Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of effects of water concentration through drainage which should have been left in natural sod. Picture taken after a 6 inch rain in one night. This picture shows how the water washed out all the soil loosened by the plow. The plow marks are quite visible. OK-5141.
Date: May 3, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the Paul Peeler farm. A spreader ditch with masonry spreaders torn out by flood waters. The picture was taken after a 6-inch rain-fall in one night. Note the gullying in the spreader and how the water cut the banks of the ditch. OK-5142.
Date: May 3, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Deep Scouring in Lister Ridges/Elk City Project

Photograph of "Deep scouring in lister ridges running up and down the slope. Taken after a heavy rain. Notice the silting at the base of the slope. This soil was washed from the furrows immediately above."
Date: May 3, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History