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Complete Loss
Photograph of a wheat field which is completely covered with flood water from the Chickaskia River. This farmer lost his entire wheat crop due to this rise.
Date:
April 23, 1938
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Flooded Wheat Field
Photograph of a wheat field on east edge of Blackwell which is flooded by waters from the Chickaskia River.
Date:
April 23, 1938
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Washed Out Wheat
Photograph of a wheat field in which this years wheat crop has been completely washed out due to the Chickaskia River cuttng across it in flood stages. Note wheat hanging on fence.
Date:
April 27, 1938
Creator:
Slack, Jim
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a bridge approach road in highway straight south of Ponca City. Wheat has been badly damaged where the Salt Fork River broke through and rushed down the road scouring out dips at least 4 feet deep. OK-6549.
Date:
April 27, 1938
Creator:
Slack, Jim.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a cotton field which has been badly damaged where the Salt Fork River cut across a bend. The field is now filled with scouring channels 10 to 25 feet wide and 2 feet deep. Other parts of the field is silted in from 2 to 18 inches. From the Stillwater Project. OK-6547.
Date:
April 27, 1938
Creator:
Slack, Jim.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of the Stillwater Project. A wheat field which is completely covered over with flood water from the Chickisha River. This farmer lost his entire wheat crop due to this rise. OK-6541.
Date:
April 20, 1938
Creator:
Slack, Jim.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History