Photograph of a gully on the Doug Gray farm before shaping and sprigging to Bermuda grass.

Photograph of a gully on the Doug Gray farm before shaping and sprigging to Bermuda grass.

Photograph of drop inlet type of structure for sediment control. Protects detention reservoir site 12.

Photograph of dam that was completed late in the fall of 1949. In this picture the permenent pool lacks approximately 4" of being up to the lip of the drop inlet riser.

Photograph of view of the lower end of the spillway seen in Okla. 9687B. Man is standing behind the wing. The downstream face of the dam can be seen across the picture behind the man.

Photograph of the permanent pool is full in this view. This reservoir will hold an additional 12 ft. of depth before the emergency spillway on extreme left (not shown) will begin to function. Flood water release is through an 18" metal pipe inlet. Trash rack (at center of dam) for this drop inlet is visable.

Photograph of dam which is 1600" long. It has a maximum height of 39' and contains 104,500 eu. yards. It is one of 24 planned reservoirs for the Mill Creek system. In addition to reducing the floods on the main stem of Mill Creek it gives 100% protection to the alfalfa field shown in Okla.-98630.

Photograph of bottom land alfalfa just below site 15, Mill Creek. Two years ago Calvert Bros. lost 1,000 bales of alfalfa in one flood. This alfalfa is approximately 1 foot high and ready for cutting. You can see the scour channels in alfalfa, evidence of frequent overflow and damage in the past.

Photograph of view up spillway on Detention Reservoir - Site No. 18 (Old site No. 4 Tishomingo Area). Thwe man is standing on the dam. The long wing in the foreground extends beyond the dam at the left.

Photograph of protected bottomland below Site 17, Mill Creek.

Photograph of Calvert Bros. Herford Ranch in background. Bottomland alfalfa in left background protected by this detention reservoir.

Photograph of one end of dam on Detention Reservoir - Site No. 15. (old site No. 1, Tishomingo area). This dam makes a huge dogleg turn and cannot be photographed to show the whole dam except from the air. The dam rises 25 feet about the level of the water in the permanant pool.

Photograph of the Johnston County SCD Board in their regular meeting Sept 6, 1955, left to right: Bill Thompson, W.E. Olive, Victor Herrin, Mary Ericksen, District Clerk, Tom Ferrin, Chairman and Ward Chase, WUC.

Photograph of a UNIDENTIFED man standing next to a homemade border packer filled with concrete. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Implement. Home made [sic] border packer filled with concrete."

Photograph of an "Outlet hydrant for sprinkler irrigation."

Photograph of highway roadside undercut by floodwaters. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Under cutting by flood waters eating back away and into highway. Rock being hauled in for dumping by highway."

Photograph of a flock of sheep standing and grazing in a small grain vetch and clover pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Small grain vetch and clover pasture. Companion pictures see Ok-1050-10, Ok-1050-11."

Photograph of a large herd of cattle on Blue River bottomland pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Pasture. Blue River bottom land. Cleared in 1956. Was wet, poorly drained timber land near worthless pasture before clearing and planting to midland Bermuda and clover. Planted to Bermuda 1957, 500 acres Ranch has 200 ac. on cultivation. 1959-ran 135 head grown cows and 500 sheep and offsprings [sic], uses vetch and clover for sown pasture. 10 on hill. 11 on bottom. 11 was cleared."

Photograph of a flock of sheep standing and grazing in a small grain vetch and clover pasture. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Small grain vetch and clover pasture. Companion pictures see Ok-1050-10, Ok-1050-11."

Photograph of an aerial shot of "Protected bottomland below Site 17, Mill Creek."

Photograph of an aerial shot of Site #3 Mill Creek Drop Inlet and the surrounding area. The photograph also shows Site #2 Mill Creek Drop Inlet on Adolph Johnson farm on the right edge of photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Watershed: Ok-SCD-20 Wa. #5, Site #3. Type of structure: Drop inlet. Drainage area: 160 acres. Soil units: Deep medium textured slowly permeable and permeable. Area in cultivation: 32 acres. Area in pasture: 12 acres. Area in abandoned cropland: 116 acres. General condition of drainage area: Poor cover, sheet and gully erosion. Note: Right edge shows Site #2 on Adolph Johnson farm. Type of structure: Drop inlet. Drainage area – 15 acres (4 acres in pasture, 11 acres in abandoned cropland). General condition of drainage area: Poor cover, serious gully & sheet erosion. It protects detention reservoir #1 & bottomland from silt. See pipe installed in third gully from right edge."

Photograph of an aerial shot of Site 15 Mill Creek dam and the surrounding area. The back of the photograph proclaims, "This dam is 1600' long. It has a maximum height of 39' and contains 104,500 cu. yards. It is one of 24 planned reservoirs for the Mill Creek system. In addition to reducing the floods on the main stem of Mill Creek it gives 100% protection to the alfalfa field show in Okla-9863c."

Photograph of an aerial shot of Site #2 Mill Creek detention reservoir and the surrounding area. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Watershed: Ok-SCD-20 Wa. #5, Site #2. Type of structure: Detention Reservoir. Drainage area: 265 acres (all in pasture). Condition: Good and fair native grass range. Permanent storage: 0.72". Peak flow: 460 c.f.s. Release rate: 12 c.f.s. Flood storage: 3.63". Acres of bottomland protected: 40 acres immediately below in addition to system to protect Mill Creek."

Photograph of an aerial shot of bottomland alfalfa just below site 15, Mill Creek near the Colvert Bros. Hereford Ranch. Site 15 Mill Creek is in the background of the photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bottom land alfalfa just below site 15, Mill Creek. Two years ago Colvert Bros. lost 1000 bales of alfalfa in one flood. This alfalfa is approximately 1 foot high and ready for outing. You can see the scour channels in alfalfa, evidence of frequent overflow and damage in the past."