Report Upon the Improvement of Rivers and Harbors in
The Walla Walla, Wash., District

Extract From the Annual Report of the
Chief of Engineers, 1952

Department of the Army
Office of the Chief of Engineers
1953

[The passage below is reprinted from pages 4-5 of the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1952]

REQUIREMENTS OF LOCAL COOPERATION FOR FLOOD-CONTROL PROJECTS

Congress in the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, established, and in the amendatory and supplemental general Flood Control Acts approved August 28, 1937, June 28, 1938, August 11, 1939, August 18, 1941, December 22, 1944, July 24, 1946, June 30, 1948, and May 17, 1950, reaffirmed the general policy that flood control throughout the United States is a proper activity of the Federal Government, in cooperation with the States and local communities, and that the Federal Government should improve or participate in the improvement of navigable waters or their tributaries for flood-control purposes, if such projects are economically justified and if the lives and social security of people are otherwise adversely affected. Those acts also specified the local cooperation required for the projects authorized therein.

These requirements of local cooperation, in brief are as follows:

(a) Dam and reservoir projects authorized in any of the aforementioned flood-control or river and harbor acts are constructed entirely at the expense of the United States and are maintained and operated by the Corps of Engineers. No local cooperation is required for dam and reservoir projects unless specifically prescribed by special provisions of law.

(b) For local flood-protection projects, except channel improvement or channel rectification projects authorized by the acts of 1936, 1937, and 1938, local interests must provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights of way necessary for the construction of the projects, hold and save the United States free from damages due to the construction works, and maintain and operate all the works after completion in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army. Channel improvement and channel rectification projects authorized by the acts of 1936, 1937, and 1938 are built at Federal expense, and no local cooperation is required. Exceptions to these general rules are provided by law in the case of certain specific projects.

This district comprises southeastern Washington, exclusive of the watershed of the Columbia River and tributaries above and including the Yakima River, Wash.; all of Idaho, except the northern part and a small southeastern portion; a portion of western Wyoming; a small part of northwestern Utah; part of northeastern Nevada and all of eastern Oregon.
District engineer: Col. W. H. Mills, Corps of Engineers.
Division engineer of the North Pacific Division, Portland, Oreg., comprising the Portland, Oreg., Seattle, Wash., Walla Walla, Wash., and Alaska districts: Brg. Gen. O. E. Walsh, United States Army, to Feb. 14, 1952; Col. William H. Mills, Corps of Engineers, acting division engineer, to April 14, 1952; Col. E.C. Itschner, Corps of Engineers, since that date.

Improvements

Navigation
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.		 Snake River, Oreg., Wash., and Idaho
McNary Lock and Dam, Columbia River, Oreg.
Umatilla Harbor, Oreg.
Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general)
Plant allotment
Inactive rivers and harbors projects
Flood Control
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
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24.
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26.
 
27.
28.		 Columbia River Basin, Local Flood Protection Projects
Jackson Hole, Snake River, Wyo.
Heise-Roberts area, Snake River, Idaho
Heise-Roberts extension, Columbia River Basin, Idaho
Portneuf River and Marsh Creek, Idaho
Lucky Peak Reservoir, Boise River, Idaho
Boise Valley, Idaho
Grande Ronde Valley, Columbia River Basin, Oreg.
Pullman, Palouse River, Wash.
Colfax, Palouse River, Wash.
Mill Creek, Wash.
Milton-Freewater, Walla Walla River, Oreg.
Touchet River, Wash.
Snagging and clearing under authority of section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved August 28, 1937, as amended
Preliminary examinations, surveys, and contingencies for flood control
Inspection of completed flood-control works
Inactive flood-control projects
Miscellaneous activities
Emergency flood control work under authority of Flood Control Act approved July 24, 1946
Emergency flood control work under authority of Public Laws 138 and 318, 78th Congress; Public Law 75,
79th Congress; and Public Laws 102 and 858, 80th Congress
Emergency flood control work under authority of the Flood Control Act approved Aug. 18, 1941
Small flood control projects under authority of section 205,
Public Law 858, 80th Cong., as amended by section 212, Flood Control Act, 1950

NAVIGATION

1. SNAKE RIVER, OREG., WASH., AND IDAHO

Location. The Snake River, which is the largest tributary of Columbia River, rises in Yellowstone National Park, in the western part of Wyoming, flows in a general westerly direction for about 1,000 miles and empties into Columbia River near Pasco, Wash. 324 miles from the Pacific Ocean. (See U.S. Geological Survey maps of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.)

Previous projects. No formal project for the improvement of Snake River was adopted by Congress prior to the act of June 13, 1902. Subsequent projects were adopted by River and Harbor Acts of June 13, 1902, June 25, 1910 and August 30, 1935. For further details see page 1991 of Annual Report for 1915, page 1849 of Annual Report for 1938 and page 2676 of Annual Report for 1948.

Existing Project. This provides for the construction of such dams as are necessary and open-channel improvement for purpose of providing slack water navigation and irrigation between the mouth of Snake River and Lewiston, Idaho The pool formed by McNary Dam will provide slack water from the mouth of Snake River to mile 9.7. For maintenance purposes the project also provides for any necessary work on the River between Lewiston and Johnson's Bar, Idaho, as authorized under previous projects. No channel dimensions are specified above Lewiston. A system of four dams between the mouth of the Snake River and Lewiston has been approved. The estimated total cost, revised in 1950, including the installation of three power units at each dam is as follows:

Dam 1 Ice Harbor, river mile 9.7 $104,175,000
Dam 2 Lower Monumental, river mile 44.7 94,466,000
Dam 3 Little Goose, river mile 72.2 106,422,000
Dam 4 Lower Granite, river mile 113.1 89,052,000
Total 394,115,000

The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved March 2, 1945. (See H. Doc. 704, 75th Cong., 3d Sess.)

Local Cooperation. No conditions were imposed by law.

Terminal facilities. From the mouth of the Snake River to Riparia, 67 miles, there are no wharves or warehouses on the river banks. From Riparia to Lewiston, Idaho, 73 miles, there are no wharves, but there are public and privately owned warehouses and grain elevators located at Penawawa, mile 91.5, Lewiston, mile 140, Asotin, mile 146 and between Asotin and 11 miles above. Just above Lewiston, mile 140.5, there is a privately owned 40- by 60-foot wharf. On the left bank between Riparia and Lewiston there are several wheat warehouses formerly used for storage of wheat to be transferred to the railroad on the right bank.

Operations and results during fiscal year. Work consisted of periodic inspections and investigations in connection with maintenance of the navigation channel between Lewiston and Johnson's Bar, Idaho.

Costs for the fiscal year were $93.38 for new work and $336.42 for maintenance, a total of $429.80. Expenditures were minus $95.49 for new work and $336.42 for maintenance, a total of $240.93.

Condition at end of fiscal year. Construction has not been initiated at any of the four dam sites. Engineering and design on Ice Harbor Dam is 28 percent complete. Hydraulic model construction and tests are complete on the first step cofferdam. Engineering and design studies for dams 2, 3, and 4 are in a preliminary stage only. Detailed plans on real estate, flowage, and relocations covering the four dams have been completed and submitted to higher authority.

Total costs under the existing project have been as follows:

Description of Work New Work Maintenance
Site selection, lands, and damages (all dams) $586,950.36  
Ice Harbor Dam (dam 1) 715,456.44  
Lower Monumental Dam (dam 2) 43,165.84  
Maintenance of channel between Lewiston and Johnson Bar   $9,392.45
Total $1,345,572.64 $9,392.45

Total expenditures have been $1,347,125.09.

Proposed operations. An allotment for fiscal year 1953 of $140,000 will be applied to engineering studies.

No work is scheduled for fiscal year 1954.

Cost and Financial Summary
  Fiscal year ending June 30— Total to June 30, 1952, including fiscal years prior to 1948
1948 1949 1950 1951 1952
New Work
Appropriated
 $170,000.00 $300,000.00 $225,000.00 $87,610.93 —$240,438.29 $1,781,936.07¹
Cost
 355,716.93 381,865.73 109,791.53 34,894.73 93.38 1,780,336.07¹
Expenditures
 358,678.97 302,470.20 130,092.71 36,076.83 —95.49 1,772,496.07¹
Maintenance
Appropriated
 — —781.01 6,000.00 5,000.00 —5,000.00 214,946.70
Cost
 4,062.70 — 4,601.82 235.22 336.42 214,120.16
Expenditures
 4,083.54 — 4,601.67 235.37 336.42 214,120.16
¹Exclusive of $85,000 contributed funds allotted and expended for new work on previous project.
Note: Totals for new work to June 30, 1952, include previous project amount of $434,763.43.

