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storage of 39,000 acre-feet and an area of 1,768 acres. The flood control capacity. is 52,000 acre-feet and the gross drainage area above the damsite is 838 square miles. . f. Lovewell Dam. Lovewell Dam and Reservoir on White Rock Creek-impounds water for irrigation and regulates some of the flow which is diverted from the Republican River into the Courtland irrigation canal. The relationship of these structures is shown On plate 6 of Appendix I: Maps and Charts. The normal pool has a storage capacity of 42,000 acre-feet and an area of 3,000 acres. The flood control capacity is 50,OOO.acr~-feet. The drainage area at the. damsite is 354 square miles. The project was placed in operation in 1957. g. Wray Dam. The authorized Wray Dam and Reservoir on North Fork Republican River was included in the comprehensive plan for irrigation and flood control approved in 1944. The project would control the runoff from a drainage area of 169 square miles. It was planned that there be a sediment and storage pool of 9,000 acre- feet and a flood control allocation of 1,000 acre-feet. Further planning of the project has been delayed because of lack of interest in an irrigation program. h. Norton Dam. Construction has been started on Norton Dam and Reservoir on Prairie Dog Creek.' This project was conceived primarily for irrigation; ho"ever, following its authorization in 1946, several flash floods along Prairie Dog Creek emphasized the project's importance for flood control. When completed, the reser- voir will have a total storage capacity of 137,000 acre-feet, of which 100,000 acre-feet will be allocated to flood control. The drainage area at the damsite is 716 square miles. i. Herndon Dam. The proposed Herndon Reservoir on Beaver Creek: about one mile above Herndon, Kansas, would provide water storage for the Nelson Buck irrigation project, but the larger part of the total reservoir capacity would serve flood control. Of a total capacity of 155,000 acre-feet, 100,000 acre-feet would be allocated for the control of flood runoff from the 1,348 square miles of contributing drainage area above the damsite. The project is currently under consideration by the Bureau of Reclamation. 1. Oberlin Dam. The proposed Oberlin Dam and Reservoir, also under consideration, would be located on Sappa Creek about four miles upstream from Oberlin, Kansas. As presently envisioned, the reservoir would have a total capacity of 166,000 acre-feet of which 135,000 acre-feet would be allocated for flood control. The upstream drainage area is 952 square miles. 16 .