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<br />THE AMITY MUTUAL IRRIGATION COMPANY
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<br />ItS 4o\iress or the United States, shorUy belore their 1965
<br />adjournment date, authorized the invasion of 10,000 acre leet of space
<br />in the flood control area of the reservoir by permanent pool water.
<br />The action does not, as many people seent to think, establish a per-
<br />manent pool, but merely allows the reservoir to be fUled to 10,000
<br />acre feet above the conservation pool capacity.
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<br />Storage In John Martin Reservoir In Acre Feet
<br />For Irriqation SoallOn
<br />
<br />Year
<br />
<br />April
<br />1st
<br />
<br />October
<br />31st
<br />
<br />1943. . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . .. 48,177 ............. 0
<br />1944 ....... . . . . . . . . ., 26,434 ............ 5,522
<br />1945 ....... . . . . , . . . .' 52,326 .. . . . . . . . . . . 24,500
<br />1946 , . . .......'... 55,900 ........... 0
<br />1947 . . . .......'... 64,152 ....,.'.... 0
<br />1948 . . . ... . . . . . , . . . 107,968 ........... 100,003
<br />1949 . . . . . . . . . .. 142,797 ........... 128,676
<br />1950 , . . . . . . . . . . . .. 158,411 '.......... 58,522
<br />1951 . . . .'......... 81,504........... 22,826
<br />1952 , . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 46,499 ............ 0
<br />1953 . ........,.. 21,266 ............ 0
<br />1954 . ............ 15,853 ............ 0
<br />1955 ......, . . . . . . . ,. 6,033. . . . . . . . . . . . 47,413
<br />1956 ,....... . . , . . . . .' 48,363........... 0
<br />1957 ....... . . . . , . . . . . 3,891. . . . . . . .. . 220,054
<br />1958 . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278,724 .......... 230,999
<br />1959 . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . 255,881 .........'. C
<br />1960 . . . , . , . . . . . .. 47,761 " , . . . . . . . . . 0
<br />1961 . . . . . , . . . . . . ., 22,260 ............ 0
<br />1962 , . . . , . . . . . . . .. 34,668 ............ 0
<br />1963 . .'.......... 23,189 .......,.... 0
<br />1964 .. ..... . . . . . . . . . .. 9,665 ............ 0
<br />1965 . . . . , . , ............ 3,790 ........... 375,433
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<br />SANDCREEK AND DIVERSION CANAL
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<br />The flooding in JW1e caused severe damage to this diversion
<br />structure. The gate was washed out completely and the diversion
<br />dikes were nearly eroded away. The gate structure was rebuilt with
<br />creosoted lumber and It is once more In operstlng condition.
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