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<br />6 THE ARKANSAS Rrvlfu FLOOD OF JYNE 3-5, 1921.
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<br />. addition every effort has been made to obtain the best possible data
<br />for determining the maximum and total discharge of the Arkansas at
<br />Pueblo. Although no field work was done below the mouth of St.
<br />Charles River, available data regarding the flood in that part of the
<br />Arkansas Valley have been compiled and are presented in this report.
<br />The field work, which was begun July 6, was in charge of Edward
<br />E. Jones, assisted by Kendall K. Hoyt. The computations connected
<br />with the field work were made by Mr. Jones, assisted by P.V. H~dges.
<br />The office studies were made and the report was prepared by Robert
<br />Follansbee, assisted by P. V. Hodges, J. B. Spiegel, and Mrs. Esther
<br />, D. Rae. " .' '" . '. '.' .
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<br />I ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
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<br />Acknowle(l:rrn~nts are cIne to tile ell~ineering department of the
<br />Denver & Rio Oru11(le Western Railroad Cll., especially Mr. Arthur
<br />O. Ridgway, assistant chief engineer, and Mr. C.M. Lightburn, for
<br />placing at the disposal of the Geological Survey datI\. compiled by
<br />the railroad in an extensive 811n'ey made to determine flood losses;
<br />to Mr. R. G. Hosea, llepnty Stllte engineer, who furnished data re-
<br />. garding the flood at Pueblo and other valuable information relative
<br />to the flow of the Arkansas and several tributary streams; to Mr. '
<br />H. D. Amsley, State hydrographer, for data 'on the flood at Pueblo
<br />and at other points'in the Arkansas Valley; to Mr. J. M. Sherier,
<br />meteorologist of the .'Weather Bureau at Denver, for data and valu-
<br />able suggestions; to Mr. F. R. Johnson, of.,the United States Forest
<br />Service, for data on rainfall; to :MI. J. L. Savage, designing engineer,
<br />,United States Reclamation Service, for data on flood losses in Ar-
<br />kansas Valley; and to many loc~l residents for inforl!lation. .
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<br />:.~1,"~:::::-", '. SUMMARY OF' FLOOD LOSSES..
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<br />',\~~~~';:::':; .. .' . . The entire ~rkansas Valley from Florence, 30 miles w~stof Pueblo,
<br />~..~~;::'/ti '. :,to the State lme, was severely affected, and the. loss of hfe and prop-
<br />:'.~L.~;:::>:'~.erty. was heavy. The greatest damage. was done in Pueblo, the chief
<br />., :.c"'~"':':cityin the valley. Below Pueblo the loss was chiefly agricultural,
<br />more than 57,000 acres being inundated, of which 4,700 acres was de.
<br />.stroyed for agriculture. The headworks of practically everyirriga- .
<br />tion system in the valley were damaged or destroyed. The valleys of
<br />the upper tributaries, notably St. Charles Riyer nl1(1 Fountain. Chico,
<br />amI Bl'IlVer cJ"l~eks. were nJ1:/J floo(lcd. By the timc the flood reuchc(l/
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<br />the Kal1sm; lillP ils (,J'c~t height hat! ~() l1nttclll'd nllt that. it~ l'J'ogn'sr ;
<br />throllgh Klin~as ('all~(,tlll(l daIllHI!(' ('nlJlparahh' wilh that ill Cnlllrad( i
<br />. Thl' I'xad I'xll'lItof ln~st's lo Ii f,. lInd I'J'OI'I.rl,l' wiIlIH'\'''1' he Imllv' 8
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<br />Thl' most com pll'[(' {'stirnn tr. 0 f 11("'I'('rt y Ins,.'I's was olle pl'<)pn ret! ~.
<br />thl' houl'd of Unite.d Stall'S R{'clnlllnl ion ;-;nrit'e 1.'1Igilll'I'I'S who' I
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