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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8101
Description
Arkansas River Basin
State
CO
Basin
Arkansas
Water Division
2
Date
2/1/1941
Author
Uknown
Title
Lower Arkansas River Basin Run-Off and Drainage Areas Below Garden City Kansas February 1941
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<br />086-41"'91625 MR (2) <br />COLORADO ,1ATER CONS~RVATION BOARD - Engineer Department <br /> <br />February, 1941 <br /> <br />COC7~~8 <br /> <br />LO,1[ER ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN <br /> <br />l. R1m~FF. The run-off of the Arkansas River and its tributaries <br />from.Garden City, Kansas to the Mississippi River is shown on the attached <br />tabulation for a 15 year period. <br /> <br />This tabulation was prepared by building up from stations where the <br />run-off was known or could be estimated from partial records and can only be <br />considered approximate values where shown as estimates. Estimates of U. S. <br />Army Engineers on the major tributaries in the lower seotion were accepted and <br />used as noted, (r). <br /> <br />r <br /> <br />In Volume I, A~ Engineer's Report H. D. ~08, 74th Congress, 1st <br />Session p. 52 appears the followine statement on Run~ff: <br />n_ _ _ -In general, Arkansas River flows decrease from Colorado to <br />the vicinity of Hutchinson and increase from there to its mouth. Only <br />a small portion of the vatershed above Hutchinson is effective in pro- <br />ducing stream flow at this point. _ _ _ _.It <br /> <br />2. WATER FarlER - Volume I, Army Engineer's Report, H. D. 308, 74th <br />Congress, 1st Session, p. 66. Vater Fewer - - - -Conclusions. <br />"_ - _ -it is conoluded that hydro-electric power oannot be produced <br />on the lower Arkansas River as economically at this time as with steam <br />plants - - -except when such steam plants are operated on a load factor <br />of less than 19.6 percent - - - -. Cheaper and better hydro power pos- <br />sibilities exist in the ,~ite River - - - - ~ <br /> <br />A summary of Water Fewer Possibilities in the Arkansas River Basin <br />appears in tabular form on page 64 of the above report e.nd shows a cost per <br />kwh. at switchboard of 14.4 and 19.3 mills at the Kaw and Little Rock projects <br />respeotively, on the main Arkansas River. A group of three projects on the <br />lower Grand (Neosha) River with a cost of 5.5 mills per kwh. are the only <br />projects listed as economically feasible. <br /> <br />3. IRRIGATION - A summary of Irrigation Data - Arkansas River <br />Basin, Census of 1930, is given in the Report on page 67. It ShoWSI <br /> <br />" <br />, <br /> <br />Colorado <br />558,072 acres <br /> <br />346,178 aores in Colorado on Main Arkansas R. <br />2l1,755 acres in Colorado on Tributaries. <br />139 aores in Colorado on Cimarron R. <br /> <br />~,' <br />,. <br />. <br /> <br />Oklahoma <br />954 acres <br /> <br />52,988 ac res in Kansas on main Arkansas R. <br />15,793 acres in Kansas on minor Tributaries. <br />l,098 acres in Kansas on Cimarron R. <br />68,665 acres in New Lexico in So. Canadian R. Basin. <br />2,670 acres in New !.Iexico in Cimarron R. Basin. <br />319 acres in Oklahoma in So. Canadian R. Basin. <br />293 acres in Oklahoma in Cimarron R. Basin <br />3~ acres in Oklahoma in No. Canadian R. Basin <br /> <br />Kansas <br />69,'d79 acres <br /> <br />New Mexico <br />71,335 acres <br /> <br />Arkansas <br />19b,754 acres <br /> <br />7l,754 acres in Arkansas on Main Arkansas R. <br />125,000 aores in Arkansas between ,,'hite and Arkansas <br />River irrigated by pump <br />
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