Totals for maintenance to June 30, 1952, include previous project amount of $204,727.71.

Other new work data:
Appropriated for fiscal year ending June 30, 1953 $140,000
Unobligated balance available for fiscal year 1953 140,000
Estimated additional amount needed to be appropriated for completion of existing project 392,627,800

2. McNARY LOCK AND DAM, COLUMBIA RIVER, OREG.

Location. The site of this project is on the Columbia River, 292 miles above the mouth, near Umatilla, Oreg., and 3 miles above the mouth of the Umatilla River.

Existing Project. This project includes a dam, power plant, navigation lock, and appurtenant facilities for purposes of navigation, power development, and incidental irrigation. The proposed improvement provides principally for the improvement of navigation, creation of pool extending approximately 64 miles upstream to a point about 27 miles above Pasco, Wash. The dam, which will raise the normal water surface approximately 85 feet to elevation 340 mean sea level, will be approximately 7,600 feet long and will consist of an earth dam at the Oregon (south) abutment, a powerhouse, a spillway dam, a navigation lock, and an earth dam at the Washington (north) abutment. Suitable facilities for migrating fish, including fish ladders, will be provided.

The powerhouse installation will comprise 14 units of 70,000 kilowatts each, making a total installed capacity of 980,000 kilowatts.

The spillway dam will be 1,310 feet long and will be located in the north channel of the river. The overflow crest at 291 feet above sea level will be surmounted by 22 spillway gates capable of releasing the design flood of 2,200,000 cubic feet per second. The deck will be at elevation 361 and will provide a service roadway and tracks for the operation of two gantry cranes.

The navigation lock will be a single type and will operate at all flows less than 800,000 cubic feet per second.

The pool created by the spillway dam will provide a navigable channel with depths of 12 feet and over, between McNary Dam and the confluence of the Yakima River, a distance of approximately 43 miles. A controlling depth of 9 feet will be provided on Snake River from its mouth to a point approximately 10.2 miles above.

All structures will be founded on a massive basalt flow that reaches a maximum thickness of 130 feet and directly overlies a sedimentary interbed. The principal data concerning the navigation lock and spillway dam are shown in the following table:

Navigation Lock
Type Single lift
Dimensions:
Net clear width of chamber 86 feet
Net clear length 675 feet
Lift (vertical):
At extreme low water and normal pool 92 feet
At mean annual flow (190,000 cubic feet per second) 84.4 feet
At average maximum flow (550,000 cubic feet per second) 72.3
Depth over miter sill at adopted low water (43,000 cubic feet per second) 12 feet
Depth over upper sill at normal pool (elevation 340) 20 feet
Character of foundation Basalt flow
Spillway Dam
Over-all length of spillway dam section 1,310 feet
Type of construction Concrete gravity
Elevation spillway crest 291 feet above mean sea level
Elevation deck 361 feet above mean sea level
Height, maximum (foundation to deck) 158 feet
Type of control Fixed wheel segmental lift gates
Number of gates 22
Size of gates 50 by 53 feet
Stilling basin type Concrete apron with baffles
Normal pool elevation 340 feet above mean sea level
Maximum pool elevation 356.5 feet above mean sea level
Maximum spillway capacity at normal pool elevation 1,480,000 cubic feet per second
Maximum spillway capacity at maximum pool elevation 2,200,000 cubic feet per second

The estimated cost of the dam, navigation lock, 14-power unit generating installation, fishways, and attendant buildings and grounds, revised in 1952 is $282,820,000.

The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved March 2, 1945. (See H. Doc. 704, 75th Cong., 3d Sess.)

Operations and results during fiscal year. Oregon shore contract involving concrete substructure for two main units, service station bay and assembly bay for the powerhouse, the main second-step cofferdam, and a portion of Oregon shore abutment was completed during fiscal year.

Work on contracts for powerhouse equipment requiring the design and manufacture of such items as turbines, generators, transformers, switching and switchgear equipment, fish pumps, etc. has continued.

Construction of remaining portion of McNary lock and dam consisting of substructure for 12 main units and superstructure for entire powerhouse, 8½ complete spillway bays and ogee sections of 13½ spillway bays, nonoverflow sections, fishway and fishway collection system, temporary fish ladder, portion of abutments, upstream sill of navigation lock, railroad spurs and access roads, and miscellaneous appurtenances has progressed to 63.2 percent of completion.

Work is in progress on spillway gate leaves, diffusion chamber valves, upstream miter gate for navigation lock, fish collection machinery gates and stoplogs, etc. by several contracts.

Work completed during the fiscal year consisted of 200-ton spillway gantry crane, permanent warehouse, completion of railroad signal system, and rock detector fences.

Construction was initiated on 19.6 miles of joint relocation of Union Pacific and Northern Pacific Railroad lines.

Construction of Pasco and Kennewick levees and pumping plants is in progress.

Total costs for fiscal year were $55,813,617.15, for all new work. Expenditures were $52,995,297.95.

Condition at end of fiscal year. Construction of the existing project, which was started May 5, 1947, is now approximately 55 percent complete.

Work on the Washington shore, including the navigation lock, is 98 percent complete; the north embankment is 99 percent complete. Fish facilities are completed except for installation of operating and control equipment; spillway dam, consisting of 22 bays, ogee sections of 8½ bays is 90 percent complete. The remaining 13½ bays are being used for diversion of the river. The spillway superstructure is complete for 13½ the powerhouse and intake structure is 55 percent complete; Oregon fish ladder is complete except for the installation of operating and control equipment; the south embankment is 50 percent complete; the fishway pumphouse building is complete. Relocation of 80.8 miles of railroad is 71 percent complete, 42.5 miles of State highway and county roads are 59 percent complete and 57 miles of power and communication lines are 15 percent complete, and construction of levees is 35 percent complete. Construction of the project town is approximately 84 percent complete. All construction work at the dam necessary to raise the pool to project elevation is to be accomplished by April 1953.

Total costs have been $154,496,708.73. Expenditures have been $150,554,728.53.

Proposed operations. The funds unexpended June 30, 1952, including accounts receivable amount to $13.545/084/63, plus an allotment of $53,604,000, a total of $67,149,974.63, will be applied to new work as follows:

Accounts payable $7,081,965.04
Engineering, hired labor
 671,495.00
Engineering contracts
 5,836.00
Lands
 2,386,162.00
Operations of facilities
 1,073,167.00
Miscellaneous items of construction by hired labor
 1,170,000.00
Supply contracts:
Powerhouse equipment (governing equipment, hydraulic turbines, generators, transformers,
control equipment, station services switch gear, cranes, etc.), including installation
 18,764,666.59
Powerhouse structure
 5,307,549.00
Equipment and material for locks, spillway, and fishways (slide gates and operating machinery,
gantry cranes, tainter valves and operating machinery, culvert bulkheads and trash racks,
spillway gates, derricks, miter gates and stop logs, bascule bridges, etc.)
 16,280,482.00
Construction of cofferdams
 989,305.00
Construction of McNary levees, by contract
 4,816,803.00
Relocation of railroads, highways, and utilities, by several contracts
 7,344,977.00
Buildings and grounds
 589,941.00
Reservoir management and public use facilities
 205,000.00
Clearing McNary Reservoir area
 462,536.00
Total 67,149,974.63

The additional sum of $28,500,000 in new work funds and $905,000 in maintenance funds can be profitably expended for the following schedule of work during fiscal year 1954:

New work:
Engineering
 $500,000
Powerhouse structure
 11,395,000
Construction of McNary levees
 100,000
Complete land acquisition
 350,000
Relocations
 30,000
Manufacture, delivery, and installation of equipment for powerhouse
 15,500,000
Miscellaneous fishway equipment
 135,000
Reservoir clearing
 25,000
Reservoir management
 125,000
Operation of field facilities
 360,000
Total 28,500,000
Maintenance:
Operation
 600,000
Ordinary maintenance and repair
 305,000
Total 905,000
Total for all work 29,405,000

Cost and Financial Summary
  Fiscal year ending June 30— Total to June 30, 1952, including fiscal years prior to 1948
1948 1949 1950 1951 1952
New Work
Appropriated
 $4,500,000.00 $30,000,000.00 $35,000,000.00 $39,610,000.00 $42,900,000.00 $155,085,000.00
Cost
 5,906,213.69 14,336,311.20 36,791,572.86 40,305,923.42 55,813,617.15 154,496,708.73
Expenditures
 5,936,626.15 14,112,040.70 36,142,060.90 40,046,827.54 52,996,297.95 150,554,728.53

Other new work data:
Unobligated balance, June 30, 1952 —$8,984,296.84
Appropriated for fiscal year ending June 30, 1953 62,604,000.00
Unobligated balance available for fiscal year 1953 53,619,703.16
Estimated additional amount needed to be appropriated for completion of existing project 65,131,000.00

3. UMATILLA HARBOR, OREG.

Location. This harbor is located on the Columbia River at Umatilla, Oreg., 289 miles above the mouth of the same river and 3 miles downstream from McNary Dam.

