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Title
Fountain River Survey Report
Date
1/1/1951
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CWCB
Floodplain - Doc Type
Flood Documentation Report
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<br />,[ ! <br />1111' <br />L !l <br /> <br />C <br /> <br />o <br />P <br />- Y <br /> <br />UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE <br />FOREST SERVICE <br />Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station <br /> <br />Forest Bldg. <br />Ogden, Ut <br /> <br />RIFC-1NT <br />ARKANSAS*WH1TE-RED <br /> <br />September 19, 1951 <br /> <br />, <br />Mr. Ben. F. Powell <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />P. O. Box 515 <br />pueblo, Colorado <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Powell: <br /> <br />Reference is made to the meeting of the Flood control, iiater Reta da- <br />tion, .Lrrigation imd Drainage Committee of the Interagency Coordi tion <br />Group for Colorado (AWR) at Pueblo, Colorado on August 13, 1951 ich <br />Mr. Adams from our Division of Flood Control attended. <br /> <br />Mr, Adams advises that you asked for information for use by you:!' <br />committee regarding the effects of our program as ,recommended in <br />Fountain River survey report. on: <br /> <br /> <br />(1) Stream flew of the ]'puntain River <br />(2) Sediment production from the, <br />Fountain drainage <br /> <br />With the installation of the program reconuuended in au:!' Foull1t;ain <br />it is estimated that stream flow may be reduced anaverage of 740 <br />feet annually due to increased infiltration which will be brough <br />by improving vwgetative cover. However, it may be pointed out t <br />with ground water becoming increasingly important in the area th <br />charge of the underground aquifers, together with the runoff reta <br />tion effects of the program; may result inm increase of net usa <br />water wi thin the drainage. <br /> <br />eport, <br />ere <br />about <br />t <br />re- <br />da- <br />e <br /> <br /> <br />In regard to sediment an estill\9.ted average of 577 acre feet ente <br />Arkansas at Pueblo annually from the Fountain River drainage. Of <br />amount it is further estimated that 91 acre feet are deposited i <br />John Wartin reservoir, 39 acre feet pass througn the reservoir, <br />acre feet are deposited in irrigation systems between Pueblo and <br />Martin reservoir, and the remaining 327 acre feet are deposited i <br /> <br />the <br />this <br /> <br />, <br />I' <br />, I <br />
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