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Flood Control o LC V).S. Oajtiil Cj5iiy>5L (tfiOAjrmAZ> ( b ) ^ Coe U jd ilA JUJbOUAjCO^ ‘VfXOuMUJ) lW h&MCLb aV§- \Ottbj. EU&Aj a ^ijilo WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT by the US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS in KANSAS US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION DALLAS, TEXAS JANUARY 1977 U S ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FOR YOUR INFORMATION This publication is a revised edition of a similar Several Division and District Engineers are pamphlet published in January 1975. responsible for the projects and activities of the Corps of Engineers as described in this pamphlet. Division It has been prepared to provide current information and District boundaries are shown on the fold-out map about the water resources development program of the at the end of the brochure and further information on US Army Corps of Engineers in Kanas. particular projects and activities may be obtained by addressing the appropriate office as follows: ADDRESS INQUIRIES TO Division Engineer Division Engineer US Army Engineer Division, Southwestern US Army Engineer Division, Missouri River Main Tower Bldg 1200, Main Street PO Box 103 Dallas, TX 75202 Omaha, NB 68101 District Engineer District Engineer US Army Engineer District, Tulsa US Army Engineer District, Kansas City PO B ox 61 700 Federal Building Tulsa, OK 74102 Kansas City, MO 64106 District Engineer US Army Engineer District, Albuquerque PO Box 1580 Albuquerque, NM 87103 (sorf 766-27#/ TO OUR READERS: Throughout history, water has played a dominant role in shaping the destinies of nations and entire civilizations. The early settlement and development of our country occurred along our coasts and watercourses. The management of our land and water resources was the catalyst which enabled us to progress from a basically rural and agrarian economy to the urban and industrialized nation we are today. Since the General Survey Act of 1824, the US Army Corps of Engineers has played a vital role in the development and management of our national water resources. At the direction of Presidentsand with Congressional authorization and funding, the Corps of Engineers has planned and executed major national programs for navigation, flood control, water supply, hydroelectric power, recreation, and water conservation which have been responsive to the changing needs and demands of the American people for 152 years. These programs have contributed significantly to the economic growth of our country and to the well-being of the American people. Today, the activities of the Corps of Engineers in water resources management, under the direction of the executive and legislative branches of the Federal Government, continue to support national goals and objectives. These include conservation of our water resources, protection of our wetlands, nonstructural solutions to flood-damage control problems, total water management in metropolitan areas, flood plain management, and the preservation and enhancement of the quality of our environment for future generations. This booklet describes the past, current, and proposed activities of the Corps of Engineers in your State. I trust that you will find it informative, interesting, and useful. Lieutenant General, USA Chief of Engineers t TOMORROW TODAY HOW CORPS OF ENGINEERS’ PROJECTS L0CA17URBAN/REGIONAL PROBLEMS I | M PEOPLE ASK SURFACE: CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES TO AUTHORIZE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS ASSISTANCE IN PROBLEM SOLVING t SECRETARY OF FOLLOWING APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS, DE CONDUCTS DE THE ARMY INITIAL PUBLIC MEETING: • INVESTIGATES ALL ALTERNATIVES • PERFORMS LIMITED DIRECTS -TECHNICAL FEASI­ BILITY STUDIES -ENVIRONMENTAL IDENTIFY AND DISCUSS ASSESSMENTS CONGRESS CHIEF OF ENGINEERS LOCAL PROBLEMS & A LT E R N ­ • PROPOSES MOST DIVISION ENGINEER ATIVES EMPHASIZING AUTHORIZES NATIONAL ECONOMIC FEASIBLE DISTRICT ENGINEER EFFICIENCY V ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS STUDY IDE) QUALITY 3 4 5 FORMULATION DE LATE STAGE DE STAGE PUBLIC • INVESTIGATES FORMULATION FORWARDS TO STATES/ STAGE ALTERNATIVES PUBLIC MEETING AGENCIES MEETING • PERFORMS OETAILEO - TECHNICAL FEASIBIUTY *3 STUDIES - ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESS­ MENTS • SELECTS PLAN FOR PROPOSAL • DISTRIBUTES DRAFT ENVIRON­ MENTAL IMPACT STATE­ MENT (EIS) (15 DAYS PRIOR TO LATE STAGE PUBLIC DISCUSS MOST MEETING) TENTATIVE PLAN FEASIBLE • MAKES DRAFT FEASIBILITY PROPOSED AND REPORT AVAILABLE ALTERNATIVES DISCUSSED l^R) 9 DE PUBLIC: • REVIEWS COMMENTS TO DRAFT RESPONDS TO EIS ANDFR • PREPARES RECOMMENDED DRAFT EIS AND - REVISED DRAFT EIS DRAFT FR - f in a l f r - s t a t e m e n t OF FINDING (SOF) • REVIEWS REQUESTING PUBLIC FORWARDS TO • MODIFIES AS APPRO­ VIEWS BE SENT TO PRIATE BOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS - FINALFR (BERH) - REVISED DRAFT EIS • FORWARDS RECOMMENDA­ • INDORSES SOF TIONS TO BEPH • ISSUES PUBLIC NOTICE II FIGURE 1 ARE STARTED, AUTHORIZED AND BUILT BERH CONSIDERS VIEWS OP - PUBLIC AW) W m l^\ - STATES REVIEWS BOARD REPORT PREPARES HIS DRAFT RECOMMEN­ - AGENCIES DATIONS REVIEWS AND PROVIDES DISTRIBUTES FOR OUTSIDE RECOMMENDATIONS REVIEW - REVISED DRAFT EIS (PUBLIC, - REVISED DRAFT EIS STATES, FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS) - FINAL FR (4 5 -DAY REVIEW PERIOD) - FR (GOVERNORS, FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS) TRANSMITS TO CHIEF OF ENGINEERS 13 (90-DAY REVIEW PERIOD) |4 CHIEF CHIEF SECRETARY OF THE ARMY REVIEWS RECEIVED FORWARDS RECOMMEN­ COMMENTS DATIONS TO SECRETARY MODIFIES REPORT OF THE ARMY FOR CONSIDERATION AS APPROPRIATE REVIEW S PREPARES FINAL EIS COORDINATES WITH 0M8 - FINAL REPORT PREPARES HIS RECOMMENDATIONS - FINAL EIS FORWARDS -SOF -F IN A L EIS. SOF (CEQ, PUBLIC) - FINAL FR, FINAL EIS, SOF 15 16 (CONGRESS) 17 PROJECT OMB PROJECT FUNDING AUTHORIZATION REVIEWS CORPS BUDGET CONGRESS INCLUDES IN HOLDS SUBMITS TO CONGRESS APPROPRIATIONS BILL HEARINGS PRESIDENT SIGNS INCLUDES IN WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT BILL OR OTHER LEGISLATION PRESIDENT SIGNS 16 LOCAL INTERESTS DE GUARANTEE TO FULFILL FORMULATES PRE-CONSTRUCTION l ' / ' - / / OBLIGATIONS REQUIRED PLANNING GENERAL DESIGN BY LAW le.g., REAL ESTATE, MEMORANDA (GDM) 11.J i j l “ COST SHARING, MAINTENANCE, -UPDATES EIS AS REQUIRED OPERATION. FLOOD ZONING) - ISSUES PUBLIC NOTICE AND CONDUCTS AT LEAST ONE ‘ W n 'i PUBLIC MEETING OBTAINS ADDITIONAL CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION AS APPROPRIATE V INITIATES AND COMPLETES CONSTRUCTION OPERATES AND MAINTAINS zi CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN 9 Dodge City Local Protection 9 Great Bend Local Protection 10 Cow Creek Channel Improvement 10 Hutchinson Local Protection 12 Wichita & Valley Center Local Protection 12 El Dorado Lake 15 Towanda Lake 16 El Dorado Local Protection 16 Douglass Lake 16 Winfield Local Protection 16 Fall River Lake 20 Toronto Lake 20 Neodesha Lake 22 Elk City Lake 22 Big Hill Lake 24 Marion Lake • 26 Marion Local Protection 27 Cedar Point Lake 27 Council Grove Lake 27 John Redmond Dam and Reservoir 29 lola Local Protection 29 Arkansas-Red River Basins Water Quality Control Study Texas, Oklahoma, & Kansas 30 MISSOURI RIVER BASIN 33 Comprehensive Plan, Missouri River Basin 34 Abilene Local Protection 35 Atchison Local Protection 35 Clinton Lake 37 Fort Scott Lake 37 Frankfort Local Protection 38 Garnett Lake 38 Grove Lake 39 Hays Local Protection 39 Hillsdale Lake 40 Kanopolis Lake 41 Kansas City Local Protection 43 Lawrence Local Protection 43 Manhattan Local Protection 44 Melvern Lake 44 Milford Lake 46 Missouri River Levee System— Sioux City, Iowa, to the Mouth 47 Missouri River Stabilization and Navigation Project 47 Onaga Lake 49 Osawatomie Local Protection 49 Ottawa Local Protection 49 i CONTENTS (CONT) MISSOURI RIVER BASIN (CONT) Perry Lake 51 Pioneer Lake 51 Pomona Lake 52 Salina Local Protection 53 The Kansas Citys, Missouri and Kansas Local Protection 54 Topeka Local Protection 56 Tuttle Creek Lake 58 Wilson Lake 60 Indian Lake 62 Tomahawk Lake 62 Wolf-Coffee Lake 62 Kansas River Navigation 62 EMERGENCY WORK 66 Snagging and Clearing Operations (Public Law 780) 66 Emergency Bank Protection (Public Law 526) 66 Emergency Repairs (Public Law 99) 66 Disaster Assistance (Public Law 93-288) ' 66 FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT SERVICES 69 SMALL PROJECTS FOR FLOOD CONTROL AND RELATED PURPOSES 75 Kinsley Local Protection 75 Larned Local Protection 75 Florence Local Protection 75 Newton Local Protection 75 Sedgwick Local Protection 76 West Branch of Chisholm Creek Local Protection 76 Nickerson Local Protection 76 Parsons Local Protection 76 Arkansas City Local Protection 76 Park City Kansas 76 Barnard Local Protection 76 Clyde Local Protection 77 Gypsum Local Protection 77 Stranger Creek Channel Improvement 78 Stonehouse Creek Local Protection 78 STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS 79 PROJECTS OF OTHER AGENCIES 81 Augusta Local Protection 81 Winfield Local Protection 81 Cheney Reservoir 81 Cedar Bluff Reservoir 81 Glen Elder Reservoir 82 Kirwin Reservoir 82 Lovewell Reservoir 82 ii CONTENTS (CONT) PROJECTS OF OTHER AGENCIES (CONT) Norton Reservoir 82 Webster Reservoir 82 Figure 1— How Corps of Engineers Projects Are Started, Faces Authorized And Built Contents Figure 2— Storage Space Allocation in a Multipurpose Lake 14 Figure 3—Flood Plain Management Services 68 Maps— Arkansas River Basin 8 Verdigris— Grand (Neosho) River Basin 19 Missouri River Basin 32 Flood Plain Management Studies Between 74-75 Water Resources Development in Kansas Follows Index INDEX 83 in INTRODUCTION Under a large body of law beginning with the Act of April 30, 1824, and extending through a series of flood control acts and other Federal water resources legislation, the Army Corps of Engineers has been authorized by the Congress to investigate, develop, conserve, and
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