UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 198 



Contribotloii from the Office of Experiment Stations 

 A. C. TRUE, Director 



Washington, D. C. 



PROFESSIONAL PAPER 



I April 21, 1915 



REPORT UPON THE CYPRESS CREEK 



DRAINAGE DISTRICT, DESHA AND 



CHICOT COUNTIES, ARKANSAS 



By 



S. H, M cCRORY, O. G. BAXTER, D. L. YARNELL, L. A. JONES 

 and W. J. SCHLICK, Drainage Engineers 



CONTENTS 



Introdaetion 



General Description . . . 

 Present Drainage Conditions 



Tlie Survey 



The Drainage Problem . . 

 Ban-«ff 



Page 

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 2 



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6 

 7 



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Drainage Plans Considered 10 



The Recommended Plan 13 



Maintenance 19 



A ComprehenslTe Drainage System 

 Needed 20 



WASHINQTON 



OOVEBNMKNT PRINTING OFFICK 



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