WR123 WHITE RIVER PUMPING STATION (GRAHAM BURKE-RIVERSIDE) NEAR
MELLWOOD, ARK.
LOCATION. LAT. 34-11-26, LONG. 91-04-15. ON LITTLE ISLAND BAYOU
LAKE, APPROXIMATELY SIX MILES SOUTHWEST OF MELLWOOD, ARKANSAS. STATION IS ADJACENT TO
LITTLE ISLAND BAYOU FLOODGATE, APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE EAST OF CONFLUENCE OF WHITE RIVER
AND LITTLE ISLAND BAYOU LAKE IN PHILLIPS COUNTY.
GAGE. TELEMETRY VIA SATELLITE FROM AUTOMATIC RECORDER LOCATED INSIDE STATION.
GENERAL INFORMATION. DRAINAGE AREA, 27,745 SQUARE MILES. STAGES AND FLOWS ARE DIRECTLY
AFFECTED BY REGULATION OF PUMPING STATION. NO GRAVITY STRUCTURE AT THE STATION. GRAVITY
FLOW IS PROVIDED BY LITTLE ISLAND BAYOU FLOODGATE. PUMPING STATION WAS DESIGNED BY THE
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT AND COMPLETED IN JANUARY 1965.
RECORDS AVAILABLE. STAGE, PUBLISHED IN MEMPHIS DISTRICT STAGE AND DISCHARGE PAMPHLETS,
JAN. 1987 TO DATE.
EXTREMES. HIGHEST AND LOWEST STAGES NOT DETERMINED AT THIS DATE.
DAILY EIGHT A.M. STAGE IN FEET
GAGE ZERO, 120.00 FEET, N.G.V.D. OF 1929