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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1943 - AugwI~ 41:.h .., First 1'1004 SOOO tar 1 hour.
August 6th .., 2000 ft. passed the Uodel for IhOUl'.
August9t.h .., Chaplin said tI'QII 25 to $a ft. ant b;y .
August l$th ":'~IK 2000 tor 4S mlntltes, average 300 ft. tor
) houra.'
A~gQ8t 16t.h .., 6000 fi. flood.
l'Jeole end.ini A11Il118t 218t - ) tloods, I have no rating $llI'd.
Do not know hft much PISsed.
August. 26th.., A flood. Do n~ 1m_ h,* much pused.

April Uth 6 12\1:1 - ,Fr<a 200. to 2000 paa8e~.
Week entting April 29th - A d.l1~ nvage or :u$ fi. paaed.
Week entting IIs,y 6th - A da1~ average of 26$ f't.. pasnCl.
Week ending K81 13th - A d&l;y average of 74 fi. P88I18d.
Week l.'I1'II11ng w.r ~t.h - A d&ur average of 27 n. p88884.
Week end1lll 11&7 27th - A ~ average of 440 ft. passed.
Week ending JUlle )rd. .., A d~ average Qt 7$) fi. puiSed.
B1 ver 1lI8aeure4 by H&ll1ngl aU. S. Hydrographer freJn
Caddoa, alao, a B1U'eau or Reelaaat.1011 llydJ'O/Vlpher
lII8eure4.
Week pdh.g June 1.O\h - A 4a1l;y average of ars ft. paese4.
Peak of 1.'10CM! 6000 for 2 hours. 4000 tOl' 1 hour,
)000 ft. for 1 hoar.
Week end1llg June 11th - A daUy llV'81'8g8 of )2$ n. paned.
\'leek end1mg Jul7 22nd - A dai17 averqe of 119 n. paased.
Week un<<1!1g Jul7 29t011 - A da11T average or4S ft. passed.
August 16th - A 3.s ft. gege. Amount not reeol'ded. Flood

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1947 -

Jul;y l.Oth - A nood, peak ..ti_ted 1000 ft.
. 011117 13t.h - A f'lo<<1, peak estimated. 8000 ft.
JulT 2St.h - A flood for thNe houra.
Auauat 18\ - A llotld, ).60 /it..
Augut 2nd - A tlood
August 5th - A flood (big)
FIQadB 1m the 6th, 7th, 6th 8I1d 9th.
August 20th - A bigfloocl.
Floods on the 26t.il and 29t.b.

August 26th - A 8lllall flood fOr S haore
AUgwlt 26th _A 8lllaU flood
AugwJt 29th ... A 8lll&l1 flood .
August 30th... A small tloGd, ).25 ft. gas..
Sept;ember 7th... P&&k 2000 ft. for 2 how'a.
An average for week onding Sept.. 7th, 166 ft.

Woek ending illV' lOth - A dally average ot 266 ft.. paaaed.
lfeek ending IIlIlf 17th - A dII1ly average or 87 fi. paslled.
l'Ieek ending ~ 24th - A da1l;y average of 120 ft. passed.
Week ending ~ .J18t - A daily Average or 113 ft. passed
\Week ending June 21st (3 flcoda) - A da1l;y average ot 100
ft. passed. _.'
July 7th ... A fioflli tl!1Z' 2 h0lJt'8. '
JuJ,y lhth - A small tlood.

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