Existing Project. This provides for clearing the harbor areas of all shoals to a depth of 7½ feet below low water from the channel to a line which generally follows the present 7-foot depth contour. This line would extend downstream channelward across the shoal area above the mouth of the Umatilla River.

The existing project was authorized by the Rivers and Harbors act approved May 17, 1950 (Public Law 516, 81st Cong., 2d Sess.).

The estimated Federal cost revised in 1952 is $520,000 for construction. The estimated annual Federal cost of maintenance and operation revised in 1952 is $1,300.

Local cooperation. The River and Harbor Act approved March 2, 1945, provides that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, rights-of-way, and spoil-disposal areas for initial work and for subsequent maintenance as required, and hold and save the United States free from damages due to the construction works and subsequent maintenance. Local interests are required to furnish assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that adequate terminal facilities open to all on equal and equitable terms would be provided.

Terminal facilities. There are no wharves, but there is a terminal where barges are moored close in without the benefit of a shore structure for unloading. There are three tank farms for storage of petroleum products and a cooperative grain elevator adjacent to the harbor.

The port of Umatilla has proposed construction of a dock and terminal facilities.

Operations and results during fiscal year. None. There were no costs or expenditures during the fiscal year.

Condition at end of fiscal year. No work has been done on this project. There have been no costs or expenditures during the fiscal year.

Proposed operations. A sum of $520,000 can be profitably expended for construction during fiscal year 1954.

4. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL)

The total cost of work during the fiscal year was $16,330.51 and expenditures were $15,908.23, all for maintenance. The funds unexpended June 30, 1952, including accounts receivable, amounting to $3,874.71, plus an allotment for fiscal year 1953 of $28,750 for contingencies, will be applied to accounts payable, contingencies and features of work under this heading during the fiscal year 1953.

The additional sum of $13,650 is needed to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1954 for contingencies.

Cost and Financial Summary
  Fiscal year ending June 30— Total to June 30, 1952, including fiscal years prior to 1948
1948 1949 1950 1951 1952
Maintenance
Appropriated
 — $20,300.00 $16,000.00 $20,000.00 $17,000.00 $73,300.00
Cost
 — 7,095.76 26,114.92 20,232.56 16,330.51 69,773.75
Expenditures
 — 7,430.54 25,368.10 21,015.05 15,908.23 69,721.92

5. PLANT ALLOTMENT, WALLA WALLA, WASH., DISTRICT

Cost and Financial Summary
  Fiscal year ending June 30— Total to June 30, 1952, including fiscal years prior to 1948
1948 1949 1950 1951 1952
New Work
Appropriated
 — — — — $— —
Cost
 — — — — — —
Expenditures
 — —$973,082.71 $669,471.56 $34,020.61 —$121,066.89 —$390,657.43
Other new work data:
Unobligated balance, June 30, 1952
 $251,299.53
Unobligated balance available for fiscal year 1953
 251,299.53

6. MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES

Status of All Investigations for Navigation Called for by River and Harbor Acts and Committee Resolutions
Locality Authorization act Date
transmitted
to Congress		 Document
No.		 Recommendation
Clearwater, Snake, and Salmon Rivers, Oreg., and Idaho (supp. 308 report) Sect. 6, River and Harbor Act, Aug. 30, 1935. — —  
Columbia and Snake Rivers, Oreg., Wash., and Idaho, for further improvement in the vicinity of Umatilla, Oreg. Senate Public Works Committee resolution, Jan. 28, 1947 — —  
Salmon, Snake, and Clearwater Rivers, Oreg., and Idaho (supp. 308 report) Sect. 6, River and Harbor Act, Aug. 30, 1935. — —  
Snake and Columbia Rivers, Oreg., Wash., and Idaho for further improvement in the vicinity of Umatilla, Oreg. Senate Public Works committee resolution, Jan. 28, 1947 — —  
Snake, Clearwater, and Salmon Rivers, Oreg., and Idaho (supp. 308 report). Sect. 6, River and Harbor Act, Aug. 30, 1935. — —  
Umatilla, Oreg., for further improvement of the Columbia and Snake Rivers, Oreg., Wash., and Idaho, in vicinity of. Senate Public Works Committee resolution, Jan. 28, 1947 — —  

7. COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN, LOCAL FLOOD PROTECTION PROECTS

Location. The improvements included in this project are located along the Columbia River and its tributaries within the confines of the Walla Walla, Wash., District.

Existing Project. The Flood Control Act approved May 17, 1950, approved a general comprehensive plan for the Columbia River Basin for flood control and other purposes as set forth in House Document 531, Eighty-First Congress, second session, and authorized to be appropriated the sum of $75,000,000 for the partial accomplishment of those projects. Of this authorization, an amount not to exceed $15,000,000 was authorized for local flood-protection works throughout the Columbia River Basin, subject to the conditions that all work undertaken pursuant to this authority shall be economically justified prior to construction, and local cooperation specified in the 1936 Flood Control Act, as amended, shall be required. Protection to the following areas, located in the Walla Walla district, is being considered under this latter authorization:

Grande Ronde Valley, Oreg.¹
Portneuf River and Marsh Creek, Idaho²
Umatilla River, Oreg.
Touchet River, Wash.²
Heise-Roberts Extension, Idaho²
Boise Valley, Idaho²
Lower Walla Walla River, Wash.
Blackfoot Area, Idaho
Blackfoot River, Idaho
Shelley Area, Idaho
Little Wood River, Idaho
Kendrick, Idaho
Mill Creek, Wash.
Payette Valley, Idaho
Teton River, Idaho
Malheur River, Oreg.
South Fork, Clearwater River, Idaho
Palouse River, Wash.
Mud Lake Area, Idaho
Weiser River, Idaho
Whitebird, Idaho
Camas Creek Area, Idaho
1The economic justification of work proposed for this area has been established in compliance with conditions set forth in the Flood Control Act of 1950. See individual report for details of project.
2See individual report.

Local Cooperation. Section 3 of the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, as amended, applies to all the flood-control projects.

Operations and results during fiscal year. None. There were no costs or expenditures during the fiscal year.

Condition at end of fiscal year. No work has been done under this project. There have been no costs and no expenditures.

Proposed operations. No work is scheduled for fiscal year 1953.

A total sum of $200,000 can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1954 for investigations and reports to definitely establish engineering and economic feasibility at local flood-protection projects. Amounts by projects are shown under separate reports for those projects.

8. JACKSON HOLE, SNAKE RIVER, WYO.

Location. This project is located on both banks of the Snake River in the vicinity of Wilson, Wyo.

Existing Project. The plan of improvement provides for a levee with full riprap protection on the right bank, extending from a knoll at the Circle H ranch, which is approximately 9.2 miles upstream from the Jackson-Wilson Highway Bridge, to a point approximately 2.5 miles below the same bridge, a total length of 11.7 miles; also a levee with full riprap protection along the left bank, extending appropriately 0.9 of a mile immediately upstream from the Jackson-Wilson Highway Bridge. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved May 17, 1950 (Public Law 516, 81st Cong. 2d sess.). The estimated cost revised in 1952 is $1,807,000 for construction. The costs of rights of way are to be paid by local interests.

Local Cooperation. Section 3 of the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, as amended, applies.

Operations and results during fiscal year. None. There were no costs or expenditures during the fiscal year.

Condition at end of fiscal year. No work has been done on this project. There have been no costs and no expenditures.

Proposed operations. No work is scheduled for fiscal year 1953.

The sum of $30,000 can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1954 for engineering and design.

