Smoldering remains of an airplane that crashed into a wooded hillside. Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sheared prop and charred metal scar woods southeast of Purcell."

An Oklahoma Highway Patrolman rests his foot on a tree limb as he watches the smoke rise from the carcass of the airplane that crashed into the wooded area. Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "A state trooper examines wreckage of fatal airplane crash near Purcell."

Photograph of a man examining a stamp book. Caption: "In twelve days Dr. Arnold A. Cooperman has delivered six babies and added a new stamp to his collection."

Photograph of Cariner Creek, Site #4 completed in 1959 and stocked with Bass, Blue Gill and channel cat. Photo shows a portion of the lake area.

Photograph of Cariner Creek, Site #4 completed in 1959 and stocked with Bass, Blue Gill and channel cat. Photo shows a portion of the lake area.

Photograph of discharge from corregated metal pipe operating at 35 c.f.s. (7.2 ft. over drop inlet weir or 21.41 ft. total head). Photo taken May 13, 1950 after storm of May 9-10. Discharge is into naturally formed stilling pool from above tail water surface.

Photograph of discharge from corregated metal pipe operating at 35 c.f.s. (7.2 ft. over drop inlet weir or 21.41 ft. total head). Photo taken May 13, 1950 after storm of May 9-10. Discharge is into naturally formed stilling pool from above tail water surf

Photograph of detention reservoir; D.A - 490 acres. Permanent pool - 1.15" runoff with 10.0 acres surface. Flood pool - 4.56" runoff with 29.4 acres surface. Total storage 0 5.71" runoff from 490 acres. Flood pool (10' in depth) discharges through an 18" metal pipe at rate varying from 29 c.f.s. to 38 c.f.s. Both pools were empty but were filled during storm of May 9-10 and 1.0' depth.

Photograph of slight damage to newly sodded spillway after 12" following 15.5" rain of May 9-10.

Photograph of 15" pipe outlet flowing under heas as shown on debris guard.

Photograph of discharge from corregated metal pipe operating at 35 c.f.s. (7.2 ft. over drop inlet weir or 21.41 ft. total head). Photo taken May 13, 1950 after storm of May 9-10. Discharge is into naturally formed stilling pool from above tail water surf

Photograph of this 30 acre field of corn was damaged only about 10% during the storm of May 9-10 when 15.5 inchs of rain fell. Without the detention reservoir shown in the background the field would have been a total loss. The reservoir held 5.7 inches of runoff. The normal release, through a 18" pipe, may beseen in the small drain at the right of the corn field.

Photograph of slight damage to newly sodded spillway after 12" following 15.5" rain of May 9-10.

Photograph of minor damage to spillway after 1.8 ft. flow. Flood of May 9-10. Bermuda not a cover yet.

Photograph of Owl Creek Site #4 after rain of May 9-10. Debris guard around 18" pipe. Notice high water line along dam. Indicated a flow of 1.0 feet through emergency spillway.

Photograph of bottom land protected by this reservoir and by Site No. 1 which is to the right.

Photograph of site #1 in foreground. Site #2 in background. Protected bottomland area begins at right

Photograph of Owl Creek Site #4. Dentention Reservooir, Drainage area - 300 cc. Permanent pool. 1.13" runoff with 6.88 surface acres. Flood pool - 4.09" runoff with 19.50 surface acres. Total storage - 5.22" runoff. The flood pool which is 8 ft. in depth has a discharge rate from 3` c.f.s. to 37 c.f.s. from 18" pipe. During the stormof May 9-10 (both pools were empty except the borrow pit 15.5 iinches of rain full in this watershed and water discharge, for a short time, through the emergeny spillway at a depth of 1.8 ft.

Photograph of Owl Creek Site #2. Good shot of spillway. Flood of May 9-10 which carried log shown at approximate center of spillway did no damage. Drainage area - 200 ac. Permenent pool - 1.28" runoff & 5.42 acres surface. Flood pool - 4.32" runoff & 15-23 acres surface. Total storage - 5.60" runoff to emergency spillway. The flood pool (10 ft. deep) discharges through an 18" pipe, at an average rate of 29 c.f.c.

Photograph of farmer L.J. Key and SCS Technician Harry Maricle lift a section of dried sediment from a field on which Key had a good stand of cotton before the May 10-11 rain storm. Twenty-two acres of this land in 1949 produces 34 bales of cotton. Key, when photo was made, was harrowing to dry out field to replant. Approximately 100 acres here were covered by sediment from 1 to 12 inches deep.

Photograph of original dark soil being dug from under 7 1/2 of deposition.

Photograph of Walter Gray, left, tells SCS Engineer Harry Miricle of efforts to prevent flooding of rich fields through straightening of Finn Creek channel and building levees. Says 30 years ago a small bridge crossed creed neart this point. Five years agoa a dragline on the straightening project tore into the bridge structure. It was nine feet below the surface of the field.

Photograph of Cotton on Leveridge farm on Owl Creek behind detention reservoir. Owner is working to reclaim land from Johnson grass and to do some leveling work. This land did not produce any crops before reseroir was built.

Photograph of Burnett who observed at 6 am on morning of May 11 water coming over spillway of dam which is partly visible at upper right. Rainfall had been most intense during early hours. Water continued to flow over spillway until later morning. Burnett here suveys with satisfaction his undamaged water gap fence which each year previously he had been forced to replace after floods.