WSP04321

• File Number: 8111.800
• Description: Arkansas River Compact Administration
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 10/22/1957
• Title: Report of Operations Committee
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Repo!'t of OpeJ'iltiOJl8 COlll!'!1tteti'.
oqtolxlr 22.1957

o Itelo&se Ill: k1n~~r .~red w&tor from John Ms;rt1ft ~e8er'lo1r WIlS
CJ1 started wUh Colaredo Dllllint for 4S0 cts ~'Q April 13. Kaoaa& did
~ not cllll far water until April 11th ltIhu 300 cts weB released for
st(')te tine flow. 'In ilpril 18'tn when only 724.5 a.f'. reumined 1n storage
1~ W~8 neceescry t~ no~lfy tne St~tG ~nglneer that tho water in the
reserv?lr would SQon be lone. the reservoir was declared empty a~
11130 1'.11,. on April 22nd.
'~l!I1flS thl"l')ug,hoU1l the t.rkanslls 1fa.lll&y on It:ay 15th end. 16t.h c~UIIed
fl.oOl1 conditions lH1d at,or61'.e WlIS declared in the Reservoir early 6n .
the lllOming of 14\8)" 16t.h. Runoff eont1mled et D. fast ret.e and by June
1at ft~llrly 60,000 fl.!. hel occumula.ted 11\ $torQfG. :W July 5th this
had been lner~eBed by more ~b&n 100.000 e.t.) and G~9rage reached a
peak in John ~1ti!'tln one mnth later, AUfust f.Jth witb 290,744 lI.f.
'!&flVY releasee du!'Utp: tbill period for irrigQtlon 1n :.Iletriet 61 and
!{i1:nSil15 1I!'!l1l CU~ lOOny times ~hen reins oecund ::1ft t.be lo\1er riv..,r. SOlll$
sluicing of logs and debJ'ia which had ece\lllJ!J.lAt.ed in front of the d.em
was IIlada QVc.r the spUll'lA)'lJ by the Corps Qf tng1neerl'l early 1n August;
bU.t 1.n llll!l:)U01;$ (failed ~er and used by the Adm1n1e1;J'6t1on.
on lIug\1st 7t.h tens.. allked for 250 Gr. of river tlo.~ Th18 was
tJuppliGd by releases froll Cadd08 ed from :rain water In)lstrlc't> 67.
but on A\tfT.U6t 12th no wst6r d8 8.vnilable to supply this additional
demond. Oonditions on the river "roe verr dry enel. deaRDd heavy for
lrrlgQti!.JJ'l in ColoMld.o. ColoradO asked tor 100 ef's of rivor tll)'lf on
'thl11 "dete which "ae reduced Augu8~ 15eh by 50 ele. alld AUf,ust 16tb by
50e1'6. i~arly In ~flptell1ber lo<:al nlfta re~h&ee(\. the deamnd snd "leD"e
"~re y,radUlllly reduced lmtil Sep'tall\ber 14th it was 10'Ml to 160 eta whlch
was lat~r reduced to., 1.10 ero on September l1h.l1. .
Ver"J litt.le water was callel! tor during tbe lattel' par1i of
SGpteillber but. on October 1, ~hG "uaee 1118. 800 els. 350 efs of ",-bioh
was tor stat.e t.,lne flQw. 011 the 1II01'l1J.ng o~ OCtober nil flood _ter
wu present in ClaY Creek o.nfJ. lBtlll!' the.t clay ill Caddoa and. M\1d Creek.
Tne gates on Caddoll ,Jllllll ~.re eloBud at ;100 l~.~. this day. S1neCl! U1Bt
t:1J.oo'releasee of )00 cis on 0et.ober 9th was Ill.Ode to su"ly ditches cloee
to the dam vhich wos greuu$lly renuced to 180 ete Oil 0ct.abcr 14tb.
Since ~etobeT 10th no w&ter nas been released tor State Line.
. Sto"~ in t.he r~ule"olr at. S' 100 A..}il.. October 22, 1957 was
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