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OHLER GULCH NEAR JEFFERSON

Structure dossier · WDID 2302910 · STREAM GAGE · OHLER GULCH · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:42 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (e70d0b5) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.

Current administration

● In priority — no active call senior to this structure's rights affects its district (23 active call(s) checked).

Which of its rights get called out?

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 1878-04-01 — 543rd most senior of the 21881 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: WYATT DITCH (1878-03-12). Immediately behind: 8000760 (1878-04-01).

Decreed rights (1)

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
10318.01878-04-011889-10-18 1.630.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGOTH

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 104 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 133 AF — 127% of that, and 12th lowest of the 14 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

YearDiverted (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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2010 — no recorded volume 53 0 —
2011 113 9th lowest of 14 · 108% of median 113 80 1.6
2012 19 1st lowest of 14 · 18% of median 19 22 1.2
2013 124 11th lowest of 14 · 119% of median 124 96 1.6
2014 222 14th lowest of 14 · 212% of median 222 154 1.6
2015 187 13th lowest of 14 · 179% of median 187 151 1.6
2016 75 6th lowest of 14 · 72% of median 75 82 1.3
2017 60 5th lowest of 14 · 57% of median 60 98 1.4
2018 58 4th lowest of 14 · 56% of median 58 53 1.1
2019 99 7th lowest of 14 · 95% of median 99 105 1.6
2020 121 10th lowest of 14 · 116% of median 121 85 1.6
2021 52 2nd lowest of 14 · 50% of median 52 72 1.6
2022 54 3rd lowest of 14 · 52% of median 54 66 1.5
2023 110 8th lowest of 14 · 105% of median 110 97 1.6
2024 133 12th lowest of 14 · 127% of median 133 91 1.6

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.