Photograph of a 14-acre alfalfa crop ready for a second cutting on the Choska Drainage District. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Ready for second cutting as this 14–acre crop of alfalfa yielded two tons first cutting. Formerly too wet to be productive, field produced five tons of alfalfa in 1950 per acre. Drainage ditch on the right is just out of camera range. 18-acre field on other side of ditch that never produced anything before drainage yielded fifty bushels of corn in 1950. Other acres are also benefiting by drainage."

Photograph of the aftermath following the 1954 Ionine Creek flood. A few homes stand in the distant background and a crude wooden bridge in the foreground. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Following Flood on Ionine October 12, 1954."

Photograph of six Angus cows in a field of vetch and rye. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Angus cows on third year vetch and rye."

Photograph of Big Bluestem in full bloom eight miles north of Randolph, Kansas on Highway #77 facing east. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Big bluestem (Andropogon furcatus) in full bloom in northeastern Kansas on limestone hill."

Photograph of "Blackberries in bloom planted on contour on hilltop land utilized as a cash crop."

Photograph of Buffalo on skyline and slope grazing on Hilly range site in excellent condition.

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 cattle grazing on the grass growing along the dam and the surrounding area surrounding Site 17, Wildhorse Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Watersheds-Washita. Benefits. Cattle grazing on dam and surrounding Area Site 17, Wildhorse Creek. Excellent stand of grass on dam and spillway."

Photograph of a contoured field of cotton growing on Durant loam. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "Contour farming on Durant soil. Cotton being contoured of Durant loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes. Cotton is one of the major cash crops of Bryan County and is grown wide on upland soil such as Durant."

Photograph of a debris guard installation on control structure for a Detention Reservoir for Site 8, Deep Creek, Middle Colorado River Watershed. The back of the photograph proclaims, "View of debris guard installation on control structure."

Photograph of a debris guard installation on control structure for a Detention Reservoir for Site 8, Deep Creek, Middle Colorado River Watershed. A water stage recorder is in the background behind the debris guard. The back of the photograph proclaims, “View of debris guard installation on control structure with water stage recorder house in background.”

Photograph of a doe deer killed by a bob cat. Plant material that covered deer has been removed.

Photograph of view looking up-stream through break in embankment. Inflow from up-stream temporarily blocked and break partially drained.

Photograph of a view showing spillway entrance and crest of Prairie Dale Creek, Site #1 Detention Reservoir. A submerged barbed wire fence is visible in the water. The back of the photograph proclaims, "View showing spillway entrance and crest. Topsoil washed out in crest section after heavy rainfall on nights of May 9th and 10th. Depth of flow in crest section 1.9 feet."

Photograph of a view-showing spillway below crest section of Prairie Dale Creek, Site #1 Detention Reservoir. A barbed wire fence crosses the center of photograph, while a house sits in the distant left background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "View showing spillway below crest section. Topsoil washed out after heavy rainfall on nights of May 9th and 10th. Depth of flow in crest section 1.9 feet."

Photograph of a view showing spillway entrance and crest of Prairie Dale Creek, Site #1 Detention Reservoir. A submerged barbed wire fence is visible in the water. The back of the photograph proclaims, "View showing spillway entrance and crest. Topsoil washed out in crest section after heavy rainfall on nights of May 9th and 10th. Depth of flow in crest section 1.9 feet."

Photograph of outlet of draw down tube in operation after heavy rainfall on Detention Reservoir Prairie Dale Creek, Site #1. The back of the photograph proclaims, "View showing outlet of draw down tube in operation and washing on down stream [sic]slope of the embankment after heavy rainfall on nights of May 9th and 10th, Note crack along crown line of embankment caused by sluffing of topsoil."

Photograph of a view-showing spillway below crest section of Prairie Dale Creek, Site #1 Detention Reservoir. A barbed wire fence crosses the center of photograph, while a house sits in the distant left background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "View showing spillway below crest section. Topsoil washed out after heavy rainfall on nights of May 9th and 10th. Depth of flow in crest section 1.9 feet."

Photograph of the sign on US Highway 75 at the entrance into Double Creek Watershed from the south. The six upstream detention dams constructed on the watershed were designed and constructed by the Soil Conservation Service.

Photograph of a profile of Dougherty soil. A measuring stick stands on the left side of the photograph. The original photograph sleeve proclaims, "Dougherty soil profile – This is a typical soil profile that occurs within the "Dougherty loamy fine sand, undulating" mapping units. Native vegetation consists mostly of oak trees as can be seen here."

Photograph of S. E. Williams and J. A. Perrin examining weeping lovegrass planted on July 11, 1950.

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man on a Massey-Harris harvester harvesting elbon rye. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Elbon rye being harvested. Rye was planted for cover crop and pasture. Good seed crop was harvest. Approximately 30 bushels per acre.”

Photograph of a field of corn on the Choska Drainage District. Note, both this field and a nearby road both receive adequate water drainage into a nearby ditch, seen in the extreme foreground, as at one time the field was too wet to grow crops and the waters made the nearby road impassible after heavy rains. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Once too wet to be dependably productive, this land is now producing a fine crop of corn. This picture was taken immediately after a very heavy storm. Note water in ditch along road. Impassible during storm, bottom roads drained off quickly and could be traveled hour after rain stopped. Water used to block roads for week or more before drainage system was installed."