[Monthly Report on Impending Programs of Land Drainage and Water Storage; No.30, August 1, 1938] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov] MONTHLY REPORT ON IMPENDING PROGRAMS OF 1 LAND DRAINAGE AND WATER STORAGE No. 30 August 1, 1938 NATIONAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE WASHINGTON, D. C. 32765 NATIONAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE Water Resources Committee MONTHLY REPORT ON IMPENDING PROGRAMS OF LAND DRAINAGE AND WATER STORAGE Number 30 - August 1, 1938 CONTENTS Page I. Authorized programs of the Works Progress Administration 2-9 II. Impending programs of other agencie 10 - 13 32765 MONTHLY REPORT ON IMPENDING PROGRAMS OF LAND DRAINAGE AND WATER STORAGE. NO. 30 - August 1938. The programs of work listed, herein have been reported to the National Resources Committee in accordance with the President’s memorandum of February 1, 1936. Listing of a program indicates that the program is receiving serious consideration by the sponsoring agency and may be undertaken within two years. It does not indicate that funds are available to begin work or that the sponsoring agency is committed to the program. Programs will be listed once only. Inquiries concerning the programs listed should be made directly to the field or Washington offices of the sponsoring agencies. The accompanying map shows the approximate location of the programs listed in the tabulation, and the outline of the drainage basins which include them. The basin numbers in the tabulation correspond to the numbers on the map. 32765 I. Authorized, programs of the Works Progress Administration This is a partial list of programs which have received Presidential approval, and are being undertaken at the discretion of the State Works Progress administrators. It is probable that not more than one quarter of all programs listed will reach the construction stage during the fiscal year 1939. The Washington office of WPA has no complete record of those projects which actually have been started. Inquiries concerning specific programs should be addressed to the Chief Engineer of the Works Progress Administration, Washington, who will secure tho desired information from the appropriate State administrator. It has not been practicable to show the purpose of all programs, or the agencies with which they have been checked. Tho programs listed in this number include all malaria control, wild life conservation, water conservation, flood control, irrigation, hydroelectric and navigation programs authorized by the Works Progress Administration prior to July 1, 1938, and not included, in previous reports. The greater number of malaria-control programs involve ditching operations, and most of the fish and game protection programs involve dam construction. 2 WC - LD&WS #30 - August 1, 1938 Information furnished by Works Progress Admini s t ra t i o n County Name and Drainage Basin Mo. Description of Program Sponsoring Purpose Agent California Butte - 106 Lois Angeles -108 Monterey - 107 Orange - 108 Orange - 108 Tulare - 106 Improvement of drainage canal and channel of Dry Creek near Richvale $2,101 Reconstruction of levee and embankments along San Gabriel River at Azusa 88,748 Improvement of Salinas River near Spreckels 29,275 Construction of storm drain channel near Elmodena 4,803 Rehabilitation of drainage system 24,774 Improvement of channels and forks of Kawosh and St. Johns Rivers near Visalia 34,083 Drainage Dis- Flood control trict #2 Flood Control Flood control District Flood control Monterey County Orange County Land conservation Flood Control District Newhope Drainage Land conservation District Flood control City of Tulare Colorado Boulder - 72 El Paso - 78 Improvement of banks of Coal Creek at Superior 18,740 Enlarge channel of Monument Creek at Colorado Springs 246,032 City of Flood control Superior City of Colo- Flood control rado Springs Connecticut Fairfield - 5 Fairfield - 7 Fairfield - 5 Hartford - 5 New Haven — 5 New Haven - 5 Ditch and drain swapms at Danbury 15,003 Ditch and drain swamps at Fairfield 16,269 Ditch and drain swamps at Norwalk " 20,167 Ditch and drain swamps in Southington Boro 17,161 Ditch and drain swamps at Ansonia 18,065 Ditch and drain swamps at Hamden 10,979 Mosquito eradication City of Danbury Mosquito eradica- City of Fair-tion field Mosquito eradication City of Norwalk Mosquito eradica- Southington tion Boro Mosquito eradication City of Ansonia Mosquito eradication City of Hamden California Colorado Connecticut 3 32765 WHO - LD&WS #30 - August 1, 1938 Connecticut (Cont.) Idaho Illinois Indiana County Name and Sponsoring Drainage Basin No. Description of Program Purpo se Agency Connecticut (Cont.) New New New Haven - 5 Haven - 5 London - 5 Ditch and drain swamps at Madison $9,034 5,403 4,185 Mosquito eradica- tion Mosquito tion Mosquito tion City of Madison eradica- City of New Haven eradica- City of Old Lyme Ditch and drain at New Haven Ditch and drain at Old Lyme swamps swamps Idaho Ada - 110 Improvement of revements and dikes on Boise River in Section 24 135,180 Ada County Flood control Commissioners Illinois Kankakee - 60 Completion of ditches in Bourbonnais Township 37,308 Flood control Bourbonnais Township Schuyler - 60 Levee construction oh Wilson Creek at Bluff City 937 Flood control Hickory Township Indiana Adams - 42-47 Construction of low State Départ- Blackford - 42 dams - county-wide in ment of Con- Jay - 42 each county 51,740 Water storage servation Wells - 42-47 Greene - 42 Construction of low State Department dams - county-wide 71,192 Water storage of Conservation Lawrence - 42 Construction of low State Department dams— county-wide 308,422 Water storage of Conservation Marion - 42 Completion of improve— ments along White River Flood Control at Indianapolis 30,490 Flood control Commission Orange - 42 Construction of low State Department dams - county-wide 76,288 Water storage of Conservation Putnam - 42 Construction of low State Department Hendricks-42 dams - county-wide 167,968 Water storage of Conservation Vermilion -42 Construction of low State Department dams - county-wide 419,833 Water storage of Conservation Warrick - 42-43 Construction of low State Department dams - county-wide 114,432 Water storage of Conservation Wayne - 38-42 Construction of low State Department Randolph-38-42 dams - county—wide 56,500 Water storage of Conservation 32765 4 WRÇ -• LD&WS Iowa #30 - August 1, 1938 Kansas Louisiana Massachusetts County Name and. Drainage Basin No . Description of Program Sponsoring Purpose Agency Iowa Dubuque - 56 Improvement of Drainage Districts 1, 2, 3, 11, 13, and 14 in Peru and Dubuque Townships $21,415 Land conservation Dubuque County Kansas Butler - 79 Greenwood. - 83 Pawnee - 78 Wyandotte - 73 Construction of earth levees, drainage structures, head walls, wing walls, cut-off walls, storm sewer extension, catch basins, curb inlets, installation of pumps and discharge pipes, riprapping, and performance of incidental work, near Augusta 45,941 Construction of waterline from Lake Eureka to storage tank and purification plant near Eureka 57,408 Improvement of Pawnee River near Larned 3,437 Construction of jetties along Kansas River near Loring 54,625 Flood control City of Augusta Water storage City of Eureka Flood control City of Larned Loring Drainage Flood control District Louisiana Plaquemines-90-92 Jefferson- 90-92 Improvement of levees along Harvey, Intracoastal and Hero Canals 68,801 J eff erson-Plaquemines Drainage Flood control District Massachusetts Berkshire - 5 Essex - 3 Franklin - 5 Improvement of brooks, ponds and ditches at Pittsfield 19,175 Improvement of watershed area at Glen-Lewis Pond Reservoir at Lynn 30,876 Improvement of Saw Mill River at Montague 31,680 Mayor and De- . Mosquito eradica- partment of tion Public Works Park Depart- Water storage ment Board of Flood control Selectmen 5 32765 TO - LD&WS #30 - August 1, 1938 Massachusetts (Cent.) Michigan Mississippi Missouri County Name and. Drainage Basin No. Description of Program Purpose Sponsoring Agency Massachusetts (Cont.) Middlesex - 3 Construction of culvert on Dartmouth Street exten- State Water Flood control Department sion at Malden $34,551 Norfolk - 3 Improvement of Town Mayor and Brook at Quincy 108,461 Land conservation Public Works Norfolk - 3 Drainage of swamps at Mosquito eradica- Board of Holbrook 32,387 tion Selectmen Plymouth - 3 Drainage of swamps at Mosquito eradica- Board of Warham 6,953 tion Selectmen Plymouth - 4 Drainage of swamps at Mosquito eradica- Board of West Bridgewater 5,940 tion Selectmen Worcester - 2 Construction of water holes for fire protection at Berlin 11,088 Board of Water storage Selectmen Worcester - 2 Construction of water holes for fire protection at Leominster 10,590 Fire Depart- Water storage ment Mi chigan Kalamazoo - 45 Newaygo - 45 Shiawassee -45-46 Improvement of fish hatchery near Galesburg, by riprapping creek banks, etc. 8,378 Reconstruction of open drains - county-wide 24,140 Construction of open drains - county-wide 162,384 Fish conservation Flood control Land conservation County Road Commissioners County Drainage Commissioners County Drainage Commissioners Mississippi Boliver - 91 Reservoir construction Town of — ——i—— at Merigold 2,925 Water storage Merigold Missouri Newton - 83 Improvement of South Joplin and Mohaska drainage ditch near City of Joplin 6,035 Land conservation Joplin 6 32765 WRC - LD&WS #30 - August 1, 1938 Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico North Carolina County Name and Sponsoring Drainage Basin No. Description of Program Purpose Agency Montana Carbon - 67 Silver Bov/ - 66 Improve fish hatchery near Red Lodge by constructing rearing pools, installing water and sewer connections, etc. $2,615 Improve fish hatchery at Maiden Rock by constricting rearing pens', riprapping ponds, etc. 10,411 Fish conservation Fish and wildfowl conservation Fish and Game Commission Fish and Game Commission Nebraska Custer - 72 Construction of small dams - county-wide 50,128 Water storage County Board of Supervisors New Hampshire Hillsboro - 2 Construction of water holes for fire protection at Weare 13,248 Water storage Board of Selectmen New Jersey Essex - 7 Essex - 7 Union - 7 Complete masonry walls on Elizabeth River at Irvington 129,452 Improvement of Lightning Brook at Irvington 27,422 Installation of box culvert to eliminate open stream in Cranford Township 28,000 Flood Flood Flood control control • control Department of Public Works Department of Public Works Township Committee New Mexico Bernalillo - 101 Improvement of Rio Grande Valley near Albuquerque by constructing jetties and. riprapping 57,338 Flood, control Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District North Carolina Haywood. - 31 Improve Morrison State Fish hatchery near Waynesville By con- State Department structing pools, lay- of Conservation ing water lines, etc. 11,042 Fish conservation 7 32765 WHO - LEOS #30 - August 1, 1938 Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota County Name Drainage Bas and lin No • Description of Program Purpose Sponsoring Agency Ohio Pike - 37 Improve fish farm in Mifflin Township by filling, draining, constructing walls and revetments, etc. $48,065 Fish conservati State Division of Conservation on Oregon Clackamas - Multnomah - 113 113 Improvement of Johnson Creek near Portland 15,375 Improvement of County Drainage District #1 near Portland 93,956 Flood control Flood control Clackamas County Multnomah County Drainage District Pennsylvania Cumberland. - 9 Erie - 47 Mercer — 34 Monroe - 8 Schuylkill - 8 Development of fish hatchery at Huntsdale by constructing ponds, dams, head walls, sluiceways, etc. 62,376 Completion of Bull Dam at North East 26,229 Reconstruction of water supply reservoir at West Middlesex 3,463 Improvement of Broadhead Creek at Stroudsburg 12,861 Improvement of Mill Creek at Port Carbon 82,129 Fish conservation Water storage Water storage Flood control Flood control State Board of Fish Commissioners Boro Council West Middlesex Boro Council County Commissioners Port Carbon Boro Council South Carolina Orangeburg - • 19 Improvement of Livingston Pond near Orangeburg, by constructing rearing pools, etc. 24,043 Fish conservation Orangeburg County South Dakota Paulk - 68-71 Ziebach - 69 Construction of small dams -county-wi de 77,600 Construction of small dams — county—wi de 60,480 Water storage Water storage Faulk County Ziebach County 8 32765 WC - LD&WS #30 - Augast 1, 1938 Texas Washington West Virginia Wisconsin County Name and. Drainage Basin No« Description of Program Purpose Sponsoring Agency Texas _ Jones 96 Clear Pt. Phanton Hill City of Reservoir near Abilene $6,899 Water storage Abilene Jones — 96 Inprovement of storage sys— tern near Stamford by rip- rapping slope of basin. City of digging wells, etc. 15,360 Water storage Stamford. Washington Benton — 111 Enlarge drainage canal near Whitstran 7,654 Land. < tion conserva- Drainage Districts 9 and 9A Douglas -111 Grant - 111 Okanogan-111 Perry - 111 Clearing of land, along banks of Columbia River from Coulee Dam to Spokane River for reservoir 308,539 Water storage Bureau of Reclamation Stevens- 111 Pierce - 114 Improvement of Puyallup River near Sumner 8,524 Plood control County Commissioners Pierce — 114 Snohomish - 114 Improvement of Sumner water head works by constructing reservoir, etc, 64,889 Improvement of Dike and. Drainage District #6 near Snohomi sh 11,007 Water Plood. storage control Sumner Water Department Dike and Drainage District #6 West Virginia Monongalia — 33 Improvement of Ducker1s City of Morgantown Creek at Morgantown 17,718 Plood control Hampshire - 11 Construction of dam on Big Run near Romney 5,694 Water storage State Board of Control Wisconsin Vernon - 57 Construction of reservoirs at Stoddard tection for fire pro- Village of 1,199 Water storage Stoddard 9 32765 WRC - LD&WS Arkansas #30 - August 1, 1938 California Colorado II. Impending programs of other agencies County, Name and Drainage Basin No. Description of Program Sponsoring Purpose Agency, Arkansas Lonoke - 90 Clean 6 miles of main drainage canal of Keo-England Drainage District of Lonoke County,, in connection with