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<br />THE ARKANSAS Rrv~ FLOOD OF JUNE 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 i~ 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. Hodges.
<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 />t D. Rae. . _ . ". .. '.' .
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<br />I : ' ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
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<br />Acknowlerl:rrnllnts are dlle to the ell~neerin~ department of the
<br />Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co., especially Mr. Arthur
<br />O. Ridgwa.y, assistant chief engineer, and Mr. C.M. Lightburn, for
<br />placing at the disposal of the Geological Survey data compiled by
<br />the railroad in an e.."tensh'e suryey made to determine flood losses;
<br />to Mr. R. G. Hosea, deputy. State 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 Mr. J. L. S~va.ge, designing engineer,
<br />,United States Reclamation Service, for data on flood losses in Ar-
<br />kansas Valley; and to many loc!!-l residents for info1'I!lRtion.' ".
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<br />'4l:'!;f,;,"i,.", . . : SUMMARY OF' :FLOOD ~OSSES~, , " '
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<br />:~~1.;~<?::. . The ~ti~e ArkansasYalley froni. Florenc~, 30 miles we~of Puebl~,
<br />~~~f,!~;!i.';;7! ::':itothe State'line, was severely affected, and the. loss of life and prop-
<br />~~,'~\~;r~;l '~~erty was heavy. The greatest damage. was done in Pueblo, the chief
<br />"~,,>~~~,,,'l ".city.in the valley. Below. Pueblo. the loss wns chiefly D.,,<Tl'icultural,'
<br />more than 57,000 acres being inundated, of which 4,700 acres was de.
<br />,stroyed for agriculture. The headworksof practically every:irriga- .
<br />tion SYstem in the valley were damaged or destroyed. The va.lleys of
<br />the upper tribntaries, notably St. Charles Rh'er ancl Fountain. Chico,
<br />anrl Rl'aver cl'el'ks. were olso flooflcd. By the time the f1o(J(ll'l'achecl/
<br />the Kansas linE' its rrest height ha.l !'II rlntterll'd 01lt tllnt. Hi! prol!l'l'!o/ ;
<br />throllgh Klilll"t1..C; rallsI'll n(),dllllll~.!!\' ,'nmparnhl., \\'i[~\ ttlllt ill Cnlnl'n,'V I
<br />. Thl' I'Xlwt 1,,~,.tf'lIt.'fJf I.n~c;l's [0 1,f,' and 1'1'011\'1'1,\' \\'111 1ll'\'PI' he kllll;.' J~,"
<br />The most eomph'tl' l'stlm'lte of pl'III'I'I'I,I' (OSSI'S WllS Olll' pI't:pal'cd .
<br />the hoal'" of United Stntl's Rt'('Jalllal ion SI.'l'\"ke (,.tll!iIlCl'I'l'l who' ,:
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