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<br />6 THE ARKANSAS RTVtlli FLOOD OF JUNE 3-5, 1921.
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<br />'addition every effort has bee~ made to obtain the best possible data
<br />for determining the maximum and total discharge of the Arkansas at
<br />Pueblo. Although no Held work wa.s 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.,.Tones, assisted by P. V. Hodges,
<br />The office studies were made and the reporl; 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 />, ACKNO'\YLEDGMENTS.
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<br />Acknowleflgments are line to the engineering- department of the
<br />Denver & Rio Orltllde 'West.ern Railroad Co., especially Mr. Arthur
<br />O. Ridgway, 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 extensive survey made to determine flood losses;
<br />to Mr. R. G. Hosea, depnty 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 OIl rainfall; to Mr. J. L. Sa'l'llge, designing engineer,
<br />.United States Reclamation Service, f'or data on flood losses in Ar-
<br />kansas Valley; and to many local residents for information.
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<br />SUMMAHY OF FI,OOD LOSSES.
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<br />The entire Arkansas Valley from Florence, 30 miles west of Pueblo,
<br />"',to the State line, was severely affected, and the loss of life and prop-
<br />,erty was heavy. The greatest damage was done in Pueblo, the chief
<br />,city in 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 or practically every irriga-
<br />tion system in the valley were damaged or destroyed. The valleys of
<br />the upper tributaries, notably St. Charles Riyer anrl Fountain. Chico,
<br />amI Braver ('I'l'l'ks. were nl:o;o flooded. By the time the flood \'\'a"he<l;
<br />the Kansas lill\' its crest height. had ~o flnttClll'd out that. its pl'Og'l'I',,~ ,
<br />through Klil1l'aS ('atlsed 110 dllmnw' "OtJlllll\l'"hh' ""ilh Iltnt in ('o)"I'"d( If
<br />, Th!' !'xad e,,~l"nt, of lossp" 10 Ii 1\, and 1'1'01'\'1'1.\' ""ill !WI'PI' Iw knO/v' ii
<br />Th\' most eomplelt. estimate of IlJ'''lwrty 10SSt's "'as Wit' IlJ'(~IIllI','d ~'
<br />th!' hoal'd of United Htalt's Hc('lalllati"lJ S,..rri"l' 1'lJl!illet'I's wh" ' j
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