9. HEISE-ROBERTS AREA, SNAKE RIVER, IDAHO

Location. This project is located on both banks of the Snake River between the towns of Heise and Roberts in eastern portion of Idaho, approximately 20 miles northeast of Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Existing Project. This provides for channel improvement of the Snake River at selected points between Heise and Roberts, Idaho, by channel clearing, alignment changes, levee construction and bank protection works. This work is a part of a multipurpose project on the Snake River, Idaho, which also includes the construction of the Palisades Dam by the Bureau of Reclamation for operation in the combined interest of flood control, irrigation, and power.

The existing project was authorized by Flood Control Act approved December 22, 1944 (H. Doc. 452, 77th Cong., 1st sess.). The estimate of cost made in 1951 is $1,577,000 for construction. The cost of lands and damages is to be paid by local interests.

Local Cooperation. See pages 4-5 for requirements. Assurances of local cooperation have been furnished.

Operations and results during fiscal year. Special report on project adequacy is approximately 50 percent complete. Revetment of existing levees at Zitlau and Lorenzo Bridge locations, Snake River, Idaho, and reconstruction of levees and bank protection along the Snake River in Jefferson and Madison Counties, Idaho, were completed.

Total costs for the fiscal year were $54,468.29 and expenditures were $50,716.91, all for new work.

Condition at end of fiscal year. Construction of the project as described in definite project report titled "Heise-Roberts and Weiser areas, Snake River, Idaho," dated January 29, 1948, is 100 percent complete.

Total costs have been $1,538,275.73 and expenditures have been $1,533,467.98, all for new work.

Proposed operations. The funds unexpended June 30, 1952, including accounts receivable, amount to $43,698.02 and will be applied to new work as follows:

Accounts payable $4,973.75
Special report on project adequacy 38,724.27

No work is scheduled for fiscal year 1954.

Cost and Financial Summary
  Fiscal year ending June 30— Total to June 30, 1952, including fiscal years prior to 1948
1948 1949 1950 1951 1952
New Work
Appropriated
 $5,000.00 $351,000.00 $340,000.00 $9,000.00 $78,000.00 $1,577,000.00
Cost
 539,252.80 453,750.74 207,792.18 177,416.30 54,468.29 1,538,275.73
Expenditures
 519,916.47 468,693.87 209,383.56 183,075.79 50,716.91 1,533,467.98
Other new work data:
Unobligated balance, June 30, 1952
 $16,948.60
Unobligated balance available for fiscal year 1953
 16,948.60

10. HEISE-ROBERTS EXTENSION, COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN, IDAHO

Location. This project is located on both banks of the Snake River between the town of Heise and diversion dam which is approximately 6 miles southeast of the town of Roberts in the eastern portion of Idaho.

Existing Project. This project is an extension of the Heise-Roberts area project and provides protection of additional areas downstream from that project. An area along Henrys Fork will be protected by extension of the right-bank levee on the Snake River from the mouth of Henrys Fork to Texas Slough. The existing levee system with necessary revetment on the main stream will be extended on both banks of Snake River from the mouth of Henrys Fork to the diversion dam which is approximately 6 miles downstream from the town of Roberts. The existing project was authorized under the Columbia River Basin Plan by Flood Control Act approved May 17, 1950 (Public Law 516, 81st Cong., 2d sess.) subject to economic justification. Justification will be provided by a pending survey report. The estimated cost revised in 1952 is $4,556,000. Costs of rights-of-way are to be paid by local interests.

Local Cooperation. Section 3 of the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, as amended, applies.

Operations and results during fiscal year. None. There were no costs or expenditures during the fiscal year.

Condition at end of fiscal year. No work has been done on this project. There have been no costs or expenditures.

Proposed operations. No work is scheduled for fiscal year 1953. The sum of $57,000 can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1954 for engineering and design.

11. PORTNEUF RIVER AND MARSH CREEK, IDAHO

Location. This project is located at three areas along the Portneuf River and along the entire length of its main tributary, Marsh Creek, all in southeastern Idaho.

Existing Project. The plan of improvement provides for channel straightening and improvement, removal of obstructions and construction of new levees and revetments or improvements to existing levees in the Blackrock area, in and adjacent to the city of Pocatello, Idaho, and in the vicinity of Inkom, Idaho, all on the Portneuf River, and channel improvement along the entire length of Marsh Creek.

The existing project was authorized under the Columbia River Basin Plan by the Flood Control Act approved May 17, 1950 (Public Law 516, 81st Cong., 2d sess.) subject to economic justification. Justification will be provided by a pending survey report, scheduled for completion in fiscal year 1953. The estimated cost revised in 1952 is $1,119,000 for construction.

Local Cooperation. Section 3 of the Flood control Act approved June 22, 1936, as amended, applies.

Operations and results during fiscal year. None. There were no costs or expenditures during the fiscal year.

Condition at end of fiscal year. No work has been accomplished on this project. There have been no costs or expenditures.

Proposed operations. No work is scheduled for fiscal year 1953. The sum of $36,000 can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1954 for engineering and design.

12. LUCKY PEAK RESERVOIR, BOISE RIVER, IDAHO

Location. On the Boise River in southwestern Idaho approximately 9 miles southeast of the city of Boise, and approximately 12 miles downstream from Arrowrock Reservoir.

Existing Project. The plan of improvement provides for construction of a rolled earth-fill dam approximately 250 feet high and 1,700 feet long at the crest, with a reservoir providing a total storage, at normal pool level, of 306,000 acre-feet. The spillway will be located on the left abutment and will be designed to pass 123,000 cubic feet per second at maximum pool. Its discharge will be controlled by automatically operated tainter gates. The outlet works are to be located on the left abutment and consists of a tunnel controlled by Howell-Bunger valves.

The plan contemplates the joint use of storage in Lucky Peak, Arrowrock, and Anderson Ranch Reservoirs. Operations of the dam as a flood-control facility will be by the Department of the Army under the direction of the Secretary of the Army with the understanding that complete or partial joint use of the storage in the three reservoirs may be undertaken at such time as may be agreed upon by the Secretary of the Army, Secretary of the Interior, and local interests concerned with flood control and use of irrigation water. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved July 24, 1946. The estimated cost revised 1952 is $19,300,000.

Local Cooperation. Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies.

Operations and results during fiscal year. Contract for construction of diversion channel, cofferdams, main dam, and excavation of spillway progressed to 65 percent of completion and construction of low intake tower and outlet diversion structures by contract progressed to approximately 84 percent of completion.

Relocation of Idaho State Highway No. 21, and county roads, including construction of Mores Creek Highway Bridge, is in progress. Negotiations are under way with Idaho Power Col and Mountain States Telephone Co. for relocation of their lines.

Total costs for the fiscal year were $2,784,968.83, all for new work. Expenditures were $2,652,609.57, all for new work.

Condition at end of fiscal year. The project as a whole is approximately 36 percent complete. Construction of tunnel has been completed. Construction of diversion channel, cofferdam, main dam, and spillway is approximately 67 percent complete and construction of low intake tower and outlet diversion is 84 percent complete. Relocation of Idaho State Highway No. 21 is approximately 33 percent complete and is being accomplished by the State of Idaho on a cost reimbursable basis. Negotiations are in progress with Idaho Power Col. and Mountain States Telephone Co. for relocation of their lines.

Total cost has been $7,881,990.25, all for new work. Expenditures have been $7,289,572.49, all for new work.

Proposed operations. The funds unexpended June 30, 1952, including accounts receivable amount to $3,190,481.84, plus an allotment of $4,975,000 during fiscal year 1953, a total of $8,165,481.84, will be applied to new work as follows:

Accounts payable $615,917.36
Engineering, hired labor and contracts 92,442.48
Acquisition of reservoir lands 108,249.00
Construction of embankment 1,467,043.00
Construction of intake and outlet works 1,354,474.00
Arrowrock Dam revisions 190,000.00
Relocation 4,337,356.00
Total 8,165,481.84

The additional sum of $3,000,000 can be profitably expended for the following schedule of work for fiscal year 1954:

Engineering $50,000
Construction of intake tower and outlet works 1,711,000
Construction of diversion channel, cofferdam and main dam 300,000
Relocations 728,000
Reservoir clearing, building and grounds and public use 211,000
Total 3,000,000

Cost and Financial Summary
  Fiscal year ending June 30— Total to June 30, 1952, including fiscal years prior to 1948
1948 1949 1950 1951 1952
New Work
Appropriated
 $190,000.00 $590,000.00 $3,000,000.00 $2,400,000.00 $3,800,000.00 $9,980,000.00
Cost
 158,065.85 339,844.79 1,099,374.91 3,499,735.87 2,784,968.83 7,881,990.25
Expenditures
 152,867.01 383,417.65 921,826.90 3,178,851.36 2,652,609.57 7,289,572.49
Other new work data:
Unobligated balance, June 30, 1952
 $54.33
Appropriated for fiscal year ending June 30, 1953
 4,975,000.00
Unobligated balance available for fiscal year 1953
 4,975,054.33
Estimated additional amount needed to be appropriated for completion of existing project
 4,345,000.00

13. BOISE VALLEY, IDAHO

Location. This project is located along the Boise River at several locations over a 62-mile reach from diversion dam to the Snake River in southwestern Idaho.

