Photograph of “John C. Craft, Soil Conservation Service, Engineering Aid, watching Hap Ray, contractor fill core trench for farm pond.” People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Hap Ray, 2. John C. Craft.

Photograph of levee break, sediment and scour damage caused by storm of May 18-19 on Cow Creek.

Photograph of levee breaks, sediment and scour damage caused by storm of May 18-19 on Cow Creek.

Photograph of SCS Engineer Harry Miricle showing high water mark during operation of Owl Creek Watershed #5 after May 10-11 rainfall of about 15 inches.

Photograph of looking south along Owl Creek Detention Reservoir No. 1. Water is now at permanent pool level. On May 11 after 30 hours of rainfall, totaling nearly 15 inches, water reached spillway level but did not flow through spillway. Conservation treatment and condition of range in drainage area believed reason acre runoff did not reach proportions of that on Dams 4 and 5.

Photograph of stream gauge #3 main stem. Sandstone Creek Watershed stream gauge #3 flowing 4. 236 GPM on May23, 1960. Photo was submitted for possible use in the Water for America exhibit.

Photograph of beaver dam above stream guage #2. East Sandstone Creek, Sandstone Watershed. Stream guage #2 was flowing 1660 GPM on May 23, 1960. Photo was submitted for possible use in the Water for America exhibit.

Photograph of aerial view of infertile overwash and floodplain scour caused by storm of May 18-19, 1955 on Cow Creek.

Photograph of aerial view of levee breaks, sediment and scour damage caused by storm of May 18-19, 1955 on Cow Creek.

Photograph of aerial view of levee breaks, sediment and scour damage caused by storm of May 18-19, 1955 on Cow Creek.

Photograph of Leroy (Buck) Barnett on farm. Although he had tried every year for seven years he had bee on the place he had not been able to make a crop on the 12 acres of bottomland. Each year floods wiped out his efforts. However, this time his crop of corn was undamaged in spite of the 15 inch rainfall of May 10-11. His field is immediately below Dam 5 on Owl Creek. In 1948 Burnett had cut and shocked a crop of oats which he estimated would produce 40 bushels to the acre. A Flood destroyed the shocked grain. Fences also repeatedly washed out.

Photograph of farmer Dick Long pointing to high water levels reached during downpour of May 10 and 11, 1950. Rainfall total was approximately 15 inches in 30 hours. Eighteen inch drew down pipe ran 90 hours. Water ran over spillway short time. Engineer Harry Maricle, shown with Long, estimates capacity of reservoir filled two and one-half time in 72 hour period. Sloughing of sod protection in one place caused residents to fear dam might break during storm. Long, who worked on such dams, told them, "Those dams will be there when we are all gone. "

Photograph of typical sample of strawberry land. This land is mostly rock and gravel. It will grow strawberries for 3 to 6 years before it should be put into bermudagrass and clovers to conserve the soil from further depletion from erosion and leaching. Strawberries can be grown onthos land again in about 20 years.

Photograph of strawberries being harvested from hillside field. This field has a slope of from 20 to 30%. This land has recently been cleared from brush and will produce good strawberries from 3 to 6 years before it will need to be planted to bermudagrass and overseeded with lespedaza and clovers to conserve the soil that will be damages by erosion and leaching. Strawberries can be grown on this land again in about 20 years. OK-293-3.

Photograph of the Eagle-Pichers Mine, near Commerce, Oklahoma. Here showing the effects of snow fences in checking wind erosion. The coaser silica material has drifted high in the snow fences creating a series of deep drifts of coarser particles. Note the absence of vegetation even though this is located in approximately a 44 inch ppt. [parts per trillion?] zone. OK-2769-5.

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma. Slimes Pond Evaluation of plantings in Commerce, Oklahoma. View facing north-north central portion of planting area (Field no. 2). Cover crop plantings made and to be planted are to determine whether cover can be grown for eventual parennial vegetation plantings. Field borders are prairie hay mulched (3 tons per acre) and anchored with tandem discs. The tallest vegetation row is rye planted on 09-29-1966 and fertilized with 400 pounds per acre of 10-20-10 fertilizer. It was top dressed on 03-26-1967 with 50 pounds of nitrogen per acre. Summer cover crops are to be planted in the north portion of this filed. OK-2768-7.

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma, here showing the drift effects of wind erosion from slime ponds. Drifts of silicas. They blow sand from the abandoned slimes pond, themseleves about 160 acres in size lying immediately to the east of the Central Mill. Plant materials plantings were made along the south side of this area in the fall and spring of 1966 - 1967. OK-2769-4.

Photograph of land clearing. Bass Sells, Indian Service technician, Pawnee, Oklahoma, is watching Don Ray operating a heavy disc plow used to cut up roots and sprouts of oak trees on E. L. Elmore’s farm. This is in accordance with the Soil Conservation Service program. OK-299-8.

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma. County road being affected by silica-blow sand with barrow ditches drifted full. This road borders the north side of an abandoned slimes pond lying immediately east of the Central Mill. OK-2769-9.

Photograph of the area around the Eagle-Pichers Mine, Picher, Oklahoma. Showing drifts of silica-blow sand from abandoned slimes pond about 160 acres in size and lying immediately east of the Central Mill. Plantings were made along the south side of this area in the fall and spring of 1966 – 1967. OK-2769-6.

Photograph of strawberries. Strawberries being harvested from hillside field, John Garrett farm / ranch. This field has a slope from 20% to 30%. This land has recently been cleared of brush and will produce good strawberries for 3 to 6 years before it will need to be planted to Bermuda grass and overseeded with lespedeza and clover to conserve the soil from erosion and leaching. Strawberries can be grown on this land again in about 20 years. OK-293-3.

Photograph of improved pasture, Earl Edds farm. Beef cattle grazing on the Edds farm of only 40 acres. The cattle on this Bermuda grass pasture receive no additional feed or pasture. Mr. Edds used only $150.00 worth of hay for the cattle in the winter of 1955 – 1956. The hay was harvested from this farm. The 40 acres of pasture are divided into four sections for rotation, grazing and proper management. OK-294-3.

Photograph of strawberries. Strawberries as being harvested from a hillside field. This field has a slope from 20% to 30%. This land has recently been cleared from brush and will produce good strawberries for 3 to 6 years before it will need to be planted to Bermuda grass and overseeded with lespedeza and clovers to conserve the soil that will be damaged by erosion and leaching. Strawberries can be grown on this land again in about 20 years. OK-293-3.

Photograph of strawberries. The packing shed where strawberries are taken to by the pickers. The pickers are paid as they bring the berries to the shed. The berries are packed in crates and are prepared to be shipped to market or the freezing plant. Berries are picked and handled quickly to conserve loss from spoilage. OK-293-6.