Imperial Valley press., 1921-06-23
c R { A I { S I
F | D D D IS
REPORTED
COMING
Upper Colorado Information
Is That 100000 Second
Feet Discharge May Be
Expected at Yuma June 30

Officials Of the Imperial Irrigation
district, and State Engineer Mcclure
stated today that they believed tho
Ockerson levee was perfectly safe and
that it would hold the maximum flood
of the Colorado river, although re-
ports from Lees Ferry and Boulder
Canyon are to the effect that the
greatest flood in the history Of the
river is now flowing southwark, and
is expected to reach o maximum dis
charge of perhaps zoo, 900 second feet
at Yuma, about June 80.
President Nickerson and Directors
Rose and Brockman and General
Manager Cronholm inspected the Ock-
erson levee with the state engineer
this morning and found two feet of
free board remaining before the top
of the levee would be reached by the
flood water. All of the visitors We're
pleased with conditions. "a
The river is higher at Lees Ferry
than it has been at any time in the
past 40 years according to the ferry
man who has been there for thac
length of time, and it is continuing to
rise about eight inches per day. ~
At Boulder Canyon last years high
water mark was exceeded by t-2 feet
last Monday. The river rose five feet
between June 10 and June Is at BouI-
der Canyon, and between June Is and
June 20 four foot rise was recorded.
The guage at Topoc showed 27.4
feet of water on June 20 which is two
feet more than is considered necessary
at that point for 80 foot river at
Yuma which was forecasted for June
%. The river is rising about one foot
day at Topoc according to lates- il
formation and it is expected to reach
the 80 foot stage there tomorrow Or
Friday, and Indications at Topoc now
are that the river will reach the SO
foot mark on the guage at Yuma.
In spite of the apparently alarming
figures from up the river everyone
who is conversant with river condi-
tions expresses an optimistic opinion
of the safety of the Imperial lrriga-
ton District protective works, and
aside from the inundation of some
of the agricultural lands under the
Saiz levee no damake is anticipated.
A small section of the Saiz levee
has been washed away according TO
latest information and about 5000
acres of farm land is under water.
1000 acres of which is in the Ooh 4
Ohashi ranch and 1000 in the Hong
Sing ranch. The land is flooded By
back water which has come around
the end of the Saiz levee, which at
it's western end is about two miles
from the Volcano Lake levee. The
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California railroad tracks and will no
doubt inundate part Of the Imperial
Development company's Cudahy ranch
below Hechicera, and some Of the Big
Four ranch land, but it will be stopped
by the railroad embankment. In pre-
paration for any emergency the South
ern Pacific company has sent large
number of sacks to the flood zone and
is prepared to rip-raA it's right Of way
between Volcano and Bataques in the
event that the water reaches the rail-
road grade in quantity.
The Hong Sing ranch lies between
the Sal zlevee and the Paradones river
and the Ooh & Ohashi property Is be-
tween the Paradones and the Volcano
Lake levee. Until last night the water
covering these laus was held back
from the railroad tracks by an iyriga-
ton ditch, but II was reported this.
morning that the ditch had broken and
that the water was rising toward ting
railroad
1t is pointed out by authorities on
flood conditions that the contour OF
the land below the international bour-
Diary is such that no land Ia the United
states viii be damaged even though
the levee breaks. as the land between