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<br />'. <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />) <br /> <br />form one unit of a reservoir plan for the control of flood v~ters in <br />the lIorth Canadian River watershed. Wolf Creek has a rather steep <br />watershed and rapid run-off. It is 85 miles in length and oomprises <br />an area of 1.650 square miles. The greatest knor.n flood on the creek <br />occured in October 1923 ,then the estimated peak flow at Supply was <br />45,000 e.f.s. The dam is an earth da.c approxicately 75 feet high and <br />2 miles long. The main embankment is now completed except for the 1310- <br />,ure section across the stream. The outlet TIorks and control structures <br />are now under contraot. The third and final contract vdll be awarded <br />prior to the end of the fiscal year for the spilbvay and the closure of <br />the dam. The total estimated OQst will be ';8,600,000. The reservoir <br />will have a storage capacity of approxtmately 118,000 aere-feet# of <br />which 16#000 Vodll be allocated to conservation purposes. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />e. Hulah Reservoir. <br /> <br />This dam is now under design. It will be an earth struo- <br />ture approximately 65 feet high. providing 295,000 acre~feet of capacity. <br />of which 280#000 will be for flood oontrol. The latest estimated cost is <br />..;8.180,000. <br /> <br />f. Great Salt Plains Reservoir. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The Great Salt Plains Dam is no~ nJarin~ completion. It <br />is located across the Salt Fork of the :uokansas River where the river <br />emerges from the Great Salt Plains from "rhich the project derives its <br />name. This is also one of the comprehensive plnns for flood control of <br />the nrkansas River and is de15gned for the immediate protection of the <br />Salt Fork valley. The dam will provide partial control of floods from <br />a drainage area of 3,000 square ~iles. It will provide 317,000 acre~ <br />feet of storage of ~hich 260,000 are flood control. It is an earth- <br />fUled dam with a maximum height of 68 feet and n longth of 1 mile. <br />The total estimated cost 15 ;4,500,000. The 1938 Flood Control i~ct <br />authorized the general comprehensive plan for flood control and other <br />purposes in the l~rkansa8 River basin as set forth in Flood Control Com- <br />mittee Document no. 1# 75th Cont;ress. lst Session, with such modifica- <br />tions as in the disoretion of the Seoretary of ':ar and the Chief of <br />Engineers may be advisable. <br /> <br />B. Comprehensive Flood Control Plan. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />1. The 1938 Flood Control ACt approved the goneral comprehensive <br />plan for flood control and other INrposes in the .1.rknns9.s River basin 9.S <br />set forth in Flood Control Co~ittee Document No.1. 75th COUGress. 1st <br />Session, with such ~difications as, in the disc~etion of the Seoretary <br />of ~ar and the Chief of Engineers, may be desirable. The Document recom- <br />mended a system of 7 reservoirs on the Arkansas River having a capacity of <br />6,055,000 acre-feet, at an estimated cost of )44.700#000. The report of <br />the Committee on Flood Control. HOuse of Representatives, dated LAy 13, <br />1938, states that the reservoirs have been studied in the light of the <br />most recant data. It states that the Pensacola ~eservoir has been au- <br />thoriz. ed for constr.lction by the ?1M, and that the Chief of Engineers has <br /> <br />) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />2408 <br />