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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1927

,leek ending JAay 15th - A dsl.],y average of 10 ft. over the H08hne~
Week ending I!oy 22nd - ... daily average of 87 ft. over the Hoehne.
Week ending llay 29th - A daily average of 234 tt.. over the Hoebne.
Week ending June 5th - A daily 8verageof 126 ft. OWl' the Hoehne.
Week lIllding June 13th _ A dallJ' 6lveraee of 225 ft. over the Roelme.
week ending June 19th - A daily average of 1)) ft. over the Hoehne.
i1eek ending June 26th _ A dail.v avers/:e of 40 ft. over the Hoehne.

_ June 16th _ 7 ft. over the Hoehne from 5 to 7 it. rest of 1llQnl:.h.
July 13th - A bi~ river belOlY I!:l lIor".
July 21st _ A flood for one hour. tic record of l'IlllOllnt.
July 22nd _ A flood for fi V8 hours. Ilo' record of amO\ll\t. Gage
h.5 ft.
July 28th _ A big flooc:l (co!lsult chut t6ken fJ'Ql/l meter in cenon)
J111y 29th _ Itiver Bank Full. Probably peak 20,000 ft..
I believe it averaged 15,000 for 2 hours. Almost ae much
8.8 July 2i;192$i at El Uoro. I believe tne flood equaled,
U' not, exceeded in volume the flood of 1925.
'l1eek en41ng AUf:U8t 6th - J floods. Jlor llrilO\IDt ea. chArts taken
from the Ninem.1.le and Sizer.
On S1Ulday August 7th - A very, heavy rein northeast of Trinidad.
Tbe nter in the ollnOTlwaa8 inches higher (18 ft. gage)
than it 1188 on July 22nd 1925 and 4 Lnoh.., h1gher t.he
t.he floed ot July 29t.h 1927.
AuguJlt 20t.h - 40 tt.. over the Hoehne.
Auaust 21, 22, and 2) - SO tt.~ Dver t.M UoeMe

1928 _ :'1aek ending Ms,y 12th - A dllily average of 255 ft.. over the Hoehne.
Week ending .Iane 2nd - PlIBs1n1l in var~'ing llI/lounts frllll 200 tt.
to 1900 ft. Terrible hlli1 &tom.
Week ending June 9th - AveJ"l\ll8 of 250 !'to paee1ng all ",eele.
June 16th - 191 ft. passed.
July 20th _ 200 ft. palIlled the lll.l8hne tor two houre.
J~ 24th - A D1a river below El Moro not eo much at Trinidad.
August 15th and 161:.h - \Yater plJBsed tl1e Hoehne (1II!ll1l1 floods)
August 17th - 6000 ft. PlUIBed.
Auguet 24th - A big flood tar 6 hours.

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1929 _ lUq )lst. - 9000 ft. for 2 hours QIld moo fol' 2 hours.
June 25th - Varying <<Mounte for 6 hours.
July 19th _ Rise in Trinidad at. ,110 P.II. of 670 feet. It got
to the ditohes bel"" 8fI 1011011'81 PIllasId at 6:00 P.ll.
Ilodel rating !lUl!111 1 !!lile below he8dgate at. 6140 P.M.)
lit. t.he John's at 61)0 P.M.) at the Hoehne at 8.00 P.Il.}
at. ISu.ms &. Duncan Ill:. 121}O A.M.} at .lAr<<elllng & lIcCorlll1ok
at 3100 A.M.) ..t the Salas at 10100 A.}f.} at river orowl1ng
at n.oo A.M. and only 7 feet 1fIIll there. -
July 20th - A rise or e&Ele lllIlount as #,oeterd8.y.
July 24th - A flood of 3600 ft. for 3 or 4 noun.
August )rd - 2000 ft.
Augllllt 6th _ 6000 f't. ff1r 1 houn 3000 rt. for 5 hour 8. Heavy
rains put all d1.tch08 out.
August 9th - 200 ft. passing the Hoehne.
AullU8t lOth, &. 11th - 100 ft. pasllinll the Hoehne

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