Existing Project. The plan of improvement provides bank-protective works to prevent erosion, supplemented by levees through low places over an estimated channel length of about 7 miles at various locations between diversion dam and the Snake River. Along the 3-mile lower reach of Dry Creek which enters Boise River in this section, hydraulic properties will be improved in order that the silt load may be carried to the main stem of Boise River rather than deposited in the channel as at present.

The existing project was authorized under the Columbia River Basin Plan by the Flood Control Act approved May 17, 1950 (Public Law 516, 81st Cong., 2d sess.), subject to economic justification.

The estimated cost revised in 1952 for a project of expanded scope to meet present needs is $5,000,000 for construction.

Local Cooperation. Section 3 of the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, as amended, applies.

Operations and results during fiscal year. None. There were no costs or expenditures during the fiscal year.

Condition at end of fiscal year. No work has been accomplished on this project. There have been no costs or expenditures.

Proposed operations. No work is scheduled for fiscal year 1953. The sum of $36,000 can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1954 for engineering and design.

14. GRANDE RONDE VALLEY, COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN, OREGON

Location. This project is located along Grande Ronde River; Catherine, Willow and Ladd Creeks; and lower reaches of several small tributaries, all in the eastern part of Oregon.

Existing Project. This project provides for channel improvement and construction of levees on both banks of Grande Ronde River between LaGrande and Elgin; on Catherine Creek through Union downstream, including the old channel of Grande Ronde River; on Willow and Ladd Creeks; and on the lower reaches of several small tributaries.

The existing project was authorized under the Columbia River Basin Plan by the Flood Control Act approved May 17, 1950 (Public Law 516, 81st Cong. 2d Sess.) subject to economic justification. The economic justification of this work has recently been established. The estimated cost revised in 1951 is $4,193,000 for construction. The costs of rights-of-way and highway and utility revisions will be paid by local interests.

Local Cooperation. Section 3 of the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, as amended, applies. In addition to the usual requirements local interests are required to accomplish, at their own expense, any highway and utility revisions.

Operations and results during fiscal year. None. There were no costs or expenditures during the fiscal year.

Condition at end of fiscal year. No work has been accomplished on this project. There have been no costs or expenditures.

Proposed operations. No work is scheduled for fiscal year 1953. The sum of $57,000 can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1954 for engineering and design.

15. PULLMAN, PALOUSE RIVER, WASH.

Location. This project is located on South Fork of Palouse River at Pullman in eastern Washington.

Existing Project. This provides for flood control at Pullman, Wash., by the improvement of the channel of the South Fork of Palouse River, the construction of levees, raising existing flood and retaining wall, and revetment work.

The latest 1952 approved estimate of cost for new work, is $1,370,000 for construction. The cost of lands and damages is to be paid by local interests.

The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved December 22, 1944 (H. Doc. 888, 77th Cong., 2d sess.).

Local Cooperation. See pages 4-5 for requirements. In addition to the usual requirements, local interests are required to accomplish at their own expense the street, railroad, and bridge modifications necessary for the construction of the project.

Operations and results during fiscal year. Definite project report was returned from the Office, Chief of Engineers, for additional studies. These studies were completed and results resubmitted.

Total costs for the fiscal year were $1,506.62. Expenditures were $1,506.62, all for new work.

Condition at end of fiscal year. No construction work has been done. Approval of definite project report and additional studies pertaining thereto have not been received from the Office, Chief of Engineers.

Total costs and expenditures have been $49,267.33, all for new work.

Proposed operations. No work is scheduled for fiscal years 1953 and 1954.

Cost and Financial Summary
  Fiscal year ending June 30— Total to June 30, 1952, including fiscal years prior to 1948
1948 1949 1950 1951 1952
New Work
Appropriated
 — $10,000.00 $11,000.00 $15,000.00 —$11,732.67 $49,267.33
Cost
 $2,914.09 12,986.89 11,113.49 12,215.04 1,506.62 49,267.33
Expenditures
 2,840.73 12,984.58 10,670.16 12,734.04 1,506.62 49,267.33
Other new work data:
Estimated additional amount needed to be appropriated for completion of existing project
 $1,320,732.67

16. COLFAX, PALOUSE RIVER, WASH.

Location. This project is located on the Palouse River and the South Fork of the Palouse River at and adjacent to their confluence and on Spring Flat Creek in eastern Washington.

Existing Project. This provides for flood-control works in the vicinity of and through Colfax, Wash., by channel enlargement and modification, levees, flood walls, and revetments. The estimate of cost revised in 1952 is $2,226,000 for construction. The cost of lands and damages is to be paid by local interests.

The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved December 22, 1944 (H. Doc. 888, 77th Cong., 2d sess.).

Local Cooperation. See pages 4-5 for requirements. In addition to the usual requirements, local interests are required to accomplish at their own expense the street, railroad, and bridge modifications necessary for the construction of the project.

Operations and results during fiscal year. None. There was no work accomplished during the fiscal year. Costs for the fiscal year were minus $1.84 and expenditures were $202.06, all for new work.

Condition at end of fiscal year. No construction work has been done. Total costs have been $73,851.07. Total expenditures have been $73,851.07, all for new work.

Proposed operations. No work is scheduled for fiscal years 1953 and 1954.

Cost and Financial Summary
  Fiscal year ending June 30— Total to June 30, 1952, including fiscal years prior to 1948
1948 1949 1950 1951 1952
New Work
Appropriated
 $10,000.00 $15,000.00 $25,000.00 —$6,000.00 —$148.93 $73,851.07
Cost
 5,760.57 24,113.86 4,585.74 14,267.17 —1.84 73,851.07
Expenditures
 5,571.96 24,302.47 4,443.39 14,205.02 202.06 73,851.07
Other new work data: Estimated additional amount needed to be appropriated for completion of existing project $2,152,148.93

17. MILL CREEK, WASH.

Location. Near Walla Walla, Wash., on Mill Creek, a tributary of the Walla Walla River.

Existing Project. The plan of improvement provides for construction of flood-control works consisting of a storage dam, outlet works, diversion works, division structures and improvement of a stretch of Mill Creek Channel, including the reconstruction of the Otis and Merriam Street Bridges across Mill Creek in the city of Walla Walla, Wash.

The storage dam, which will form a reservoir of 6,000 acre-feet capacity, is a rolled earth fill structure 145 feet high, 3,200 feet long at the crest, and 800 feet wide at the base. Flood water is diverted storage by means of diversion work on Mill Creek consisting of a rolled earth fill dam 1,700 feet long and 20 feet high, with a concrete spillway section and headworks at the left abutment, and a concrete-lined canal leading from the headworks to the storage reservoir. Stored water is subsequently released through outlet works consisting of a steel-lined concrete conduit through the base of the storage dam and a canal 5,900 feet in length from the dam to Mill creek. The normal flow of water past the diversion works is apportioned, by means of two concrete division structures, to the three delta streams, Yellowhawk, Garrison, and Mill Creek. The project will control the entire Mill Creek drainage area of 85 square miles and care for a flood of 11,400 second-feet. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938. The Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, modified the project in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document 719, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session. The cost of the completed project was $2,162,155.

Local Cooperation. For the project, except for Mill Creek through the city of Walla Walla, section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. For the section of Mill Creek through the city of Walla Walla, Wash., local interests will provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for construction of the project, and hold and save the United States free from claims for damages resulting from improvement. Assurances of compliance with these requirements received from local interests were approved by the Division Engineer, March 2, 1948. Local interests have contributed $80,000 toward the cost of channel improvement through the city of Walla Walla.

