WSP02550

• File Number: 8141
• Description: Fryingpan-Arkansas Project
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 3/2/1944
• Author: Secretary of War
• Title: A Report Together With Accompanying Papers and Illustrations on a Review of Reports on the Missouri River For Flood Control
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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MISSOURI Rln:a BASI:-;

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8. The diyision engineer reeommend~; (a) That the gcn('ral COffi-
prehensh+e pllln for flood control and otlll'r purposes in the ;..lissouri
River Basin approH><i bV' tbe act of June 28, 1938, as moJifJt.d bv
8U~Ul'nt ncts, be expandl.'tl to indudc the plllns pn'H.uted. Ill'tein
and as expanded be 8.ppron-o for proSt'Cutioll by the War D{'pllrt-
menl under the direction of the &cretnt)' of Wne Rwl supervision of
the Chit'! of Engineers with such modifications thereof nnd dHUlgCS
therein as in the discretion of the Secretar)' of Wat and the Chief of
Engiuff'f'S may become Il.d,>isl\bl('; (6) that all resen"oirs constructed
under the approved plnn shall be t~onstructt'tJ, operarMI, and main-
tained by thrl War Department undl'f till' din'Ctioll of the Secretary
of War and the sup<'r\'ision of till} Chief of Enginel'n:; (c) that DO
money approprintt..u for the proSt'(':ution of the works herein recom-
mended shall he ('xpendcd on the constructiotl 01 an)' Il'H'e untjJ
States, levce dist.rict.s, or local intl'rt'sts 1111\-0 fumishetl without cost
to t.he United States all lands, (,llselllcnt.s, and rights-of-way for lcvee~
nnd haye agreed that they will mllintaio the It'\"('('s after their com-
pletion; (d) 'that iu Ilddition to previous authorizations for the :\Iis.
souri Riwr Hasin there bo authorizlJd to be appropriated a sum nde.
quatl' to provide for the initiation llnd prwwcutioTl of the expllud,'t!
general cOlflpreheusiye plan in a logical step-b~t-l>t<'p manner_

VIEWS ASD ltECO:'dYESDATIOl"S OF THE BOARD Of E:O<OI:-IEERS FOR
RIVERS A:-II> HARDons

9. Jo'lOOti control llnd the conservllt.ion of waIN resoUfCl's arc ur-
gently nl'eded in tb{' :\tis:;ouri HiH'r Basin. The water that now
produc('5 floods should be storl:'<l and put to In>Tl('ficiaI use in the
inlt'rl'st. 01 tHl.vi~Btion, pOWl'r thwdopment, irriJ!:!ltiOIl, llnd ollH"r Utl('-
ful purposet>. 1'0 accomplish thi:>, the division Nlginf'er has prt"5('ntoo
a comprehensive plan for impron>mcnt which in the opinion of tbe
Board is Mlmd and ll.tleqllll.t('. Such an extNlsive program would
neces..,arily he carrie!1 Ollt step by tltep with the ddni!s formulated
progressiwlv in coow'rat.ion with othpr 1<\'d('raI ngencips and local
mt(>rt'~"ts so 'as to take into 8t'count futurE'! tflmd" in precipitation and
t\griculturalll.nd indu"trilll developments.
10. Th(' division cngiTleN hns Ilu~t'l.'f confinrd his di>iClls"ion of
ht'lwflts of the pIn'n l-tl lilt:' ~[j;;~url Hin'r Husin, whirh pmhrll("{'S
npproximatd\" OIll"-siXlh (If the total Itn'll of lilt' Unitt.J Slatcs.
During thr~ l'tlrr{,lll ,n'lIr, f1(1otl~ l\ltlll~ tIlt' main slt'lll of thp :\Ii~i'l.)llri
Riwr eausl'd nil (>Stimatl'tl dlUOllg<, of $3.'i,nOn,Ooo Cor tht, st"Ction hl'low
Sioux Citv 1IIoJl(" or au amount Ilparlv oll{'-half a!\ large a" the l'S;timated
cost of the propost,d le\"l;'l's. COIl;;I(ll'rltbly bigher stagl's have be('11
expl'rif'ucCtI in the pn"'t whose r(',Curn'lwe under pr(>S('nt oouclitiolls
wonld cause dItIlHI.g'M mUll\' tinw~ gr..~t('r than those ('lUl~ht hv the
1943 f}(lltd, necurren(~e ot the"e nnd the occurrence of still fatgl'r
floods are to be !\.Iltic.ipatoo unless prf'wllt.ive m('I\..mn'~ are und('rtak('ll.
From t.his the Board concludes thll.t the flood problmn is a ~l'riolls one
anti that large expenditurt"S to f"t'!lll'dy it art' ju;;tififfi. The Board
concurs \\;th the divi>!ion enginel.'r that hv rl'tput.ion for till:' various
uSt':" ('nunwrated, the z'urplus waters whit'h cnllSt:' thl:'$l' t1Ol)({S ('1m he
made to r('tUMl n"ry large Iwnefit8, The plan pJ"'('5(>nted t.o St'rve thl'Se
multiple pur~}Oses would. pro\-ide the nood.plalD lanlIs included below
Siou:>:: City wltb complete protection from all floods of past magnitude.