WSP03300

• File Number: 8111.600
• Description: ARCA Annual Reports
• Basin: Arkansas
• Date: 12/21/1965
• Author: ARCA
• Title: Seventeenth Annual Report Arkansas River Compact Administration for the Year 1965
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

currelations of streamflow :IIlJ rclat~d data. Under the B)'~law~
of the Administration, these cooperative studies and activities
arc assigned to the Engineering Committee of the Adminis-
tration.

(b) During the year covered by this report, the Administration
has received excellent cooperation from all agencies referr('~
to in the foreguing provi~ions of the Compact. The corps nt
Engineers continued to operate the conservation pool of John
Martin Reservuir in accordance with the tams of the Compact
and t'he orders l-,f the Administration. The United State.3
Geological Survey hilS continucJ the operation of the Compact
gaging stations and the an;:tlyscs ;mcl compilation of hydrologic
data presenteu in thi~ report ;md u::.cJ in the au ministration of
the Compact.

7. JVater Supply, ReJen10ir Operation and Hydrologic Datl'

John Martin RC~'rv\,ir was empty ;It the eud of the irrigati()1l
season 1964. \Vhen \l",inter ~torage starteJ UIl No\'cmhcr 1. 1964, Coln-
r;ldo cllled for] no c.f.s. of river flnw. Thercfore. no storage was ac'
tually accomplished until Decemher 15, IVo4, when t'he d~manJ wa~
cancelled anJ t11":: gilt,.'S ...:I()~l'LI. The gdtt':- rl'maineJ dosed until 3 :00
P.M. Fd)ruary 3. (965 when [hey we~re aJjustcJ to rde,asc 14 c.f.::i. of
river flow on demand of the Lamar Canal. Storage at the beginning of
the 1965 irrigation se(l::on was 3.790 acre-feet. The gates were opened
at 8:00 A.M, on April 1, 1905 to release 1.000 d,s, on demand of
Colorado and K;\!1sas. The rcservoir W35 deebred empty on April 3,
1965 at 9:00 A.M. and aumll1istration of tnc river was returned to the
Colorado State Engineer at that timc.

River flow nnly was administered until 12:45 A.M. on June 14,
1965, whcn it ;lpreareJ th;lt the river flow \Vas sufficient to begin
storage and thc ga.tes wac dosed. They were opened at 5 :00 P.M. on
that same day to rdease 400 c.f.s. demand by Colorrtdo. On June 15.
1965 the demand w;:ts incfI:'ased to 1,000 c.f.s. - 600 c.f.s. by Colorado
;md 400 d,s, hy Kans"" On June 16, 1965 at 8:30 A.M, Colorado cut
its dcm;lIld to 500 c.f.s. ;md releases were therefore cut to 900 c.f.s.;
on June 17, 1965, hCrtvy rrtins caused f1ocx1s throughout the Arkansas
Basin and the gates were dosed at 7 :30 A.M. Storage continued from
that time until 8:30 A.M, on July 6. 1965, when Colorado demanded
200 cJ,s, release, The demand was cancclleJ at ] :00 P,M, on July 8,
1965, since the demand was heing met by flood water released on order
of the U, S, C(,rps of Engineers, On July 13th, flood water releases
were discontinued anel Colorado dem:l.llded release of 300 c.f.s. from
conservation storage at 4 :00 P.M. K;:tns<1s dcmancls stClrtcd on July 15th
at 8 :00 A.M. for 500 c.rs. Colorado's demands were for 550 c.f.s. at
this time making a total rclease of 1050 c.f.s. Demands varied frequently
until August 21, 1963, at 10:30 P.M. when the demand was cancelled
and irrigation requirements were being mct hy flooJ water releases
ordered by the U. S. Carr:' of Engineers..

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