Operations and results during fiscal year. Maintenance: Piezometer and seepage studies were conducted. Ordinary maintenance and repairs were continued. Reservoir regulation was routine except for diversion for bed sealing. Stream flow was normal. Reservoir regulation manual was prepared and submitted for approval.

Total costs for the fiscal year were $14,899.44, all for maintenance. Expenditures were $16,555.78.

Condition at end of fiscal year. The project has been completed. Construction of the dam and appurtenant works was completed in 1942. An auxiliary outlet canal from the dam to Russell Creek and construction of additional drainage at the toe of the dam were completed in 1944. Paving of the channel through the city of Walla Walla was completed in 1948. Compaction of reservoir area, installation of seepage relief wells, grouting of interior drains, and installation of a new sluice gate were completed in 1949 and 1950. Diversion of water for bed sealing operations was carried out during 1952.

Total costs have been $2,525,130.55, of which $2,162,155.38 was for new work and $362,975.17 for maintenance. Expenditures have been $2,524,325.92 In addition, costs and expenditures for new work from contributed funds amounted to $80,000.

Proposed operations. The funds unexpended June 30, 1952, including accounts receivable amounting to $6,763.62, plus an allotment of $17,200 for maintenance, a total of $23,963.62, will be applied as follows:

Maintenance:
Accounts payable
 $888.79
Operation
 4,882.80
Maintenance of grounds and structures
 9,765.76
Weed control
 1,000.00D
Reservoir operation studies
 1,000.00
Cooperative stream gaging
 1,272.00
Real estate
 500.00
Studies and reports
 1,000.00D
Reading piezometers
 400.00
Miscellaneous improvements by contract and hired labor
 3,304.27
Total 23,963.62

An additional sum of $34,500 can be profitably expended for maintenance during fiscal year 1954.

Cost and Financial Summary
  Fiscal year ending June 30— Total to June 30, 1952, including fiscal years prior to 1948
1948 1949 1950 1951 1952
New Work
Appropriated
 — $559,900.00 $58,800.00 —$95,439.28 — $2,162,155.38¹
Cost
 $19,168.70 592,819.58 36,432.79 4,010.80 — 2,162,155.38¹
Expenditures
 36,876.68 575,143.66 36,324.37 4,195.28 — 2,162,155.38¹
Maintenance
Appropriated
 17,500.00 251,000.00 18,000.00 —7,000.00 $15,000.00 368,900.00
Cost
 11,922.65 50,288.63 196,695.80 23,244.75 14,899.41 362,975.17
Expenditures
 12,076.40 213,059.09 25,420.84 29,439.48 16,555.78 362,170.54
1Does not include $80,000 Contributed funds expended for new work.

18. MILTON-FREEWATER, WALLA WALLA RIVER, OREG.

Location. On both banks of the Walla Walla River between Joe West and McCoy Bridges in the vicinity of Freewater and Milton, Oreg., 8 miles south of Walla Walla, Wash.

Existing project. The plan of improvement provides for channel rectification and improvement of approximately 7 miles of Walla Walla River in the vicinity of the towns of Milton and Freewater, Oreg. The lower 5.3 miles, between McCoy Bridge and the Milton power plant, will be protected by levees with necessary revetment and channel improvement designed for a flood of 18,600 cubic feet per second. The upper 1.7 miles, extending from the Milton power plant upstream to Joe West Bridge, will be improved by some channel clearing and rectification. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, House Document 719, Seventy-sixth Congress, Third Session. The latest (1952) approved estimate of cost is $1,015,000 is $1,015,000 for construction and $59,600 for lands and damages to be paid by local interests. The project will provide protection for the towns of Milton and Freewater and for other lower-lying areas in the Walla Walla River Valley from Milton, Oreg., to McCoy bridge against floods with a discharge about two times as great as that of the maximum flood of record, which occurred in 1931.

Local Cooperation. See pages 4-5 for requirements. Assurances of local cooperation have been furnished. Local interests have contributed $6,300 to cover the cost of their portion of diversion structures.

Operations and results during fiscal year. Work under contract for channel rectification and construction of levees station 108 to station 128, section 6, was completed. Engineering and design were completed for channel rectification from station 27 to station 108, section 7.

Total costs for the fiscal year were $123,105.80, all for new work. Expenditures were $123,099.88.

Condition at end of fiscal year. Construction of levee and channel improvement has been completed throughout sections 1 to 6, inclusive. This includes all levees and revetments on the project.

Remaining work consists of channel improvement from the upstream limit of the project to station 108.

The project as a whole is approximately 87 percent complete.

Total costs have been $884,542.91, for new work. Expenditures have been $884,273.48. In addition, costs and expenditures for new work from contributed funds amounted to $6,300.

Proposed operations. The funds unexpended June 30, 1952, amounting to $130,726.52, will be applied to new work as follows:

Accounts payable 69.43
Construction of levee and channel improvement 130,457.09
Total 130,726.52

Cost and Financial Summary
United States Funds
  Fiscal year ending June 30— Total to June 30, 1952, including fiscal years prior to 1948
1948 1949 1950 1951 1952
New Work
Appropriated
 — $300,000.00 $640,000.00 — — $1,015,000.00¹
Cost
 $5,528.53 49,542.26 388,853.04 $273,981.27 $123,105.80 884,542.91¹
Expenditures
 5,410.53 225,161.71 186,334.38 300,734.97 123,099.88 884,273.48¹
1Exclusive of $6,300.00 contributed funds allotted and $2,300.00 expended.

Other new work data:
Unobligated balance, June 30, 1952 $130,176.52
Unobligated balance available for fiscal year 1953 130,176.52

19. TOUCHET RIVER, WASH.

Location. This project is located along the Touchet River downstream from Dayton and principally in the reach between the cities of Dayton and Prescott in southeastern Washington.

Existing project. This plan of improvement provides for flood protection by construction of levees, revetments, and bank-protection works at various critical locations between Dayton and Prescott, Wash.

The existing project was authorized under the Columbia River Basin Plan by the Flood Control Act approved May 17, 1950 (Public Law 516, 81st Cong., 2d sess.), subject to economic justification. The estimated cost, revised in 1952, is $435,000 for construction.

Local Cooperation. Section 3 of the flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, as amended, applies.

Operations and results during fiscal year. None. There were no costs or expenditures during the fiscal year.

Condition at end of fiscal year. No work has been accomplished on this project. There have been no costs or expenditures.

Proposed operations. No work is scheduled for fiscal year 1953. The sum of $14,000 can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1954 for engineering and design.

20. SNAGGING AND CLEARING UNDER AUTHORITY OF SECTION 2 OF THE FLOOD CONTROL ACT APPROVED AUGUST 28, 1937, AS AMENDED

The Flood Control Act approved August 28, 1937, as amended by the Flood Control Acts approved August 11, 1939, August 18, 1941, and July 24, 1946, authorized the allotment of not to exceed $1,000,000 from the flood-control appropriations for any one fiscal year for the removal of accumulated snags and other debris from and the clearing and straightening of channels in navigable streams and tributaries thereof, when such work is advisable in the interest of flood control; thereof, when such work is advisable in the interest of flood control; provided that not more than $50,000 shall be allotted for this purpose for any single stream from the appropriations for any one fiscal year.

Funds previously allotted amounted to $176,861.05. No funds were allotted during fiscal year 1952. In addition, local interests at Waitsburg, Wash., have contributed $20,000 to cover cost of their portion of Touchet River project.

Operations during the fiscal year consisted of channel clearing and snagging in Snake River at Jackson Hole, Wyo., and in Touchet River at Waitsburg, Wash., locations. Total costs from Federal funds during the fiscal year were $16,471.01. Expenditures were $29,422.83. In addition, costs and expenditures from contributed funds amounted to $11,577.46, all for new work.

Total costs have been $162,422.37. Expenditures have been $162,379.37. In addition, costs and expenditures from contributed funds amount to $20,000, all for new work.

The funds unexpended June 30, 1952, amounting to $14,488.68, will be applied to accounts payable and to completion of existing work at Jackson Hole, Wyo., and Waitsburg, Touchet River, Wash.

