Little Rock District Update
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Red River Valley Association 22nd Annual Convention Tony Porter Operations Project Manager Millwood Tri-Lakes, Little Rock District 23 May 2019 US Army Corps of Engineers BUILDING STRONG® Today’s Topics . Little Rock District Overview and Maps . Navigation . Water Supply . Flood Event . Recreation Update . Millwood Tri-Lakes Update BUILDING STRONG® Little Rock District • District is in part of 2 states: Arkansas and Missouri • 135 years of service to the nation • 750 full-time employees • 12 Reservoirs • 13 Navigation Locks and Dams, • 7 Hydroelectric Power Plants • 117 Use Fee Areas • 308 miles of Navigation Channel BUILDING STRONG® Little Rock District NWK AOR MVS AOR SWT AOR MVM AOR LEGEND MVK AOR Red – District Boundary Black – State Boundary US Army Corps of Engineers Blue – Lakes & Rivers BUILDING STRONG® Shaded – Drainage Basin MKARNS BUILDING STRONG® MKARNS Commodity Tonnage CY 2018 Total = 10,930,172 tons BUILDING STRONG® Little Rock District Water Supply • 11 Projects with Water Supply • 29 agreements • 409,665 Acre-Feet of WS Storage • 500 Million Gallons/Day BUILDING STRONG® Millwood Lake Water Rights Based on the Storage Space Contracts ACTIVATED #1 Domtar 10.6 #10 Little 1.4 SWEPCO Ogden Ashdown 0% 2% MGD River MGD Little River 8% 1% #2 Domtar 14.4 #11 8.0 Domtar 28% MGD Texarkana MGD #3 Domtar 25.0 #12 Domtar 5.0 Hope MGD MGD 4% #4 Hope 3.0 #13 Ashdown 5.0 MGD MGD #5 Texarkana 5.0 #14 Hope 9.0 MGD MGD #6 Domtar 20.0 #15 35 MGD Texarkana MGD #7 Little 0.7 #16 99.8 Texarkana River MGD Texarkana MGD 57% #8 SWEPCO 21.0 #17 Ogden 0.1 Domtar Texarkana Hope Little River MGD MGD SWEPCO Ogden Ashdown # 9 2.0 TOTAL 265 Texarkana MGD MGD BUILDING STRONG® Millwood -Tri-Lakes Water Management BUILDING STRONG® Little River Basin BUILDING STRONG® 2018 Flooding Little River: Two of the four lakes in the Little River system, Gillham Lake and Dierks Lake, reached their pool of record. Both have been in operation since 1976 (42 years). Arkansas River: MS River was forecasted to reach level that would cause backflow into Arkansas River. Stop logs were placed to protect lock miter gates at Lock 1, but MS River crested approx. 1’ short of this condition. 11 February 2018 Total Precipitation 7-day Forecast: Monday, February 20, 2018 7-day Forecast: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 Dierks Releases February-March 2018 Millwood Releases February-March 2018 Regulating Criteria DEQUEEN GILLHAM DIERKS MILLWOOD Rolling Fork Little River Cossatot River Saline River Saline River Red River at at at at At at DeQueen, AR Horatio, AR DeQueen, AR Dierks, AR Lockesburg, AR Fulton, AR Regulating 9.6 ft 21.5 ft 9.5 ft 7.9 ft 8.8 ft 25.0 ft Stage (2,000 cfs) (16,366 cfs) (3,000 cfs) (1,000 cfs) (1,000 cfs) (100,000 cfs) Flood 24.0 ft 27.0 ft 15.0 ft 15.0 ft 17.0 ft 27.0 ft Stage BUILDING STRONG® Photo of Millwood Release Approx. 55,000 cfs on March 9, 2018 Millwood Tri-Lakes Recreation Update/Trends Millwood Dierks DeQueen Gillham Visitation 126K 170K 106K 60K FY16 Visitation 146K 174K 113K 61K FY17 Visitation 144K 146K 106K 47K FY18 Fee $100K $117K $63K $80K Collection FY16 Fee $117K $117K $84K $81K Collection FY17 Fee $98k $80K $84K $80K Collection FY18 BUILDING STRONG® Millwood Tri-Lakes Recreation Budget Update Chart Title Gillham DeQueen Dierks Mllwood 0 200000 400000 600000 800000 1000000 FY19 FY18 FY17 FY16 BUILDING STRONG® Recent/Future Projects . OKAY LEVEE . LIME STABILIZATION . CAMPGROUND REPAIRS . STILLING BASIN REPAIRS BUILDING STRONG® OKAY LEVEE BUILDING STRONG® LIME STABILIZATION BUILDING STRONG® GILLHAM STILLING BASIN BUILDING STRONG® MILLWOOD STILLING BASIN BUILDING STRONG® CAMPROUND REPAIRS BUILDING STRONG® USACE Little Rock District on Facebook Find the latest Corps of Engineers' information on lake levels, releases and forecasts needed to enjoy a day of fishing, boating and recreation in the Little Rock District. https://www.facebook.com/littlerockusace BUILDING STRONG® USACE Little Rock District on Twitter Find the latest Corps of Engineers' information on lake levels, releases and forecasts needed to enjoy a day of fishing, boating and recreation in the Little Rock District. https://www.twitter.com/usacelittlerock BUILDING STRONG® USACE Little Rock District Mobile APP Find the latest Corps of Engineers' Search USACE Little Rock lake levels, releases and forecasts needed to enjoy a day of fishing, boating and recreation in the Little Rock District. Industry shippers, anglers, boaters and paddlers now have the latest river stage and flow rates for their favorite rivers and creeks on a smart phone or tablet. Use the SWPA icon to view hydropower generation schedules for the next day or the USGS icon to view stream gage forecasts. http://www.swl.usace.army.mil BUILDING STRONG® Contact Information • Little Rock District • Mr. Kevin J. McDaniels, Chief, Ops Division, 501-324-5556 • Tony Porter, Operations Manager, Millwood Tri-Lakes, 501-340-1455 • Mr. Michael Biggs, PE, CFM, Chief Hydraulics & Technical Service Br, 501-324-6232 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/littlerockusace Website: www.swl.usace.army.mil BUILDING STRONG® Questions ? Our people make the difference! BUILDING STRONG®.