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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Week ending August 111'. - !lll1n tran t.op of IlIOIInta1n to
I!I1t.oh1n8on, Kansu and trom Raton, No !lexico to Pueblo.
J~ 28th - River gas- 6-1/2 ft. ,
,July )~h _ River higher than tbe 28th, but did not last. as long.
Week ending Augult 8th - Vloocls on tbe2nd, )rd, 4th, 5th and 6th.
Amount Dot known. River 400 ft. or morEl all week.

19)7 - Weak ending !lay 15th - A dlUly average or 54 ft. pused.
Week end1ng !lay 22nd - A daily averal\e or 96 ft,. PB8lled.
lieelL: ending "'111 29th - A dll11,y !lverage or 37 ft. passed.
i'/eek ending JtIJ1e Sth - A dllily average ot: !lO ft. paned.
Week ending June 12th - A d&1.ly aYllra~. ot )0 tt. puled..
Juns 14th - Heavy hail It 2-1/2 inches or wllter, 7 ft.. flood
tor 4 houru. A dlll1ly average or 95 !'t. passed week
ending June 19th.'
June 26th - Flood peak :1700 ft., 4 hours. Weekly avera!;8 35 fi.
Qlek ending July 3rd - A daily average of 77 ft. passed.
Week ending August 14th - 3 risos, 8 dB11,y average of 54 n.
pUlled..
Week ending All..'Ilst 2lllt - A dII1ly aVllrllite of 19 ft. pealed.
AugUllt 30th - Flood 10 ft. glllle. Estimated peek 26,000 ft.
Average for week ending September 4th - 269 ft.
September 7th - A flood. Week ending 59ptl/tllber 11th, a daily
average of 96 ft. PB8sed.

19)6 - June 1st - A 6 ft. flood 10 or 12 tholllland !t., averll&8 5'00
for the dll\Y.
J1DI8 4th - A 10 ft. flood. Eot1mated pelll< IlS to 28 thOUllllnd
U W.P .A. had ole8l\Gd the chlllUUll. Watar on ~ta Fe
trlloks. Average 1200 ft.
Week ending JW'lO 4th - 26, ft. passed daily.
ifeek ending June 11th - 'J.'Iro't;!.OOd8, a dsJ.ly average for 1IMk
65 ft. :' .
June 13th, 16th & 19th & 24th - Small floods, do not 1m0ll' hIM
lIluch passed. !lo reoor4.
June 26th - A amall flood for 4 haure.
July 16th - 2 floods 10 P.L1. and at m1dnight.
July' l'7th - A .flood 9 ft. gllflQ ) On July 19th,lb'. 'fhOlllpaOl1 of
July 16th - A small flood ) the iiurollU or Reclalllat.1on "88 here
July 20th - " small.fioad ) vQJ'ldng on a flood prevention dllZa.
July 27th - A !load I)t SOOO to 15,000 .ft..
Augast 4th - 1000 ft. far 1 hc:mr.
AUgu3t 31st - A B~all flood.
September lut. - A flood for ) hours.

1939 - Yey 26th - 151) for 4 hours, dally RVerll;!,O 25 ft.. for 1 day.
Week endin!: June Jrd - A daily averlll'l8 of 1.4 ft.
August. 19th - 200 ft. peslIed the Hoehne for 1 hour.

1940 - MIJ3 28th - 1000 ft.. for 1 hour, 600 ft. for J bou", (average
for week, 9 ft.)
June 4th - A thousand feet pRaoed for one hour.
September 10th - A Mg head pa..'Jlling.
September 2,3rd - A smell flood.

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