WSP04391

• File Number: 8111.600
• Description: ARCA Annual Reports
• Basin: Arkansas
• Date: 12/14/1954
• Author: ARCA
• Title: Sixth Annual Report Arkansas River Compact Administration for the Year 1954
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

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B.9.
B.10.
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B.12.
B.1).
B.14.
B.IS.

Inflow into lohn Martin Reservoir.
Daily conte~ts, John Martin Reservoir.
Outflow from John Martin Reservoir.
Daily discharges, ArkaIlSfl.S River at the Colorado-Kansas
Stiltcline.
Daily discharges, Arkans;{s River at Garden City, Kansas.
Demands by Colorado for water.
Demands by Kansas for water.
Sratcline flows on days of Kansas demand.
Diversions by ditches in Colorado Water Districts 14 and 17.
Diversions by ditches in Colorado Water District 67.
DiversIons by Jitches in Kansas, Statdinc to Garden City.
Summary tabulation.

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B.S.
B.6.
B.7.

8. Gaging Stations
Heavy rains in July in the vicinity of John Martin Reservoir caused
severe damage to the Compact Gaging Station below the. Reservoir and
for several weeks, the safety of the structure was eIH.bngcred. With
the cooperation of the Corps of Engineers, rep;\irs were completed hcfore
further damage occurred.
The July floods 011 the Purgatoire River also c.:l:Uscd severe scouring
of the channel at the Compact station on this stream. When the high
water receded, the channel had moved from the right bank to the left
ba.nk of the stream and the gaging station was left ."urrounclcJ by large
deposits of sand and debris. As a temporary expedient to obtain stream-
flow records, it wire-weight gage WilS installed over the new (:hannel
and daily gage readings were obtained. Since occasional channd shifts
can be expected in the future, pbns have been nude to construct a
new station on the; left bank, leaving the right bank station ill place.
The rccoruing instrument will be moved from one structure to the othcr
as channC'1 shifts may require'.
The need still exists for radio stage-reporting equipment at the
stations measuring inflow into John Martin Rl'&::rvoir.

9. Findings of Fact by the Administrati01l
(a) On April 10, 1954, the Administration in accurdancc \vith
Article IV, Section 3 (b) (If the By-la\vs consiclcrcd by tekphonic
meeting the question of finding the Reservoir empty of winter stored
w:Hcr April 10, 1954 and giving notice to the State Engineer of Colo-
rado th:l[ pri<)rity aclministr:ttion woulJ cummcnce April 13. 1954. As
;1 result of atnnn,ltivc action taken, the St;\tc EnginC:l'r of Colorado W:IS
notified that on April 13, 1954, priority administration shnuld com-
mence. and decrced ri(!hts (If water lIsers on the river would be aJmin-
lsterl..'d by Colorado u;der Article V-F of the Compact.
The Reservoir was emptied at 11 :50 P.M., April 15, 1954.
(b) On July 23, 1954, the: Administration gavc Notice to the
Acting State Engineer of Colorado that water w:tS in John Martin
Rcsa\'oir and in thc Purgatoire River as recorded at Purgatoire Cnn1-

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