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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8141
Description
Fryingpan-Arkansas Project
State
CO
Basin
Arkansas
Date
1/1/1950
Author
US DoI BoR
Title
Initial Development GUNNISON-ARKANSAS PROJECT Roaring Fork Division Colorado
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
Report/Study
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<br />~ ., ... ... <br />~) ~..., ..; <br /> <br />Report of the Regional Director <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />From there eastward, however, damaging floods increase in <br />frequency and volume to the mouth of the Purgatoire Rivero <br />The largest flood of record in the project area occurred <br />in June 1921. Intense rains caused flows at Pueblo esti- <br />mated at 103,000 second-feet. Downstream tributaries con- <br />tributed to the flood until the peak of 200,000 second- <br />feet was reached at La Junta. The flood killed at least <br />78 persons; property damages exceeded $19,000,000, includ- <br />ing ~lO,OOO,OOO in Pueblo. <br /> <br />32. As a result of that disastrous flood, a barrier <br />dam across the Arkansas River, six miles west of Pueblo, <br />and an improved floodway channel through the ci ty were <br />completed in 1926. Another flood control structure, the <br />John Martin Reservoir, located on the Arkansas River near <br />Lamar, Colorado, was completed in 1949 by the Corps of <br />Engineers. A multiple-purpose project, 281,000 acre-feet <br />of its 701,000 acre-foot capacity are allocated to flood <br />control. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />33. A flood danger still exists from Pueblo down- <br />stream to the John Martin Reservoir. The Corps of Engi~ ' <br />neers has estimated that the annual damages along that <br />reach of the river average $890,000. The Initial Develop- <br />ment could eliminate about 66 percent of that probable <br />damage. <br /> <br />Associated needs <br /> <br />34. Sediment control, stream pollution abatement, <br />enhancement of the environment for fish and wildlife, <br />and provision for recreation are other needs of the proj- <br />ect area associated with water development. Inrrostrial <br />expansion, conservation of forest and range lands, and <br />stabilizgtion of the entire economy by balanced diversi- <br />fication of interest are recognized as long-range objec- <br />tives. The Initial Development could immediately amelie- <br />rate some of the problems stemming from those needs. ' <br />Resolution of the long-range objectives will require <br />coordinated and unselfish cooperation by all citizens, <br />agencies, and entities concerned. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />R <br /> <br />11 <br />
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