W.P.A. grant. Drainage R.F.C, California Shasta - 106 Central Valley, Project - Construction of Shasta (old Kennett) dam on Sacramento River, described as follows: Concrete gravity, dam, 560 feet high, forming a reservoir of 4,500,000 acre-feet capacity,. Contract awarded. Supplemental irrigation supply,, power development, and Bureau of flood control Reclamation Colorado Arapahoe Douglas « 72 Cherry, Creek Project - Construction of one of two reservoirs on Cherry Creek, by, constructing one of the following described dams: Castlewood Dam -rolled earth fill, 170 feet Delta - Grand - 102 102 high, forming reservoir of 35,400 acre-feet; or Cherry, Creek Dam - rolled earth fill, 105 feet high, forming reservoir of 32,400 acre-feet. Orchard City, Irrigation District Project - Reconstruction of Fruit Growers Dam on Alfalfa Run, a tributary, of North Fork of Gunnison River, described as follows: Rolled earth fill, 53 feet high. Construction in progress. Colorado-Big Thompson Project -Construction of Green Mountain Dam on Blue River, described as follows: Rolled earth fill, 258 feet high, forming reservoir of 152,000 acre-feet. Project authorized. Supplemental irrigation supply, and Bureau of flood control Reclamation Restore water Bureau of supply Reclamation Supplemental irrigation supply, and Bureau of power development Reclamation 10 32765 WRC - LD&WS #30 - August 1, 1938 Colorado (Cont.) Idaho County, Name and Sponsoring Drainage Basin No. Description of Program Purpose Agency, Colorado (Cont.) Mesa West Divide Creek Project - Garfield - 102 Construction of Haystack Dam on Willow Creek, described as follows: rolled earth fill, 125 feet high, forming reservoir of 7,000 Supplemental irri- Bureau of acre-feet. gation supply, Reclamation Montezuma - 102 Mancos Project - Construction of one of two reservoirs, by, constructing one of the following described dams: Jack-son Gulch Reservoir - rolled earth fill dam, 137 or 163 feet high, forming reservoir of 5,263 or 10,000 acre-feet, or Weber Reservoir - rolled earth fill dam, 130 or 140 feet high, forming reservoir Supplemental irri- Bureau of of 5,388 or 7,615 acre-feet. gation supply Reclamation Routt - 102 Yampa Project - Construction of the following described dams on Yampa River - Stillwater No. 1 (Upper) - rolled earth fill dam, 68 feet high, forming reservoir of 6,000 acre-feet; and Stillwater No. 4 (Lower) - rolled earth fill, 140 feet high, forming reser- Supplemental irri- Bureau of voir of 12,000 acre-feet. gation supply, Reclamation Idaho Boise - 110 Boise Project - Construction of Twin Springs Dam on Boise River, described as follows: concrete gravity dam, 350 Supplemental irriga- feet high, forming reservoir of 172,000 acre-feet. Madison South Fork of Snake River Bonneville - 110 Storage Project - Investigation of Narrows reservoir site and other sites (This project extends to Teton County, Wyoming) • tion supply and Bureau of power development Reclamation Supplemental storage for irrigation de- Bureau of velopment Reclamation 11 32765 #30 - August 1, 1938 TnTnöTs^^ Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota County Name and Drainage Basin No. Description of Program Purpose Sponsoring Agency Illinois Cass - 60 Improve and. change levee and. drainage outlet of Valley Drainage and Levee District Drainage R.F.C. Oklahoma Greer Jackson - 85 Altus Project - Construction of Lugert dam on North Fork of Red River, described as follows: Rolled earth fill dam, 83 feet high, forming reservoir of Irrigation of 163,000 acre-feet. 70,000 acres (Additional economic of land now surveys required). dry farmed Bureau of Reclamation Oregon Deschutes - 112 Deschutes Project, North Unit — Construction of Wikiup Dam on Deschutes River, described as follows: Rolled earth fill, 83 feet high, forming reservoir of 180,000 acre-feet. (Funds available to start construction. Irrigation of land Preliminary work under now being dry way) • farmed Bureau of Reclamation South Dakota Pennington - 69 Rapid Valley Project -Construction of Deerfield Dam on Castle Creek or Pactola Dam on Rapid Creek, described as follows: Deerfield Dam - Rolled earth fill, 103 feet high, forming reservoir of 12,400 acre-feet; or Pactola Dam - Rolled Supplemental irriga^* earth fill, 157 feet tion supply, domes- high, forming reservoir tic water supply, of 40,290 acre-feet. and flood control Bureau of Reclamation 12 32765 WRC - LD&WS #30 - August 1, 1938 Wyoming County Name and. Drainage Basin No. Description of Program Purpose Sponsoring Agency Wyoming Teton - 110 South Fork of Snake River Storage Project - Investigation of Narrows reservoir site and. other sites (This project extends to Madison and Bonneville Counties, Idaho). Bureau of Reclamation 13 32765