Watersheds

Photograph of Lloyd Lynch, Construction In spector, Davis Project Office, computes yardage on Site # 34, Finn Creek. OK-4376-1.
Date: March 26, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of Hadley Meinders (L), District Conservationist, Purcell, and Bobby Davis, Project Engineer, Davis Project Office, examine plans for Wiley Post Memorial Lake. OK-4376-13.
Date: August 25, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of Hadley Meinders (L), District Conservationist, Purcell, and Bobby Davis, Project Engineer, Davis Project Office, prepare to make compaction tests of Site # 34, Finn Creek. OK-4376-7.
Date: August 25, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of spillway outlet at site 27 Caddo Creek watershed. Gordon Moebius, soil surveyor, looking. Arbuckle SCD. OK-4322-5D.
Date: July 23, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Bob.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of R.C. Longmire introduces widow and brother of Wiley Post at dedication of Lake named in his honor. OK-4465-8.
Date: October 22, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of Lt. Governor George Nigh and Wiley Post family (Mrs. Post in the center) at the Wiley Post Lake dedication.
Date: October 22, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds, Maintenance

Photograph of sandbar willow being watered with Conservancy. District-owned pump. Trees have been out for about 3 weeks. OK-4164-3.
Date: March 26, 1971
Creator: Millen, Glen L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of Watershed Structure, showing Matt Sooter. The watershed structure that has been overgrazed. OK-4238-4.
Date: July 24, 1971
Creator: Salisbury, Russell
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildlife

Photograph of Wildhorse Creek Site # 42. Beaver lodge above flood prevention structure. Beaver prevents the area from becoming overgrown with willows, cottonwoods and other woody vegetation. OK-4098-8
Date: February 19, 1971
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of SCS District Conservationist Paul Copeland (left) and Construction Inspector, L. E. Lynch discuss perforated pipe used in foundation drains. OK-4237-9.
Date: July 23, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of spillway outlet at site 27 Caddo Creek watershed. Gordon Moebius, soil surveyor, looking. Arbuckle SCD. OK-4322-5D.
Date: July 23, 1971
Creator: Bramstead, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Soil Conservation Service (SCS) construction crew setting grade stakes for repair and riprap of sloughed off front toe. OK-4192-7.
Date: March 11, 1971
Creator: Meinders, Hadley
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Waste Management

Photograph of a sewage lagoon serving a mobile home park. The soil is Teller loam, which has a lagoon suitability rating of "fair." The percolation rate of this soil is sometimes too rapid and may ned sealing. This lagoon appeared to be operating satisfactorily. OK-4268-1.
Date: July 7, 1971
Creator: Meinders, Hadley
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of view of flood storage in siltation problem in Lake Frances.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Moss, Allen R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of salt water washed from oil production killed the vegetation and left the era subject to water erosion. Water control structures are to be built and plantings of Bermuda grass and alkali sacaton grass are to be made to reduce erosion and provide grazing. OK-4118-11.
Date: March 5, 1971
Creator: Fry, Chester
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of a portion of the crowd attending Wiley Post Lake dedication. OK-4455-2.
Date: October 22, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of the Whitegrass Waterhole watershed: Lake at Site # 2. OK-4319-1.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Bob.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of watershed maintenance, upper Black Bear watershed. Wave action damage. Water is drawn down about one foot. Sandbar willow has been out for about 3 weeks. Trees were watered on this date. OK-4164-6.
Date: March 26, 1971
Creator: Millen, Glen L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of aerial view of Site 34, Finn Creek watershed project, located north of Maysville. The lake is Oklahoma's 1500th flood control structure and was dedicated as Wiley Post Memorial Lake on Oct. 22, 1971. OK-1448-9 (?).
Date: October 14, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

William L Vaught, State Conservationist

Photograph of William L Vaught, State Conservationist, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Date: February 2, 1971
Creator: United States. Department of Agriculture. Office of Information.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Proper Planting of Pine Trees

Photograph of Norman Smola, SCS Forester showing the proper method for planting pine seedling.
Date: February 24, 1971
Creator: Smola, Ron
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of aerial view of Site 34, Finn Creek watershed project, located north of Maysville. The lake is Oklahoma's 1500th flood control structure and was dedicated as Wiley Post Memorial Lake on Oct. 22, 1971. OK-4448-1.
Date: October 14, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of aerial view of Site 34, Finn Creek watershed project, located north of Maysville. The lake is Oklahoma's 1500th flood control structure and was dedicated as Wiley Post Memorial Lake on Oct. 22, 1971. OK-4448-15.
Date: October 14, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Engineering

Photograph of Valliant Conservation District. The County road where McKinney-Buzzard overflowed into Red Lake. OK-4503-8.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Mathiews, Jerry W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History