Ordinary high water line means the mark on the shores of all water that will be found by examining the bed and banks and ascertaining where the presence and action of waters are so common and usual, and so long continued in ordinary years as to mark upon the soil or vegetation a character distinct from the abutting upland. Provided, that in any area where the ordinary high water line cannot be found, the ordinary high water line adjoining saltwater is the line of mean higher high water and the ordinary high water line adjoining freshwater is the elevation of the mean annual flood.
Ordinary high water line means the mark on the shores of all
Ordinary high water line. – means the point where perennial, hydrophytic plant life converges with bare substrate (rock, gravel, sand, fines) or with substrate interspersed with annual vegetation.
More Definitions of Ordinary high water line
Ordinary high water line means the boundary between meandered sovereign lakes and rivers, except the Mississippi River, and littoral or riparian property. “Ordinary high water line” is the limit where high water occupies the land so long and continuously as to wrest terrestrial vegetation from the soil or saturate the root zone and destroy its value for agricultural purposes. “Ordinary high water line” is the boundary between upland and wetland as defined by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual dated January 1987. For Storm Lake in Buena Vista County and Clear Lake in Cerro Gordo County, the elevation has been established by adjudication. A list of elevations for the ordinary high water lines of meandered sovereign lakes, as determined by this definition and applicable court cases, is available on the department’s Web site.
Ordinary high water line means the boundary between uplands and submerged lands beneath non-tidal navigable natural water bodies.
Ordinary high water line. (OHWL) means the line on the bank or shore to which the high water ordinarily rises annually in season. (see OAR 141-085-0010 for physical characteristics that can be used to determine the OHWL in the field.)
Ordinary high water line or “OHWL” means the mark on the shores of all water that will be found by examining the bed and banks and ascertaining where the presence and action of waters are so common and usual, and so long continued in ordinary years, as to mark upon the soil or vegetation a character distinct from the abutting upland. Provided, that in any area where the ordinary high water line cannot be found, the ordinary high water line adjoining freshwater is the elevation of the mean annual flood. (WAC 220-660-030[108]). “Ordinary high water mark” on all lakes, streams, and tidal water is that mark that will be found by examining the bed and bands and ascertaining where the presence and action of waters are so common and usual, and so long continued in ordinary years, as to mark upon the soil a character distinct from that of the abutting upland in respect to vegetation as that condition exists on June 1, 1971, as it may naturally change thereafter, or as it may change thereafter in accordance with permits issued by a local government or department; provided, that in any area where the ordinary high water line cannot be found, the ordinary high water line adjoining saltwater shall be the line of mean higher high tide and the ordinary high water mark adjoining fresh water shall be the line of high water. (RCW 90.58.030(2)(b).)