Cost and Financial Summary
Consolidated
  Fiscal year ending June 30— Total to June 30, 1952, including fiscal years prior to 1948
1948 1949 1950 1951 1952
New Work
Appropriated
 $50,000.00 $25,000.00 — $70,000.00 — $176,861.05¹
Cost
 45,165.10 29,833.90 — 39,090.31 $16,471.01 162,422.37¹
Expenditures
 45,153.35 29,833.90 — 26,088.49 29,422.83 162,372.37¹
Other new work data:
Unobligated balance, June 30, 1952
 $14,438.68
1Does not include contributed funds in the amount of $20,000 for flood control on Touchet River at Waitsburg, Washington, allotted and expended.

21. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES FOR FLOOD CONTROL

Total cost of work during the fiscal year was $27,081.93 and expenditures were $30,224.64, all for maintenance. The unexpended funds June 30, 1952, in the amount of $4,421.11, plus an allotment for fiscal year 1953 of $56,100, will be applied to accounts payable and as needed during fiscal year 1953 for payment of expenses to be incurred under this heading.

The additional sum of $204,500 can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1954.

Cost and Financial Summary
  Fiscal year ending June 30— Total to June 30, 1952, including fiscal years prior to 1948
1948 1949 1950 1951 1952
Maintenance
Appropriated
 $18,481.33 $86,158.19 $117,600.00 $120,000.00 $18,400.00 $501,926.40
Cost
 18,481.33 55,007.52 146,996.36 112,461.93 27,081.93 501,324.14
Expenditures
 18,481.33 44,742.25 154,448.41 108,321.78 30,224.64 497,505.29

22. INSPECTION OF COMPLETED FLOOD-CONTROL WORKS

An allotment of $1,500 was received in May 1951 for inspection of various completed flood-control works to insure that projects are being maintained by local interests.

Operations during fiscal year 1951 consisted of inspection of flood=control works at the following locations: North Lewiston, Orofino, Kooskia, and Stites on the Clearwater River, Idaho; Heise-Roberts area, Snake River, Idaho; Graves Creek, Slate Creek, and Whitebird Creek in northern Idaho.

Costs during fiscal year 1951 were $174.60. Expenditures were $126.07.

The funds unexpended June 30, 1951, amounting to $1,373.93, were applied to accounts payable and to continuation of inspection of flood-control works during fiscal year 1952.

Operations during fiscal year 1952 consisted of inspection of flood-control works at the following locations: North Lewiston, Orofino, Kooskia, and Stites on the Clearwater River, Idaho; Heise-Roberts area, Snake River, Idaho; Graves Creek, Slate Creek, and Whitebird Creek in northern Idaho; Falk Bridge, Payette River, Idaho; Strunk-Stillwell, Boise River, Idaho; Portneuf River, Payette River levees, and Boise River levees, Idaho; Jackson Hole, Snake River, Wyo.; Umatilla River, Catherine Creek, and Milton-Freewater, Oreg.; Mill Creek, Wash.

Costs during fiscal year 1952 were $579.15 and expenditures were $627.68, all for maintenance.

Funds unexpended June 30, 1952, amounting to $746.25, plus an allotment for fiscal year 1953 of $1,000, will be applied to continuation of inspection of flood-control works at approximately 18 locations along the tributaries of the Snake and Columbia Rivers in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Wyoming.

The additional sum of $1,000 can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1954 for work under this heading.

Cost and Financial Summary
  Fiscal year ending June 30— Total to June 30, 1952, including fiscal years prior to 1948
1948 1949 1950 1951 1952
Maintenance
Appropriated
 — — — $1,500.00 — $1,500.00
Cost
 — — — 174.60 $579.15 753.75
Expenditures
 — — — 126.07 627.68 753.75

23. INACTIVE FLOOD-CONTROL PROJECTS

Name of project For last full Report see Annual Report for— Cost and expenditures to June 30, 1951 Estimated amount required to Complete
New work Maintenance
Pendleton, Umatilla River, Oreg. 1939 $143,262.83 — (1)
Pilot Rock, Birch Creek, Oreg. 1949 3,700.00 — (2) $133,300
Pendleton, Umatilla River, Oreg. 1950 — — (3) 573,000.00
Dayton, Touchet River, Wash. 1950 16,063.99 — (3) 496,936
Malheur Improvement District near Weiser, Snake River, Idaho 1949 319.39 — 46,700
Lewiston-Clarkston Levees 1950 — — —
(1) Completed
(2) Indefinitely deferred pending development of a plant that will meet requirements of local interests.
(3) No funds appropriated for work.

24. MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES

Status of all investigations for flood control called for by flood-control acts and committee resolutions
Locality Authorization act Date transmitted to Congress Document No. Recommendation
Big Wood River and tributaries, Blaine County, Idaho, Snake River and tributaries, with a view of flood protection on. Senate Public Works Committee resolution, Apr. 20, 1948.      
Boise River, Idaho, to provide flood protection along Dry Creek, Idaho. Senate Public Works Committee resolution, Mar. 4, 1947.      
Cascade storage project, Payette River, Idaho. Flood Control Act, Mar. 4, 1937.      
Clearwater River, (Snake, Clearwater and Salmon Rivers), Oreg., and Idaho (supp.308) Sec. 6, River and Harbor Act, Aug. 30, 1935.      
Dry Creek, Boise River, Idaho, to provide flood protection. Senate Public Works Committee resolution, Mar. 4, 1947.      
Grande Ronde River and tributaries, Oreg. Flood Control Act, Aug. 28, 1937.      
Do
 Flood Control Act, Mar. 4, 1937.      
Do.
 Flood Control Act, June 13, 1934.      
Heise-Roberts Area, Idaho, Snake River, Idaho. Commerce Committee resolution, Sept. 24, 1943.      
Marsh Creek, and along Portneuf River, Idaho, in the Pocatello area, Snake River Basin, for flood protection. Flood Control Committee resolution, July 23, 1946.      
Marsh Creek and Portneuf River, Idaho, in the Pocatello area, Snake River Basin, for flood protection. Commerce Committee resolution, July 27, 1946.      
Mill Creek, Wash. for flood protection, at Walla Walla, Wash. Commerce Committee resolution, Mar. 5, 1946.      
Owyhee River Basin, Columbia River and tributaries, northwestern United States. Senate Public Works Committee resolution, June 4, 1952      
Palouse and Touchet Rivers, Wash. House Public Works Committee resolution, July 6, 1949.      
Palouse River, Idaho, Wash., and Oregon. Senate Public Works Committee resolution, April 15, 1949.      
Payette River, Idaho Flood Control Act, Mar. 4, 1937.      
Payette River, Idaho, Cascade storage project. Flood Control Act, Mar. 4, 1937.      
Pocatello Area, Portneuf River, and along Marsh Creek, Idaho, Snake River Basin for flood protection. Flood Control Committee resolution, July 23, 1946.      
Do.
 Commerce Committee resolution, July 27, 1946.      
Portneuf River in the Pocatello area, and along Marsh Creek, Idaho, Snake River Basin for flood protection. Flood Control Committee resolution, July 23, 1946.      
Do.
 Commerce Committee resolution, July 27, 1946.      
Powder River and tributaries, Oreg. Flood control Act, Aug. 28, 1937.      
Powder River, Oreg. Flood Control Act, Mar. 4, 1937.      
Salmon River, Oreg., Snake, Clearwater and Salmon Rivers, Oreg., and Idaho (supp. 308) Sec. 6, River and Harbor Act, Aug. 30, 1935.      
Sand Creek, Willow Creek, and Blackfoot River, Idaho Senate Public Works Committee resolution, Mar. 4, 1952.      
Snake River and tributaries, with a view to flood protection on Big Wood River and tributaries, Blaine County, Idaho. Senate Public Works Committee resolution, Apr. 20, 1948.      
Snake River Basin, Heise-Roberts area, Idaho. Commerce Committee resolution, Sept. 24, 1943.      
Snake River Basin, (partial report on Columbia River and tributaries) Commerce Committee resolution, Sept. 24, 1943.      
Snake River Basin, for flood protection along Portneuf River, Idaho, in the Pocatello area, and along Marsh Creek, Idaho. Flood Control Committee resolution, July 23, 1946.      
Snake River Basin, for flood protection along Portneuf River, Idaho, in the Pocatello area, and along Marsh Creek, Idaho. Commerce Committee resolution, July 27, 1946.      
Snake River and tributaries, Wyoming, flood control and bank erosion, protection in vicinity of Wilson, Wyo. Flood Control Committee resolution, Nov. 10, 1943.      
Snake, Clearwater and Salmon Rivers, Oreg., and Idaho (supp. 308). Sec. 6, River and Harbor Act, Aug. 30, 1935.      
Touchet River, Wash. Senate Public Works Committee resolution, Apr. 15, 1949.      
Touchet and Palouse Rivers, Wash. House Public Works Committee resolution, July 6, 1949.      
Umatilla River, Oreg. Commerce Committee resolution, Mar. 23, 1939.      
Walla Walla, Mill Creek, Wash., for flood protection of. Commerce Committee resolution, Mar. 5, 1946.      
Walla Walla River in area from Milton and Freewater, Oreg., to mouth of Mill Creek, Wash. Senate Public Works Committee resolution, Oct. 26, 1951.      
Weiser River, Idaho Flood Control Act, Mar. 4, 1937.      
Wilson, Snake River and tributaries Wyoming, flood control and bank erosion protection in vicinity of. Flood Control Committee resolution, Nov. 10, 1943.      

