Owl Creek Watershed Site 1

Photograph of placing dirt with dozer. Repairing wave action damage. Earl Bachman contractor.
Date: July 1, 1956
Creator: Fry, Chester
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Plastic Irrigation Installation

Photograph of plastic irrigation pipe being installed. This pipe will be deep enough to allow farming over it. It will have risers at proper intervals to do a complete irrigation job on this farm. Pipe is installed at $1. 75 per foot including risers and will carry from 500 to 600 gallons of water per minute. Test pressure of 80 lbs. can be carried in pipe. Plastic pipe makes the system permanent. Class I on 0 to 1% slope, Soil Unit 2-RR.
Date: July 18, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sugar Creek Flood Plain

Photograph of silt and debris deposits on Sugar Creek flood plain after 4 to 6 inches of rain falling in 30 to 45 minutes. Bridge located north of Alfred Dorsey's home and crosses Sugar Creek.
Date: July 27, 1961
Creator: Prickett, B. P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sugar Creek Bottom Silt Deposits

Photograph of Sugar Creek bottom showing silt deposit after 4 to 6" rain that fell in 30 to 45 minutes on evening of 6/25/1961.
Date: July 27, 1961
Creator: Prickett, B. P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sugar Creek Damage Site #12

Photograph of bridge approach out below proposed site 12, west of Carl Lindley's home. 4 to 6" rain fell on evening of 6/25/1961
Date: July 25, 1961
Creator: Prickett, B. P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Old Stabilized Washita River Channel

Photograph of old stablized Washita River channel. This channel was used by the river prior to 1913. Note stabilized banks and small size channel.
Date: July 6, 1955
Creator: Graham, E. O.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wayne Creek Watershed

Photograph of site 1, Wayne Creek Watershed construction completed summer of 1953, dam sodded spring of 1954. Mr. Dulin leased this lake to gun club in Oklahoma City fall of 1954 for $3000 for duck hunting.
Date: 1955-07-XX
Creator: Graham, E. O.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildhorse Creek

Photograph of Washita Watershed - Wildhorse Creek channel at the first section line crossing below Lake Humpreys on site 22. Only site 22 was discharging into creek above this location. At this time site 22 had a 5 foot rise over the principal spillway. Principal spillway is a 36 inch pipe.
Date: July 7, 1962
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildhorse Watershed

Photograph of Washita Watershed, Wildhorse Creek site 22. Principal spillway is concrete pipe under the dam. At back toe of dam steel, galvanized, corrugated, 8 guage, asphalt coated culvert pipe was substituted for concrete pipe. The culvert pipe is leaking at joint, rivets, and seams. There was some vibration on the last joint of culvert pipe.
Date: July 16, 1962
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita River Watershed Wildhorse Creek

Photograph of flood prevention and municipal supply dam. Stream channel at C/L of dam.
Date: July 18, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildhorse Creek Watershed

Photograph of King Ranch bluestem growing on pond dam. M. H. Autry on left. Willis Milton WUC on right.
Date: July 22, 1956
Creator: Fry, Chester
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildhorse Creek Watershed

Photograph of site 9, Wildhorse Watershed. This structure was completed in 1949 and is used for livestock water, fishing, swimming and picnics, etc.
Date: 1955-07-XX
Creator: Graham, E. O.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Plants Other Grasses

Photograph of area which used to be covered with sage like area shown in Okila. 10, 753. Olson(left) and SCS Tech. E. S. Cordell check up on grass growth. Olson sprayed sage once with 2, 4-D four years ago, withheld grazing for year, then grazed lightly for year and has grazed moderately since. Little & big bluestem, indian, swithc, blue and sideoats grama. Texas and Prairie blue and sand paspalum came back naturally; no reseeding. and range site in excellent condition.
Date: July 2, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Watershed

Photograph of people fishing from McCubbins Creek bridge which is on the county road onnorth side of Lake Humphreys. This bridge is across a reach of the lake.
Date: July 4, 1962
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Watershed

Photograph of people fishing from McCubbins Creek bridge which is on the county road onnorth side of Lake Humphreys. This bridge is across a reach of the lake.
Date: July 4, 1962
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Crops Harvesting

Photograph of barley on Wildhorse Creek bottom.
Date: July 10, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildhorse Creek

Photograph of site No. 34 on L. L. Humphreys farm N. of Velma being stocked with bass and bluegill fingerling fish.
Date: July 21, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Owl Creek Watershed

Photograph of Site 3, Owl Creek Watershed completed in 1949. Mr. Fritz purchased this ranch Mr. Hanner recentlhy.
Date: 1955-07-XX
Creator: Graham, E. O.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Flood Erosion Highway Bridge

Photograph of stream bank cutting. Temporary stream bank erosion control measure. Bridge is located in a bend in the river and each time the water rises some more bank is eaten away near the end of the bridge. These trees are held in place by a cable and keep the water away from the raw bnk of the river. The section of bank from the man in photograph to the present location of bank was eroded away in one year.
Date: July 18, 1955
Creator: McConnell, John
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildhorse Creek

Photograph of bottom below site 34, Wildhorse.
Date: July 10, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildhorse Creek

Photograph of bottom below site 34, Wildhorse.
Date: July 10, 1960
Creator: Fry, Chester
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita River Watershed Flood Prevention & Municipal Supply Dam

Photograph of flood prevention & municipal supply dam. Looking down C/L of dam from Sta. 31+50 C/L dam.
Date: July 18, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildhorse Watershed

Photograph of Site 7, Wildhorse Watershed, Richard Morton Ranch. This site was constructed in 1949.
Date: 1955-07-XX
Creator: Graham, E. O.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildhorse Creek

Photograph of Site No. 29, Wildhorse Creek.
Date: July 3, 1960
Creator: Brown, Bob R.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History