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<br />empty, ami tnc ;Idministration of tne stream reverted to tnc SLlte <br />Engineer of Colnrdd(l. <br />(2) As a result (If ;L flash /load in the Purgatoire on July 17th <br />llnd a heavy r;\in in the area on July 19th, the gates of the dam were <br />next closed at noon of the latter date. On the morning of the 20th, <br />300 c.f.s. \wrc rdcasl:d. ;-InJ at 2:30 in the afternoon of the 21st, the <br />rate \Vas incre;{sed to 500 c.f.s., where it remained until the 24th when <br />it was r;liseJ to 700 (.t.s. At 3 :00 P.M. on the afternoon of the ~Oth, <br />the reservoir \vas declared empty. <br />(3) Heavy r;tins in the Lamar area on August 19th resulted <br />in the closing uf the gates (If the clam. A release in the amount of 300 <br />ef.s. commel;ccJ un Au~ust 20th and was increased to 850 c.f.s. on the <br />21st. Tnls r;\tc cnntinu;d With slight variatinn5 until the 26th when it <br />beeaml: 910 c.f.s. On the 31st o(August the rdease was increased to <br />930 c.f.s. ;-It which figure it continued until September 2nd at 6:30 A.M. <br />when the reservoir bCC;lnlC empty, ;\I1d the adlllinistr;~tion of the: stre;ln1 <br />retllrncd to th~ State Engllleer of Colorado. <br />The t(~till relC'a...cs from the rcoserv()ir during tne periods April 2nd <br />to April 30tn. July 19th to July 31st. ane.! ,'\ugllsr 19th tQ September ~ nd. <br />;tmOllnt to K2..'i~5 Clerc feet. Statdinc tlm~.. dllrins the cnrrc~rnnd1l1g <br />pt'riod::, rt.llowing three (let)'s for wrt.ter from the reservoir to reach the <br />Statclinc, :ln1C1untcd to 32.900 ;lcrc feet. <br />Ri\"er flow \\/;IS p,lsscd through the resCTvoir a.....eraging 4 c.f.s from <br />November 1, 1955 to April 1. 19.16; 196 d,s, from April 30, 1956 to <br />July 18. lY56: 190 c.f.s. from August 1. 1956 to August 19, 19S(); ;md <br />22 e.f.s. from September 3, 1956 to October 31. 1956. Stateline flow for <br />corresponding periods avcragcu 76 (:.f.5, 108 C.f.5., R6 c.f.s. and 42 (:.f.s. <br />respectively. <br />The totill dischuge for the ycar at Garden City \Vas 25,R50 acre <br />feet. Tn.:: average di5l~harge was about 36 cubic feet per second. Tot;)l <br />diversions by Kansas ditches Juring the irrigation ..,cason amounted to <br />marc than 73 ;~., of the water which crossed the Stateline from November <br />I. 195.1 to Octocer 31,19.16, <br />The inflow. outflow and storage at tne John Martin Reservoir and <br />St;ttcline flow for tne report-year are shown on Plate I. <br /> <br />Hydrologl": datCl as listed bdo\V are presented in Appendix hB": <br />B-1. Daily discharges, Arkansas River near Pueblo, Colorado. <br />monthly totals corrected for tranSn10untain water. <br />Daily di~chargc5, Arkansas River at Las Animas, Colorado. <br />Daily discharges Purgatnirc Rivcr near Lls Animas, Colo- <br />rado. <br />Inflow into John Martin Reservoir. <br />Daily contents, John Martin Reservoir. <br />Outflow from John Martin Reservoir. <br />Dllily discharges, Arkansas River at the Colorado.K;1Il5<1S <br />Stateline. <br />Daily discharges, Arkansas River at Garden City. K:l.nsas. <br />Demands by Colorado for water. <br />DemClnds by K;:l.Ilsas for water. <br /> <br />B-1 <br />B.3, <br /> <br />B.4, <br />B,5 <br />B.(" <br />B-7, <br /> <br />B-~. <br />B.9 <br />B-10 <br /> <br />9 <br />