25. EMERGENCY FLOOD CONTROL UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE FLOOD CONTROL ACT APPROVED JULY 24, 1946

The Flood Control Act approved July 24, 1946, authorized the allotment of $1,000,000 a year for construction of emergency bank-protection works to prevent flood damage to highways, bridge approaches, and public works; provided that not more than $50,000 shall be allotted for this purpose at any single locality from the appropriations for any one fiscal year.

There were no costs or expenditures during the fiscal year.

Total costs and expenditures to June 30, 1952, have been $41,275.98, all for new work:

Cost and Financial Summary
Consolidated
  Fiscal year ending June 30— Total to June 30, 1952, including fiscal years prior to 1948
1948 1949 1950 1951 1952
New Work
Appropriated
 — $55,600.00 —$11,807.03 —$2,224.95 —$292.04 $41,275.98
Cost
 — 28,290.51 10,473.44 2,512.03 — 41,275.98
Expenditures
 — 20,179.22 18,534.73 2,562.03 — 41,275.98

26. EMERGENCY FLOOD-CONTROL WORK UNDER AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC LAWS 138 AND 318, 78th CONG.;

PUBLIC LAW 75, 79th CONG.; AND PUBLIC LAWS 102 AND 858, 80th CONG.

Because of the heavy demands for emergency-repair work to flood-control structures damaged or destroyed by the disastrous floods which occurred in the spring of 1943, 1944, and 1948, Congress, in the act approved July 12, 1943, Public Law 138, Seventy-eighth Congress, in the act approved June 5, 1945, Public Law 75, Seventy-ninth Congress, in the act approved June 23, 1947, Public Law 102, Eightieth Congress, and in act approved June 30, 1948, Public Law 858, Eightieth Congress, authorized the amounts of $10,000,000, $12,000,000, $12,000,000, $15,000,000, and $25,000,000, respectively, to be appropriated as emergency funds to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for the repair, restoration, and strengthening of levees and other flood-control works which had been threatened or destroyed by recent floods or which may be threatened or destroyed by later floods.

In addition to funds in the amount of $1,772,799.42 previously allotted, funds in the amount of $48,248.32 were allotted during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, for emergency-repair work pursuant to the act approved June 30, 1948.

Operations during the fiscal year: Emergency-repair work was completed at the following locations: Gunderson, Miller, Sunnydell, Lowder Slough, Lower Labelle, Hall, and Texas Feeder, all in Heise-Roberts area, Snake River, Idaho.

Total costs during the fiscal year were $35,373.61. Expenditures were $35,471.73. Total costs to June 30, 1952, have been $1,790,603.12. Expenditures have been $1,790,603.12, all for maintenance.

Cost and Financial Summary
Consolidated
  Fiscal year ending June 30— Total to June 30, 1952, including fiscal years prior to 1948
1948 1949 1950 1951 1952
Maintenance
Appropriated
 $204,546.58 $651,500.00 $136,512.84 $48,248.32 —$19,622.61 $1,801,425.13¹
Cost
 157,326.27 484,161.95 182,721.75 154,057.50 35,373.61 1,790,603.12¹
Expenditures
 166,270.69 142,653.89 475,716.18 193,642.50 35,471.73 1,790,603.12¹
1Does not include contributed funds in the amount of $44,000 for flood control at Dayton, Touchet River, Wash., allotted and expended

27. EMERGENCY FLOOD CONTROL WORK UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE FLOOD CONTROL ACT APPROVED AUGUST 18, 1941 AS AMENDED

The Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, as amended, authorized an emergency fund in the amount of $15,000,000 to be expended in rescue work, or in the repair, restoration or maintenance of flood-control work threatened or destroyed by flood.

In addition to funds in the amount of $525,253.42 previously allotted, fund sin the amount of $65,841.07 were allotted during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952.

Operations during the fiscal year consisted of completion of emergency repair work at the following locations: Edwards location, Salmon River, Idaho; Catherine Creek, vicinity of Union, Oreg.; and Ball location, Snake River, Idaho. Revetment of existing levee at Ferry Butte Road location, Snake River, Idaho, was initiated and progressed to 80 percent completion.

Total costs during the fiscal year were $45,279.80. Expenditures were $44,969.73. Total costs to June 30, 1952 have been $531,293.44. Expenditures have been $530,807.29, all for maintenance. In addition, $20,000 previously was expended from contributed funds at Silver Bridge, Boise River, Idaho.

The funds unexpended June 30, 1952, amounting to $60,287.20 will be applied to completion of work at Ferry Butte Road location, Snake River, Idaho, and at Slate and Allen location, Boise River, Idaho.

Cost and Financial Summary
Consolidated
  Fiscal year ending June 30— Total to June 30, 1952, including fiscal years prior to 1948
1948 1949 1950 1951 1952
Maintenance
Appropriated
 $2,953.42 $90,000.00 — $36,000.00 $65,841.07 $591,094.49¹
Cost
 25,992.95 71,845.89 $31,442.15 1,832.99 45,279.80 $531,293.44¹
Expenditures
 22,030.98 80,196.09 0.80 30,099.06 44,969.73 530,807.29¹
¹Does not include $20,000 contributed funds expended for emergency repairs at Silver Bridge, Boise

28. SMALL FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS UNDER AUTHORITY OF SECTION 205 OF PUBLIC LAW 858, 80th CONG.,

AS AMENDED BY SECTION 212, FLOOD CONTROL ACT 1950

Section 205 of Public Law 858, as amended by Section 212 of Flood Control Act of 1950, authorized the Secretary of the Army to allot from any appropriations heretofore or hereafter made for flood control, not to exceed $3,000,000 for any one fiscal year, for the construction of small flood-control projects not specifically authorized by Congress and not within areas intended to be protected by projects so authorized, which come within the provisions of Section 1 of the Flood Control Act of June 22, 1936, provided that not more than $150,000 shall be allotted for this purpose at any single locality from the appropriations for any one fiscal year.

In addition to funds in the amount of $114,000 previously allotted, funds in the amount of $120,092.82 were allotted during fiscal year 1953 for work under this authorization, a total of $234,092.82.

Operations during the fiscal year consisted of preparation of project report and engineering and design of channel improvement for Gooding-Shoshone project, Big and Little Wood River, Idaho. Local assurances have been provided for the Gooding portion of the project and right-of-way for that portion will be forthcoming.

Work is underway on project report on channel improvement at Bancroft location, Portneuf River, Idaho, and reports have been completed on the following locations: Ahsahka, Clearwater River, Idaho; Dry Creek, tributary of the Walla Walla River, Wash.; Tomanovich, Salmon City, Salmon River, Idaho; South Park feeding grounds, Jackson Hole, Snake River, Wyo.

Total costs during the fiscal year were $22,887.78. Expenditures were $21,742.18. Total costs to June 30, 1952 have been $106,998.77. Expenditures have been $84,096.65.

The funds unexpended June 30, 1952, amounting to $149,996.17 will be applied to accounts payable and completion of project report for channel improvement at Bancroft location, Portneuf River, Idaho.

Cost and Financial Summary
  Fiscal year ending June 30— Total to June 30, 1952, including fiscal years prior to 1948
1948 1949 1950 1951 1952
New Work
Appropriated
 — — $100,000.00 $14,000.00 $120,092.82 $234,092.82
Cost
 — — 12,758.78 71,352.21 22,887.78 106,998.77
Expenditures
 — — 9,148.12 53,206.35 21,742.18 84,096.65
Other new work data:
Unobligated balance, June 30, 1952
 $126,375.95

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