UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 181 



Contribntion Crom Office of Experiment Stations 

 A. C. TRUE, Director 



Washington, D. C. 



PROFESSIONAL PAPER 



April 12, 1915 



A REPORT ON THE 



METHODS AND COST OF RECLAIMING 



THE OVERFLOWED LANDS ALONG THE 



BIG BLACK RIVER, MISSISSIPPI 



By 



LEWIS A. JONES, Drainage Engineer 



Assisted by W. J. SCHLICE, Drainage Engineer, and 



C. E. RAMSER, Assistant Drainage Engineer 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 



General Description of District . 

 Present Drainage Conditions . . 



The Survey 



Tbe Drainage Problem .... 

 Run-off 



Drainage Plans Considered 26 



Proposed Plan 27 



Maintenance 35 



Summary 35 



Appendix I, Bench Marks 37 



Appendix II, Floodway Data 38 



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