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LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS The civil works portion of this District covers an area of the District is responsible for the portion of the Little approximately 36,414 square miles in northern, western, River and its tributaries that are in the state of Arkansas, and southwestern Arkansas and a portion of Missouri. above its mouth near Fulton, AR. In the White River This area is within the Arkansas River, Little River, and Basin, the District is responsible for those portions in White River basins. In the Arkansas River Basin, the southern Missouri and northern and eastern Arkansas in District is responsible for planning, design, construction, the White River drainage basin and its tributaries above operation, and maintenance of the navigation portion of Peach Orchard Bluff, AR. The Memphis District is re- the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System sponsible for navigation maintenance on the White River (MKARNS). The District is also responsible for the below Newport, AR, to the mouth of Wild Goose areas included in the Arkansas River drainage basin Bayou, in Arkansas County, AR. The White River from above Pine Bluff, AR, to below the mouth of the downstream from the mouth of Wild Goose Bayou is Poteau River, near Fort Smith, AR. In Little River Basin, part of the MKARNS. IMPROVEMENTS NAVIGATION Multiple-Purpose Projects Including Power 1. Arkansas River Basin, AR, OK, And KS ........... 3 2. Arthur V. Ormond Lock & Dam (No.9), AR ..... 3 28. Beaver Lake, AR ………………………………9 3. David D. Terry Lock And Dam (No. 6), AR ...... 4 29. Bull Shoals Lake, AR.................................. ….10 4. Emmett Sanders Lock And Dam (No. 4), AR ... 4 30. Darndanelle Lock and Dam (No. 10), AR ....... 10 5. James W. Trimble Lock And Dam (No 13),AR . 4 31. Greers Ferry Lake, AR ..................................... 11 6. Lock No. 2 And Wilbur D. Mills (No. 2), AR .... 4 32. Norfork Lake, AR ............................................ 11 7. Joe Hardin Lock And Dam (No. 3), AR ............ 4 33. Ozark-Jeta Taylor Lock and Dam (No. 12), AR 11 8. Lock And Dam No. 5, AR .................................. 5 34. Table Rock Lake, MO ………………………..12 9. Montgomery Point Lock And Dam, AR............. 5 10. Murray Lock And Dam (No. 7), AR .................. 5 INVESTIGATIONS 11. Norrell Lock And Dam (No. 1) and Entrance Channel, AR ................................... 5 35. May Branch, Fort Smith, AR ........................... 12 12. Toad Suck Ferry Lock And Dam (No. 8), AR ... 5 36. Pine Mountain Lake, AR ................................. 12 13. Maintenance And Repair Fleet And Marine 37. Springfield, MO ............................................... 13 Terminals, AR ............................................... 5 38. Southwest Arkansas Study ............................... 13 14. Other Authorized Navigation Projects ................ 5 39. White River Minimum Flows, AR …………...13 15. Navigation Work Under Special Authorization.. 5 CONSTRUCTION FLOOD CONTROL 40. Clearwater Major Rehabilitation Project, 16. Blue Mountain Lake, AR ................................... 6 Clearwater Lake, MO ..................................... 14 17. Clearwater Lake, MO ......................................... 6 41. Arkansas-White Cutoff Containment Structure, 18. DeQueen Lake, AR ............................................ 6 AR, General Reevaluation Study…………… 14 19. Dierks Lake, AR ................................................. 6 42. McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation 20. Fourche Bayou Basin, Little Rock, AR .............. 7 System 12-Foot Channel, AR and OK ............15 21. Gillham Lake, AR .............................................. 7 43. Ozark Powerhouse Major Rehabilitation 22. Little River Basin, AR ........................................ 7 Project, Arkansas River, AR ………………..15 23. Millwood Lake, AR ........................................... 8 24. Nimrod Lake, AR .............................................. 8 25. White River Basin (Little Rock District), CONTINUING AUTHORITY PROGRAM AR & MO ...................................................... 8 NAVIGATION ACTIVITIES (SECTION 107) 26. Inspection Of Completed Flood Control Projects ......................................................... 9 44 Slack Water Harbor, Russellville, AR………....15 27. Other Authorized Flood Control Projects .......... 9 37-1 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY ON CIVIL WORKS ACTIVITIES FOR FY 2010 EMERGENCY BANK PROTECTION (SECTION 14) 45. Batesville Wastewater Treatment Plant, Batesville, AR ................................................. 16 46. Highway 71 @ Red River, Ogden, AR ............ 16 47. Little Piney Creek, Highway 164 ..................... 16 48. Southside Water, White River, Batesville, AR . 