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<br />_~~~ength, feet..,.....,L.".".'nn...'.:.;\}f::~:~~~~'.." 13,945~Q.,t?... '..r.;(.~ "" i".(.::iUmpactedi~~~e.~out
<br />Maximum heighf .bove stre.mbed, feet .."........., 118 . . :,,''.:J1l1''t' ,'.. l.h\. ~lud.ng '.the,' concrete. sPlllw.y sect.on,
<br />Width of ro.dway on dam, feet ':/"......'..'.".....'.. 21 .if- ,.\1, . 'C\ .t~;a'maXlm~, ' e.ghtofJ 18 feet above the streambed.
<br />. '- v-/, , ' "t he: upstream"slopo 'of the dam is protected from wave
<br />SPILLWA~ .'. .'.. "'. ~ ,'. ' ., . (. i 'ctionj.~ .rosion by stone riprap. A public roadway has
<br />Tot.llength, on~ludon~ p.ers, feet .......,......,.;~.~':-..... 1,174 >@..X'RECREATION(,;.:'J:'. .,:' eeJ'!rou~~ 'oved"'1'd.m a.nd provides e~~. .ccess to
<br />Cr:est gates. 30 x 64 ___..__m.m_.___....,..,......'...._....... 16 . ' .' , . '~'_';,., - .:.1" e"areas"afound.oIJ,;,'reservolf ,,"..:
<br />Discharge capaCity"cub. ic feet'.p~r..~::'Se.'~.~nd.,.1..ff..:..(:_{~;.~~9. ,20~. "';,.,.~:,;.:,r.'.',: '~.:. , '" . .... ~ '-'''~:'''.,'.'.;;.f,:~\;..~i: !t.'irtl." .~.,..;~...,~...~.{-..,t-t~._ ':'~.~~;4~.}.;.'\. ;.'.........'...:. ....... .,.. . ......'.:....'.-'...'::_:_;.,;': ;,,, -
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<br />O':'!LET W~RICiS" ;>1.iI';r;t;,':\:~':~,i> ..( ;:;~i ~e"ved from th.1S prolect .?d othero I,ke.t buolt .nd op'er-iJ~~ i~~~:;ltTh~'~~M~~Io~,rl~ng'c~ncr8tese~on ?f the~.m is
<br />Slu'flng. cendu.ts,. 6 x ,7V2, "--"""""""'7'"~";':';'" A, ""'f~ted ~y the Corps of Engoneers throughout the cou~try'".J ',' "';!~!'4t~<i'~Cf~~~thelbe~,,~,f,j~.",~~Jlsa~ R,ver. ThIS con-
<br />Regulating condu.ts, 4 x 4 ,--..............,',..,..........," 2.c;, ~" ..... ~.th rese!",olr I.nds open, to .11, there .re. m.ny.t.:<~crjote(~~c:ti,~'lii!n~lud~~"~n~~.,,ff1~'!'; IPIIIw.y 1,174 feet
<br />RESERVOIR ,ii'::Y}!fjji~.,.. '~;;O:i~" actIve .p~bloc u,e .re~s for ?utdoor recr~~t.on. w.te~~. l~ng,:\".t!il':~I~~ro~lIy}~o,"1r9l1eil;~s.teel gates mounted. on
<br />C f * . , :' sports, flShong .?d. bo~tong or lUst rel.xed Iov!ng. . '.., concrelt.'.p.e~;\E.~h.!i.steel:g.~;;,'~f>t';long and 30' hIgh.
<br />.p.city, .cre eet ".""".,,,...,,..,,..,.,,,,,,,;.::.:,,,..,,618,600.'. \. , Dem.n~ for Irrog.!,on ~.t~r ~ften results on.empty,~g . Ih~.;.~o,n,~r"t".)'s.till.!n,g'~sin' l>eloW'if,lie'd.m dissip.tes the
<br />FI~od control stor.ge, .cre feet*'...".,,,...,,,,,:>,'261 ,000";' ~. ohn M.rt.n ~eservolr. ThIS Iomlts the recre.t.on.1 useseriergy~JJt!ie''''I~.sed)v.ter'.be/o;.e'it f1ows'downstre.m.
