Photograph of quarter horses in Bermuda pasture in the Arkansas River bottomland. IT shows the pump house over the sand points which supply part of Broken Arrow city water. In the far background are two gravel packed wells, which are part of this supply.

Photograph of a typical example of rural road damage. This is an improved road across Wildhorse Creek.

Photograph of Watershed Project Site 11. Mr. George Will, District Supervisor, observing Mr. & Mrs. E. C. Webb signing the first easement on Long Branch Watershed. This easement started the proceedings to clear easements and right-of-ways for constructing Site 11 Detention Dam. Main part of dam is on Perry Cerlile's farm. The three are seated on a culvert bridge showing flood water that covered their bottomland farm 15 times in 1957, located in the Black Bear bottom, 2 miles east of Morrison.

Photograph of George Hamilton observing flow of water from new well built with GPCP assistance on his Big Dipper Ranch.

Photograph of the Washita River channel picture taken from Highway 77 bridge approx. 2 miles NW of Pauls Valley. It is estimated that the Washita River channel was cut 200 feet wider during the storm of April & May 1957. It was estimated that 2000 acres of valuable bottomland were destroyed by channel cutting in Garvin & Murray SCD's on 112 river miles.

Photograph of Wildhorse Creek, 3 miles above its mouth, after the flood of May 9-10, 1950.

Photograph of typical example of rural road damage. This is an improved road across Wildhorse Creek.

Photograph of Owl Creek watershed site no. 7. This structure had been completed by the contractor but had not been inspected by the SCS for acceptance. The structure had not been vegetated. Note water goin through spillway. 8" rain fell on Owl Creek watershed May 17, 1957. See storm report of Owl Creek watershed.

Photograph of site no. 7 Owl Creek watershed which had not been completed. Note water going through emergency spillway. See Owl Creek flood damage report of storm of May 17 & 18, 1957.

Photograph of plastic irrigation pipe being installed. This pipe will be deep enough to allow farming over it. It will have risers at proper intervals to do a complete irrigation job on this farm. Pipe is installed at $1. 75 per foot including risers and will carry from 500 to 600 gallons of water per minute. Test pressure of 80 lbs. can be carried in pipe. Plastic pipe makes the system permanent. Class I on 0 to 1% slope, Soil Unit 2-RR.

Photograph of aerial view of fifteen houses that were washed from their foundations during flood of May 9-10, 1950. Some of the houses drifted two blocks.

Photograph of flood prevention and municipal supply dam. Stream channel at C/L of dam.

Photograph of stream bank cutting. Temporary stream bank erosion control measure. Bridge is located in a bend in the river and each time the water rises some more bank is eaten away near the end of the bridge. These trees are held in place by a cable and keep the water away from the raw bnk of the river. The section of bank from the man in photograph to the present location of bank was eroded away in one year.

Photograph of flood prevention & municipal supply dam. Looking down C/L of dam from Sta. 31+50 C/L dam.

Photograph of stage recorder, permanent pool and drainage area of Site 5. Detention reservoir on Double Creek Watershed.

Photograph of irrigated alfalfa in contour borders to protect sloping thin land that is being cultivated. Land class III, slope 2%, Soil Unit 2p-RR.

Photograph of cotton field being irrigated with syphone from border ditch. Ivan Owen, owner, add fertilizer (liquid) to tirrigation water to irrigate and fertilize in one operation.

Photograph of flood prevention and municipal supply dam. Looking east toward bottom land below embankment from Sta. 31+50 C/L dam.

Photograph of flood prevention and municipal supply dam. Rock at municipal tower location.

Photograph of flood prevention and municipal supply dam. Boring left side of spillway approximately Sta. 5+00.

Photograph of flood prevention and municipal supply dam. Rock in spillway area, left side, near Sta. 3+00.

Photograph of storm damage.

Photograph of scour on Round Creek.

Photograph of sediment damage headed wheat in background trees and stumps litter the fields and heavy deposits of sand cause high damage.