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Aerial Shot of East Branch Bitter Creek Watershed Detention Reservoir #4

Photograph of an aerial shot of East Branch Bitter Creek Watershed Detention Reservoir #4 and the surrounding area. The back of the photograph proclaims, "East Branch Bitter Creek – Wa – No. 4. Detention Reservoir. Drainage Area: 1525 acres (6 acres in cultivation; 1280 acres in pasture & 240 acres in abandoned cropland.) Soil Units: About 10%, deep, medium textured, moderately permeable; About 75%; shallow, medium textured, moderately permeable; about 15% is 28, rough broken or stony land. Calcarious [sic] material. General condition is good. Permanent storage: 1.26 in. Flood storage 3.74 in. Peak Flow: 2580 c.f.s. Release rate: 60 c.f.s. An estimated 150 acres of bottomland is protected. Flood drainage benefit ratio is established at 2 to 1. Good to excellent grass cover on all but about 340 acres. Needlegrass and intermediate grass cover on about 100 acres of abandoned land. Permanent grasses planted on about 140 acres of former cultivated land. About 100 acres still in cultivation and not under complete conservation treatment."
Date: July 30, 1948
Creator: Ginter Photo Co.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0904.0332]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Billy, 17 Jenny Lou, 13, Mrs. Jake Miller, Linda, 4, and Dixie, 8 . .A dark future or a happy one."
Date: September 30, 1948
Creator: Meek, Richard B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0236.0632]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Left: convent day school"
Date: July 30, 1948
Creator: McLaughlin, Al
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History