONNIE D.) |
| Permit issued | 2008-08-29 |
| Well completed | 2008-09-22 |
| Permit expires | 2010-08-29 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.70256, -106.56817 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | N PM, T40.0 N R4.0 E S20SWNW |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 275913- | Domestic, Stock | 0.37 km | 204 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 2007-11-20 |
| 322849- | Domestic, Stock | 0.49 km | 270 ft | 23 ft | 15.0 gpm | 2021-09-13 |
| 158876- | Household use only | 0.5 km | 49 ft | — | — | 1990-12-12 |
| 332458- | Domestic | 0.51 km | 325 ft | 82 ft | — | 2023-12-01 |
| 110721- | Household use only | 0.52 km | 201 ft | — | — | 1981-07-28 |
| 325827- | Domestic | 0.58 km | 220 ft | 40 ft | — | 2022-03-31 |
| 84692-F | Household use only | 0.79 km | 325 ft | 21 ft | 15.0 gpm | 2021-02-03 |
| 68893-F | Domestic | 0.79 km | 410 ft | — | 13.0 gpm | 2010-02-12 |
| 54483-F | Household use only | 0.81 km | 84 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1997-11-09 |
| 204487- | Domestic, Stock | 0.82 km | 84 ft | — | 15.0 gpm | 1997-11-09 |
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.