16 49. Highway 58, Guion, AR………………………17 50. White River, Augusta, AR…………………… 17 51. Old Grand Glaise, Jackson County, AR………17 52. Paw Paw Bend Road, Conway County, AR… . 17 FLOOD CONTROL ACTIVITIES (SECTION 205) 53. Archey Fork Creek, Clinton, AR........................ 17 54. Hester, Heartsill, and Adamson Greenwood, AR …………………………………………….17 55. Howell Creek, West Plains, MO ........................ 18 56. White River, Oil Trough, MO ............................ 18 57. Prairie Creek, Russellville, AR .......................... 18 58. Otter Creek, Shannon Hills, AR ........................ 18 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION (SECTION 1135) 59. AR River Environmental Restoration Project ... 18 60. Bull Shoals Lake Tailwater Restoration ........... 18 61. Bull Shoals Nursery Pond……………………..18 62. Millwood Lake, Grassy Lake, AR…………….18 63. Rock Creek at Boyle Park, Little Rock, AR ….19 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION (SECTION 206) 64.Coleman Creek, LR, AR……… ......................... 19 65. Shirey Bay Rainey Brake Wildlife Management Area (WMA)................................................... .19 APPENDIX A Table 37-A Cost And Financial Statement ............ 20 Table 37-B Authorizing Legislation ..................... 27 Table 37-C Other Authorized Navigation Projects ............................................. 29 Table 37-E Other Authorized Flood Control Projects .................................. 30 Table 37-F Multiple Purpose Projects Including Power ................................................ 35 Table 37-G Deauthorized Projects ........................ 36 37-2 LITTLE ROCK, AR DISTRICT NAVIGATION Fort Smith, AR, and Muskogee and Catoosa (Tulsa- Rogers County), OK. Port authorities have been orga- 1. Arkansas River Basin, AR, OK, AND KS nized to develop public facilities at North Little Rock, Dardanelle-Russellville, Morrilton, Clarksville, Ozark, Location. The headwaters for the Arkansas River are and Van Buren, AR, and Sallisaw, OK. Terminal facili- in the Rocky Mountains near Leadville, CO. The river ties are in operation or being built at 35 locations in Ar- flows southeastward 1,396 miles through Colorado, kansas and at 25 locations in Oklahoma along the im- Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas to join the Mississippi proved waterways. River 599 miles above Head of Passes, LA. Operations during fiscal year. Previous projects. For details see page 1066, An- nual Report for 1932, and pages 744, 864, and 881, An- Flood damages prevented by Little Rock District le- nual Report for 1943. vee projects in the Arkansas River Basin during FY10 are estimated at $54,769,000; flood losses prevented Existing project. The MKARNS provides naviga- through FY10 are estimated at $1,639,163,000. tion, hydroelectric power, flood control, water supply, sediment control, recreation, and fish and wildlife prop- Approximately 11.3 million tons of commerce was agation improvements in the Arkansas River Basin. The moved on the Arkansas portion of the MKARNS during MKARNS provides a navigation channel 9 feet deep and calendar year 2010. Details of the MKARNS and lakes 444.8 miles long. The channel begins at the mouth of in Arkansas are shown on the following pages. the White River, which enters the Mississippi River 599 FY10 withdrawals for water supply purposes were miles above Head of Passes, LA, thence 9.8 miles up- 94.49 acre-feet from Nimrod Lake. stream to the mouth of Wild Goose Bayou; thence 9.2 miles by a land cut, designated as Arkansas Post Canal The annual dredging contract was awarded. Due to to mile 42 (1943 survey) on the Arkansas River; thence the flooding events in the spring months of 2008, both 376.0 miles to the mouth of the Verdigris River at navi- Little Rock and Tulsa districts developed serious shoal- gation mile 395.0; thence 49.8 miles up the Verdigris ing. The dredge started in Little Rock District cleaning River to the head of navigation at Catoosa, OK. A 12 shoaling areas, moving upstream to Tulsa District. Tem- foot channel depth was authorized by Section 136 of PL porary relief measures (clamming with in-house labor 108-137 in 2004. Construction of the 12 foot channel and pool deviations) helped both districts maintain navi- depth began in 2006. gation on the MKARNS. The waterway is canalized throughout its length by An IDIQ Bank Stabilization contract was awarded in 18 locks and dams with a total lift of 420 feet. Darda- FY09.In FY10 work was completed in Pools 3, 7, 10 and nelle, Ozark-Jeta Taylor, Robert S. Kerr, and Webbers 12 totaling about $6.6 million. Falls are multiple purpose projects that include hydro- Installation of the Motor Control Center (MCC) at power. Lock chambers are 110 by 600 feet. A mini- Murray Lock & Dam (No. 7) and Toad Suck Ferry Lock mum channel width of 150 feet is provided for the Ver- & Dam (No. 8) was completed in FY09. In FY10, the digris