WSP05126

• File Number: 8111.600
• Description: ARCA Annual Reports
• Basin: Arkansas
• Date: 12/9/1958
• Author: ARCA
• Title: Tenth Annual Report Arkansas River Compact Administration for the Year 1958
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

tinn yc.lr Oil April 1. 1955 Storage on Octnbcr 31. 1957. re;lched
22nJl54 ;t(TL' fLct amI hy April 1. 1938. storage h:ld incredscd to
~78,724 acre feet.

Melting sn<.l\Vs fnml the mountains brought the resCfvoir up to the
j()O,2()3 ;tere fUllt nlllrk b~' July 27. 1958, thc highest point in the his-
((1r~' nf tht: r,,:sL'rvoir. With normal summa prc..:ipit;ltion ilt this pnint
tlK reSL'f\"lllr should h:we reached the top of the conservation pO(ll ;It
~()().t;69 acre feet. HO\\'ever, the summer of 1958 was hoth unusually
hIlt ,md dry. Norm;d summa r;lill5 cliclnut (l("cur llnd rc!c;\SCS of w;lter
fur Irrigation wcrc cnrrespumlingly quite hcavy. Storage ill the reser-
voir ktd been reduced to 230.999 acre feet at the close nf the irril;<ltioll
se.l5oll nil October 31. 1958. Despite the dry summer, hO\.VL'ver. storage
nn Octnlxr 31. 1955, ;lg;lin est;lhlishec.l iln all-time high since th(' rL'ser'
vuir W;lS tirst pLlccd in o~1er'ltion III January 1943. -

The rC5ervnir opcr;ltions prugressed smllothly all season Neither
COlur;ldo nor K:l1lsas clcmillldcd any river !low in ;lclditinll to stored
w;\ter. Co!or;ldn made its first dem:mo on the reservoir on Aprd 23.
195R. llnd with the exct:'ption uf fivc days in M:IY, this dem.lI1d existed
fur the bllbllce of the irrig;ttilln season.

The s~.ltelinL t1ow. with tlK exceptIon nf thc first tlncL' J;lYS in
fuly. took (:afC nf the KIIlS;IS needs until August 8. At th.lt tunc KllllSd:"
~'.:qU1rL'd .'3t<lfed watn tor thL~ b;tl;[nc~ of th~ SC:lson \.vith the exception
(If thL' l.lst fnur d:l\" nf August ;lI1d th..: (-'erind Ocwhcr 2-17.

In summilry Lhc outst;lmling storage success in Juhn M.lrtin rL'ser-
voir filr the p;\..:;t comp.lct ye:lr is best illustrated by ;\ ..:ompd.ltinn llf
historic storage in the reservoir, itS follows:

Historic Srordge in John Martin RcsLTvoir (in ;lcre feet)
April I. 1943... 48,SO~ October ~l. 194~.. (I
April I. 1944 26.165 Octoher 31, 19H 5,5'~ ~
April 1, 1945 52,~6-1- Octokr 31 1945 '24.500
April I, 1946.. 55.70n OctubL'r 51. 194(1. 0
April I. 1947.. 63,917 Oct(lhcr ~1. 1947.. 0
April I. 1948 .., ,107,968 Octohl'f 31, 1948 ........,100,1)0)
j\pril 1, 1949 ..142.797 Octnber 31, 1949 ..128,676
.
'->'prll 1. 1950 ..............,1.\8.411 October 31. 195n 5S,522
April 1. 1951 81,504 OC((lbL'r 31, IlJ51. 22,82()
April 1, 1952. 40,499 October .;l. } I).':' 2.. 0
l\pril 1. 1953. 21,266 Ocruher 31. 1953_____. 0
April I, 1954.. 15,353 OctulX'r 31. 1954 0
April I. 19.;.; ............... 6,033 October 31, 1955 47.4\~
April I. 19.i().. 48,363 October ~ 1, 1956.. 0
April I. 1957.. 3,391 Oct()h..::r 13, 1957 .........220,054
April I. 1958.. .278.724 Oct(lhL'r ~1. 1958 ..,230,999

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