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<br />B-12. Diversions by ditches in Co/orall!.) Water Distncts 14 ;lllll 1'7. <br />B-I~. Divcrsiuns by ditches in Colorado Water District 67. <br />B-14. DIversions by ditches in Kansas. Statdine to Gardell City. <br />B-15. Summary tabulation. <br /> <br />,~. Caf..{ing SIalinus <br /> <br />The disastrous May flood on the Purgatoire River Ill';lr LIS Anima~ <br />destroyed the left end of the highway bridge and the new left bank <br />gaging st;ltllln whkh was attached to the bridge. However. the stream <br />bed ag.lin shifted to the right b;tnk SP a recording gage was installed in <br />the right hank gaging structure \>\.'ith littlc loss in record. The other <br />Compact stCl.tions \I,'crc continu..:d in operation throughout tile ycar with <br />only minor operating djfficulties. <br />Although not required for administr;ltion of the Compact, gagjn~ <br />statiuns have been established with the cooperation of the City of <br />Trinidad on the Arkansas Rivc:r ;1t the Hoehne Dam and on San Fr<ln- <br />cisco Creek ne;1r Alf;1lfa. Records from these stations \vill be useful to <br />the Administr<ltion in determining tnc effect of upstream devc\0pments <br />nn the water supply for John Martin Re~ervoir. <br />4-Arkans;1s River Compact-7970- <br />Since the May floods on the Arkansas and Purgatoire River.:; Wl'fC <br />the most destructive in recent ycars, the Geological Survey culleo.:tec.l in- <br />formation on peak discharge ;J.t about forty points on these streams and <br />their tnbut,lries. Whln checkcd for ;J.ccuracy amJ interpreted these dat;'! <br />will form the b;1sis for a complete report on the naod. <br /> <br />9. Finclin1{s of Fact by the Administration <br /> <br />(a) The Administr;ltion in accordance with Article IV. Sectioll <br />~ (h) (If the By-L:lws, considered by telephone on April ~), 1955. thc <br />yucstion ()f fiml1l1g the Reservoir empty of winter stored water on April <br />17. 195.1 ;lIld giving notice to the St:lte Engineer of Colorado that pri' <br />llrity administr:ltion \vould commence on April 14, 1955. As a result <br />r)f ,dnrm;ltive action taken on April 9, 1955 the State Engineer of Colo- <br />radu \VdS notified that, on April 14, 1955, unless a change pf conditions <br />justified cancellation or mnuification of that notice, priority administration <br />should commence, and decreed rights of water users in Colorado would <br />he ;1dministered by C(llorado under Artick V-F of the Compact. <br />The Rcservoir was emptied April 17. 1955 at 12 Noon. <br /> <br />(b) General rains throughout the valle)' On May lR and 19 caused <br />rUllo>> helow the lbm in such l..JlI.lntity th;tt the g;ltes \vere closed on tne <br />dam at 7 A.M.. M.y 19, 1955. <br />On May 19. 1955. the administration in accordance with Article <br />IV Section 3 (b) of the By-Laws, determined that there was in the <br />Conservation Pool, and in the Purgatoire and Arkansas Rivers as re- <br />corJcd at the Las AnimCl.s gaging stations, water available ;H 6 P.M. <br />May 19, 1955 for release to water users in Kansas. and Colorado Water <br />District No. 67 :l.':i provided in the compClct ;uld notice \1.:;\.5 given this <br />elate to the State Engineer of Colorado under the prnvi:,ions of Article <br />V-F qf tI-..c Ark;m~as River Compact. <br /> <br />\0 <br /> <br />-I <br />