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<br />north wing dam, main dam, and south wing dam, The overall length 01 <br />the structure is 2,6 miles, Detailed project data are shown below, <br /> <br />DAM <br />Total length, leet....""..,..""..,..",..,..,.."",..,..",....""""",....,..".. 13,94S <br />Maximum height above streambed, leel...................................... 118 <br />Width 01 roadway on dam, leet.................................................... 21 <br /> <br />SPILLWAY <br />Total length, including piers, leeL.................................,............ 1.174 <br />Crest gates, 30' x 64'"",'..,.."""'..""""'..""..,..""".."..""....,..,..', 16 <br />Discharge capacity, cubic leet per second....................................639,200 <br /> <br />OUTLET WORKS <br />Sluicing conduits, 6' x 7\>...........,........,........,..........,.................., 4 <br />Regulating conduits, 4' x 4'..................................................,....... 2 <br /> <br />RESERVOIR <br />Capacity, acre-leet."""",..""""..""..,..""..,..,....""..,..,.."..,..,.., ,621,326 <br />Flood control storage, acre-leet..",..,..""""....,..",.."",..",..,.."..,,270,375 <br />Conservation (irrigation) and recreation, <br />storage, acre-feet..."",..,..,....""...."",..",.."".."..""",..",.."" ,350,951 <br />Water surface at spillway crest, acres...., ........,........................,.., 8,960 <br />Water surface at top 01 conservatiOll pool, acres................,....,....., 11,655 <br />Water surface at top 01 flood control pool, acres..,..................,...... 17,630 <br />Drainage areas, square miles......,......,.. ..........,........,.................. 18,91S <br />A \>-mile segment 01 the historic Santa Fe Trail north 01 the reservoir <br />has been enclosed by a fence, An appropriate sign marks this historic <br />site. <br /> <br />7, Cooperative Studies and Activities: <br />(a) Article VIII G 11l 01 Arkansas River Compact requires the <br />Administration to cooperate with the Chief Official 01 each 01 the <br />states 01 Colorado and Kansas charged with the administration of <br />water rights in their respective Slates, and with the Federal <br />agencies in systematically determining and correlating the lacts <br />pertaining to the flow and diversion 01 the water of the Arkansas <br />River and to the operation and siltation of John Martin Reservoir <br />and other related structures, Article VIII G (2) requests the <br />Director of the United States Geological Survey, the <br />Commissioner 01 the United Slates Bureau of Reclamation, and <br />the Chief 01 Engineers, United Slates Army, to cooperate and <br />collaborate with the Administration and with appropriate Slate <br />olficials in such detenninations and correlations of streamflow <br />and related data, Under the By-Laws 01 the Administration, these <br />cooperative studies and activities are assigned to the Engineering <br />Committee of the Administration, <br />(b) During the year covered by this report the Administration has <br />received excellent cooperation from all agencies referred to in the <br />foregoing provisions of the Compact. The United States <br />Geological Survey has continued the operation of the compact <br />gaging slations and the analysis of and compilation of the <br />hydrologic data presented in this report and used in the <br />administration of the Compact. <br /> <br />8 <br />