<br />Conservation storage,' acre feet!' ,._,~.;~~._t....~}~~;;:~,~......357t600" f the reservoir. , i.~,':,~',~ ~ "'!'\"'.:'!f,.,r.~~'.~-"f~1':""'~''''''''~;' ';,\ ',";,!~:<<)) '," '. ?",'
<br />Water surface at spillway crest,' acres'~~".';.':'~~-::c'=~'!."n"- ,,9,000 During construction some earth.fill fQl' the dam, w. .' '" .. ,:".-: ,'~:~~;'~'~:f~ii<-,,',,_ :',;:"
<br />w..ter surf.ce at top of con,erv.tion pool, acres 11,800 - ::7- obtained from . 75-acr~ tr.ct of I.nd immedi.tely. do)\o ,"X1.,Six:9~t~:So~II';(fcoUdut~ a~~ located' in the b.se
<br />W.ter surf.ce .t top of flood control pool,'acres 17,900 ~"l str.m of the d.m. ThIS excav.ted .re., .ver.g.ng 12, "'. theconcrete~sf.iIIw.y section of the d.m. Four of
<br />Dr.in.ge are., squ.re miles'" '. 18,915 II, deep, filled with w.ter .?d fo~med Lake H.sty,' the ,sa:~.nCJ~its........:...i..r....' !..oct. .a.. ngul~r, me.suring 6' x 7~2 '. The
<br />*o~. acre-foot equals on. acr. of water on. foot dup; ....,. ,~ I nter of year.round recreation. 0 squar~"'~~,~,!~~;~~,.~~ndults. measur~ 4' ~n a Side.
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<br />~ The John ~artin Re,~erveit!irolect,..~as built by the
<br />, Corps of EnglReers.~~Afmy.,.~.d It. Hew :O'p...._'-d
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<br />'r The prajcet was aut\torixed I,y' Con9':ess)n the Rood
<br />, Control Act of 22 Jun,j;l1936, whe" the #eder.1 responsi-
<br />bility .for flood cC;;m:OI throughout the country was as-
<br />,-1" signed to the Corps of Engineers. ..'.e'_ / :;~!'"""..-. ,,;,..-
<br />~ 0" .:n... J...I... Martin Rar~r'8!r is' loCated"().~"the Arkan-
<br />sas River, 1,159 miles upstreitm".fr"", ,its, mouth and .18
<br />mi.les upstream from the' city; of Lamar. Colorado.
<br />. Construction of the project began in the1]tall of 1939.
<br />Work was suspen~d by World W.ar II from the $Pring
<br />, of 1943.to the .$Pring of I 946.;..Tho'. project w.s como' ..
<br />pleted in October!948 .t .' cost of .bout $15 million. .
<br />~he W.rDepartment Civil Appropriation Act of loot June <-If)
<br />1940 ch.nged :the .;n.me of'the project from C.ddoa
<br />. Reservoir",pro/'e. ct, t'o"'JOhn"'.'Martin'~'~eservoir,prOject. in ."
<br />honor of the .te'Congreosm.n John. A M.rtin of Colo- ..
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<br />(K A V;:mile of .the historic S.nt. ;:. T r.ii north of :Yfie .
<br />) reservoir has ^ been. in. closed by a"fence.. An. app.ropri..te. i
<br />sign perpetuates this bit of American. for posterity. . '.
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<br />",,_4:, John Ma!"!in.'ReServoir provo s space for the storage:>>
<br />f. irrigation:'!,:water;':recrE! .". and for the control ofo::
<br />oods on" fhe -Arka" . e p of the conservation
<br />nd'recrea,tioh:,lp.,Sof s 3.851. bove mean sea level.
<br />'r J a~To~'tll"~~a~v~ e sp Iw~y crest. Therefore,
<br />hen th,~"'F~~servat.on. and recreation pool i, full, the
<br />~~terl~J1..lm~. .!I~,ft..J"g.h. on the crest .g.tes. The re!7~s!, "
<br />,1; Of .store~'U!O?ilI"1!'a"'~"abo~e ele~.t.on 3,851;8. ~ IS
<br />..:p.la~ned~~%t.~~..~. w.hen;co. mbl.n~.d WIth. flows ongonat.ng
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<br />'-fI;leti'wOr~l;iifl~~~~~"<>f,the~..m, upon request of the
<br />'. '\~Ark.nsas<River;COmB!'ct.Adm.n.str.tion for'downstre.m
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<br />'...~{tip. D~!'I,'~lre.dy,exc.eCl the cost of the project. 8enefits
<br />::, ve: ,,~d'" . .... the.$92 million mark.. .
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