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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August 14th - ))) ft. pa8sed )
August 17th - 20 ft. pll8Bed ) .An average at SO ft. for the nek
Augua1. 21st - A 5 ft. flood for 2 hOUl'll, da1ly average for week
60 teet.

193) - June 8th - C. 11. Beach, Division EngiDeer, ordered SO ft. tumW by
fC1t' the Sizer
Week ending June 17th - Only 30 ft. palSed.
June 18th - For 2 hours 8 big head. Pll8sed.
June 20th - YOI' " hours 8 big head pll8aed.
June net - ror 2 hOl:lrs a pall head pll888d.
1ieek ending July 1st - 20 ft. pused.
Jul;r lOth - 1000 ft. for an honr ) .An average for
Ju4 15th:' lOOO ft. for an hour'" $00 for 1 hOlU") week, 14 feet.
July 16t.h - A big nood for 1-1/2 hours, n.,v llage 50$ ft.
August let - A big flood, 7 ft. gage far 2 h<iunt.
August 6th - A big nood, 6 ft. gage fGF 1 hour. )Zstimcted 4a1l;r
August. 7th - A big flood, 6 ft. gaBe for 2 hwre. laT!!;. tor wk. 1.58 ft.
6000 ft. tor 2 hours, 2600 fr:ll' 2 hours, 1000 for) hOUl"S'
200 ft. for 1 hour.
August 26th - 1000 ft. for half hour, $00 ft. tor 1/2 hour, 200 tt.
for 1 hour (Average 40 ft. for 1 4&7)
Augu ot. 27th - Floodf or 4 hours. Bulb not worldng. Amotmt not
known.
Week ending September 16th - Water pnee1ng every~. Average
150 ft.
Oct.ober 3rd - 65'0 ft. for 1 hOllr

19i3h ~ Week ending July' 28th - J noods Pll8sed !rom 1 to ) hours, 2 to
3000 ft.

19;;5 - !.lIlY 16th - Flood tor 15 hours, sOllie went br.
June mh - ;00 ft. ~eek ending the 15th - averaged 37 tt.
paaaing .
Week ending June 22nd - An 8Verage of 40 ft. pll811ed daily.
Juns 23rd - 60 ft. for 4 hours ) Dally average, 16 .ft.
June 26th - 600 ft. 1:01' !i-1/2 hours )
July 14th - A big fiood. I do not knCl'li' hlllr muoh.
August 17th - A good flood for 4 hours. Probably 2000 ft.
tor a while.
August 2Jrd - A good flood far 4hOl1Ml.
August )Oth - Largest flood thia seaeon 4.5 ~age paSsed tor" hr8.
Weak; ending September 7th - ZOOO ft. for 4 hOlU'8, average tqr
week, ))3 ft.

1936 - Ha,y 8th - 50 fi. passing (2.75 innh of rain)
!.Ia,y 9th - 25 ft. paaa1ng.
Week ending May 16th - A rlaily average of 20 !'t.. passed.
Week lil!Id1ng \lair 23rd - :l01. los8 than )0 .ft. passed.
lay 24th and 26th - Big hRad passed.
June 11th and 12th - A hie head at Canon.
Juno 22nd - 2000 1"t. for II while.
July 9th - 500 ft. pnssed far one hour then dwindled for 2 hours.

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