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Big Wewoka Flood
Floodwater after a 4 inch run off rain - this is 1 mile north of Site 41, Big Wewoka. Site 41 did not go around the emergency spill. There is about 1500 acre watershed that comes into the creek just behind the structure.
Date:
May 13, 1968
Creator:
McCambell, James B.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Owl Creek After Rain
Photograph of Owl Creek Site #4 after rain of May 9-10. Debris guard arount 18" pipe. Notice highwater line along dam. Indicated a flow of 1. 8 feet through emergency spillway.
Date:
May 13, 1950
Creator:
Terbush, L. S.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Owl Creek Site #5
Photograph of Owl Creek site #5. Discharge from corregated metal pipe operating at 35 c. f. s (7. 2 ft over drop inlet weir or 21. 41 ft. total hend). Photo taken May 13, 1950 after storm of May 9-10. Discharge is into naturally formed stilling pool from above tailwater surface.
Date:
May 13, 1950
Creator:
Terbush, L. S.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Owl Creek Site #5 Storm Damage
Photograph of aerial view of Owl Creek Site #5. This 30 acre field of corn was damaged only about 10% during the storm of May 9 - 10 when 15. 5 inches of rain fell. Without the detention reservoir shown in the background the field would have been a total loss. The reservoir holds 5. 7 inches of runoff. Theh norm release, through an 18" pipe, may be seen in the small drain at the right of the corn field.
Date:
May 13, 1950
Creator:
Ginter Photo Co.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Outlet Pipe Flow
Photograph of 15" outlet pipe flowing under head as shown on debris guard.
Date:
May 13, 1950
Creator:
Terbush, L. S.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Washita River Flood Protection Program Kickapoo Sandy
Photograph of E. A. Harrison, representative of the local conservancy district; Bobby Davis, SCS Project Engineer; and P. E. Traylor, Davis Agent, Santa Fe Railway Co. , discussing flood prevention program on the Washita River Project. Background show trestle to be widened as part of the Big John Creek channel improvement work inthe Kickapoo Sandy Watershed project.
Date:
December 13, 1967
Creator:
Croom, Dan F.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Washita River
Photograph lookiing upstream at Washita River, 1/2 mile south of Herring school. The river is dry here. This is 1/2 mile above Sandstoone, which is flowing approximately 2,300,000 gallons per day.
Date:
December 13, 1957
Creator:
Whittington, Fred L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Flood Control
Photograph of principal spillway of Site 35, Barnitz Creek.
Date:
April 13, 1955
Creator:
Matthews, J. S.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gully Control
Photograph of part of head cut or overall on large gully, Sec. 17, T9N, R8W. Overfall is 73 feet deep, 270 feet wide, and advanced at an average rate of 70 feet per year from 1937 to 1955. This produced 31. 7 acre-feet of sediment annually.
Date:
July 13, 1955
Creator:
Sparwasser, W. A.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Flooding
Photograph of Flooded hundreds of acres of farmland and homes in the lowland.
Date:
October 13, 1959
Creator:
Chance, R. J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Native Bluestem Being Combined
Photograph of native bluestem grass being combined by R.B. French. Hay harvested in early June, 1955, mostly cheat. Fertilized with 2 tons agre. Limestone and 160 lbs. 0-20-0 per acre in 1951. This field yielded approximately 200 lbs. dry seed per acre. 55 acres.
Date:
October 13, 1955
Creator:
Shapley, Robert F.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Photograph of the Wildlife refuge. Range condition class: Excellent. Boulder ridge and hilly, stony land (very shallow soil). OK-9214.
Date:
September 13, 1946
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control
Photograph of effective Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control by aerial spraying of low grade hardwood trees on Bodine cherty silt loam. 1 to 8% slopes. Indian grass, big and little bluestem and some desirable forbs have returned as well as broomsedge and brushy shrubs. OK-1426-6.
Date:
October 13, 1961
Creator:
Werth and Moss
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
John Briscoe Ranch
Photograph of the John Briscoe Ranch, part of the 70 acre old cultivated field retired and planted to little bluestem, buffalo, switch, Indian and blue-green grasses about the 1st of March 1945. Mixture was seeded at a rate of approximately 12 pounds per acre. This 10 acres was seeded for permannet pasture on clean cotton land. Yield is estimated to be 30 to 35 pounds combined material per acre. Briscoe retired 135 acres last year on this farm and 65 acres on another farm he owns. Next year he plans to plant 20 additional acres of bluestem on a field no win rye and vetch. Driving the tractor is Curtis Hudson, coopeator, one mile east of Geary, while his brother, Dillard, rides the combine. OK-9260.
Date:
October 13, 1946
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Photograph of Soil Conservation Service personnel and Wichita Wildlife Refuge officials on planning tour in preparation for Soil Conservation Service Range School to be conducted by Mr. B.W. Allred. Front row:, left to right: Marjorie Krelberg, W.A. Watson, Victor Bunderson, Herschel Bell, E.B. Kong, R.H. Marshall and Courtland Tidwell. Back row, left to right: Julian Howard, P.F. Alan, Larry Short, Louis reid, Rudy Peterson, Ervin Schmutz, L.H. Leithead, carl Eminger, Ben Osborn, R.B. Peck, Jack Englemann, B.W. Allred, E.J. Dyksterhuis and Ernest Greenwalt. Greenwalt is refuge Superintendant and Howard is his assistant. OK-9219.
Date:
September 13, 1946
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contour Farming
Photograph of SCS personnel explaining contour farming and crop rotation to African-American farmers. OK-5502.
Date:
July 13, 1936
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Photograph of buffalo calves (outer) and cow (right) using mesquite trees for rubbing posts. OK-9213.
Date:
September 13, 1946
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Photograph of buffalo herd on native grass range. Note calves in center and on right. OK-9210.
Date:
September 13, 1946
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a huge roadside gully caused by run-off from improperly constructed terrace and unprotected outlets and outlet channels. OK-8673.
Date:
November 13, 1943
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Farming Equipment and Methods
Photograph of masonry drop structure for gully control, terrace outlet channel. Masonry structure was built in later 1937 in natural wash, badly gullied, to accelerate silting for erosion stabilization. Outlet channel on the right is now well-vegetated, providing a safe waterway and the former active erosion behind the structure is almost 100% stabilized. OK-5969-B.
Date:
May 13, 1940
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of loading fertilizer into a fertilizer box on a two-row Bermuda grass sprigger. Landowner is applying fertilizer as per Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician's recommendation for soil conserving grass pasture. This cooperator understands the need for proper plant food for the establishment of the grass. OK-1361-6.
Date:
July 13, 1961
Creator:
Ball, Lemuel
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of Blaine Bottom from Sansbois Creek Bridge 3.5 miles east and 4.5 miles north of Keota, Oklahoma. Flood waters 3 to 6 feet over the high land in the Arkanasas River Valley. Note: Only the tops of the buildings above the water in the background. The flood water was 3.7 feet above any previous record for the past 100 years. OK-4/2405.
Date:
May 13, 1943
Creator:
Ralf, Frank
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of gullies in a dried out lake, identified as Riney Lake, location unknown.
Date:
July 13, 1957
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fenceline Contrasts
Photograph of a fenceline contrast of a planted native grass mixture in an old field on the left and an old field in 3-am grass on the right. OK-2478-12.
Date:
October 13, 1965
Creator:
Grimes, Charles
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History