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BUHLER WELL

Structure dossier · WDID 2905037 · 2 · SAN JUAN RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:28 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.

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 1960-04-15 — 445th most senior of the 853 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: GIORDANO WELL NO 3 (1936-01-01). Immediately behind: PHELPS PUMPSITE (1965-06-01).

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
46751.402821960-04-151978-12-31 0.30.0 CCOMOTH

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 40 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 13 AF — 32% of that, and 3rd lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

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 recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
2006 10 2nd lowest of 15 · 25% of median 134 0.0
2010 14 4th lowest of 15 · 35% of median 59 0.2
2011 60 12th lowest of 15 · 150% of median 157 0.3
2012 4 1st lowest of 15 · 10% of median 61 0.0
2013 57 11th lowest of 15 · 142% of median 206 0.3
2014 66 13th lowest of 15 · 165% of median 261 0.3
2015 70 14th lowest of 15 · 175% of median 180 0.4
2016 76 15th lowest of 15 · 190% of median 197 0.3
2017 48 9th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 188 0.2
2018 40 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 174 0.2
2019 50 10th lowest of 15 · 125% of median 148 0.2
2020 27 5th lowest of 15 · 68% of median 135 0.2
2021 27 5th lowest of 15 · 68% of median 174 0.2
2022 30 7th lowest of 15 · 75% of median 195 0.6
2023 13 3rd lowest of 15 · 32% of median 136 0.1

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.