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LAKE OEHM RESERVOIR (COLER SYSTEM OUTLET
Structure dossier · WDID 1603716 · 3 · CUCHARAS RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 03:48 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (2deb1d7) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.
Where it sits
Location as DWR records it. Faint dots are the neighbouring water; click any to open it.
Which of its rights are out of priority?
Not computable for this structure: this structure is not on the modelled flow network, so no reference gage can honestly stand in for it.
Where it sits in line
Priority 1868-06-08 — 53rd most senior of the 1044 structures with decreed rights in this water districtDWR's administrative subdivision of a river basin; the unit calls are usually stated in..
Under prior appropriationColorado's rule for sharing water: first in time, first in right. Age decides, not proximity or need., everything ahead of it in this line is satisfied in full before it receives any water. Immediately ahead: LAKE MIRIAM RESERVOIR (1868-06-08). Immediately behind: WALSENBURG RESERVOIR (1868-06-08).
Decreed rights (4)
| Admin noDWR's numeric encoding of a water right's seniority. Smaller is more senior; the integer part counts days from 1849-12-31 to the date that ranks the right. | AppropriatedWhen water was first put to beneficial use. It sets seniority unless a prior adjudication date is later. | AdjudicatedWhen the water court confirmed the right. A use decreed in 1975 was not a decreed use in 1955, however old the appropriation is. | AbsoluteA right actually put to use, as opposed to conditional -- a placeholder for a use not yet made. | ConditionalA right reserving a place in line for a use not yet made; it must be diligently pursued or it lapses. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6734.0 | 1868-06-08 | 1889-06-12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOMUNAUG | 10 |
| 14408.1398 | 1888-04-10 | 1898-02-23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOMUNAUG | 124 |
| 18915.18747 | 1901-04-30 | 1921-10-03 | 2295.6841 | 0.0 | A | STOIRRMUNCOMINDAUG | 249/30 |
| 20417.0 | 1905-11-25 | 1921-10-03 | 277.0891 | 0.0 | A | STOIRRMUNINDAUG | 348/63, 34 |
Legal record & documents
32 decreed actions on record across
12 court cases:
CA3266, CA1414-25, CA1414, 97CW0108C, 96CW0053, 89CW0009, 83CW0042, 10CW0061, 10CW0035, 02CW0160 and 2 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
CA3266 | 4 | 1921-10-03 | S |
CA1414-25 | 1 | 1921-10-03 | S |
CA1414 | 3 | 1921-10-03 | S |
97CW0108C | 4 | 1921-10-03 | S |
96CW0053 | 2 | 1921-10-03 | S |
89CW0009 | 2 | 1921-10-03 | S |
83CW0042 | 2 | 1921-10-03 | S |
10CW0061 | 2 | 1921-10-03 | S |
10CW0035 | 4 | 1921-10-03 | S |
02CW0160 | 2 | 1921-10-03 | S |
02CW0121 | 4 | 1921-10-03 | S |
11CW0056 | 2 | 1898-02-23 | O, S |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 0 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 0 AF — —% of that, and 1st lowest of the 8 years with a recorded volume.
This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.
| Year | Diverted (AFA volume: one acre covered a foot deep, about 326,000 gallons -- roughly a suburban household's outdoor use for a year.) | Compared with its own record | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | — | no recorded volume | 84 | 0 | — |
| 1996 | — | no recorded volume | 7 | 0 | — |
| 1997 | — | no recorded volume | 8 | 0 | — |
| 1998 | — | no recorded volume | 16 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | — | no recorded volume | 119 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | — | no recorded volume | 223 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | — | no recorded volume | 1,183 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 1st lowest of 8 · —% of median | — | 61 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 50 | 8th lowest of 8 · —% of median | — | 304 | 1.6 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1st lowest of 8 · —% of median | — | 89 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1st lowest of 8 · —% of median | — | 365 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1st lowest of 8 · —% of median | — | 304 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1st lowest of 8 · —% of median | — | 3 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1st lowest of 8 · —% of median | — | 64 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1st lowest of 8 · —% of median | — | 277 | 0.0 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 8 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade B (7/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.
The rubric, component by component
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 4 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 1669 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 7% of the irrigation seasons in 1914-2025 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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