WSP05900

• File Number: 8180.800
• Description: Purgatoire River Project
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 3/24/1951
• Title: Report made by Bostick on Picket Wire -Purgatoire-
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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192b _ Week ending April 12th - 0tllT 23 n. used. b;y dit.ch.., t.he rest
430 ft. going to t.he Arltanaaa.
Week enc11ng April 19th - Storage l3 n., d1zoecit flow in ditches
used ff1S" lrritlat1an 79 ft.} paeaing 40, ft.
Week ending April 26th - 107 ft. in storage, 1,2 in ditches} 105
passing.
Week ending !lAY )rd - An llT8rsee of )1 ft. pAssing over the Hoebne
May 12th - 61 ft. pase1.ng
lIlay 19th - 217 it. p8llls1ng
Week endin" l!Bf 24th - 67 ft,. at ClII10Jl - 2$ lIVor ~l" Hoehne qualJr.
92 ft. nth slu1~1ng will averlLj;e 100 ft. enterl.nlit the canon.
Week ending May 31at - An average of lliO f'\. psssed the lloehM. A
steady flow of 425 ft. 1n river. 1I0re snow in 1Il0untllins than
at any time 8inoe 1900.
Week ending June 7th - An U'Brttge of 30 ft.. passed
Week ending JW'le 14th - An AverBge of 56 t't. paa6ed
,...k end1.ng June 2lat - An average of 57 rt. 't'elTible dry1ng
winde.
Week ending June 26th - An average of 1.4 t't.. f1ott.eut ever
!m0lln.
Week sadtn!; July 5th - A:tt svers.ge of JJ ft.. over the Hoehne.
July 14th - A nood !or 4 hours, l!l8XaUll 5000, a ~'D averege
of 300 t't. Weekly &Ve~e 4J It.
l\leek ending September 27th - Biver dl7 belQ1r ~llll .!lao.. Baca 18
getting 9 ft. all the flow. C1dlUi 1/2 it. 8eepaglll. 11
MaI'O 1.2 ft. Bll1rDgS. the John's 4 ft. sewage and nndel'f'lOlf.
the f1CleM8 105 ft. We U'8 Dadly in need of stookwater.
Week ending Ootober 18t.h - Stook ne$dU\g water. what. 118 have i8
poor 1n qual! ty.
Wsek encl1ng November 15tb - lU.wr 20 n. at T!'1n1dGd. The quality
of water is pelOr. stooksutfer1ng tor better "WI'. we
need a enOlf to relieve t.he alkal1 81tuatlQU.

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1925 - On July 6th - ft1vep dry for 2S milell abcma '1'r1niclad. No ntor run-
ning over r1pp1ell. Water 1.n holes.
July 18th - Only 3 1't. l.n r1 Vel' at 'fioiaidad.
July 22nd - 16000 ft. tal' 1 hour (avg. tor day) 666 It. 8 inche.
delllp 1n santa Fe depot.
July 2Jrd. - 8000 f't. for 1 haul' over the Iloehne, avsl'age 333 ft.
Ju.1y 2hth - 60 ft. p38s111i through break in the Model
July 25th - JO ft. peasing .
Week eJUll1ng AugulBt. llIIt - a d811J' average ot' 58 tt. passing
September 11th - 800 ft. passed tOl'.3 hours.

1926 - Aprll 6th - SO ft., 7t.h - 7, !'t., 8t.h - 100 It., 9th - 300 Ct.,
10th - 400 ft., 11th - 300 ft.; 12th - 200 ft..1 lJth - 70 ft.,
14th - 128 ft.., 15th - l43 ft., 16th - 1.49 t't., 21st - 60 ft.}
22nd - eo ft., 23~ - 40 fi.; 24th - 60 ft.; 2,th - $0 ft.,
26th - 40 !t.. 27th - 60 ft., 28th - son., 29th -)0 !t.}
)Oth - 10 rt.
Kay 1st - 70 ft.; 2nd - 20 ft.., 3rd - 100 ft., 4th - 100 ft.,
,th - )0 It., 6t.h - SO It., 7th - 2S [t.} 8th - )0 ft..

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