Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of rangeland with overfall measuring 15 feet deep and 50 feet across, top advancing upstream; watershed is 320 acres. OK-1097-10.
Date: July 1960
Creator: Bramble, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Seventh Annual Youth Range Camp

Photograph of L to R: 1. Matt Sooter, SCS, Cheyenne, OK; 2. Dick Childs, Pasture Spec., OSU, Stillwater; 3. Jack Bohl, WUC, SCS, Hammon, OK; 4. Bob Green, Rancher, Elk City, OK; 5. Harman Seymour, Ext. Director, Cheyenne, OK; 6. Charles Grimes, Range Consv., SCS, Waurika, OK; 7. C.E. Kingery, Range Consv., SCS, Stillwater, OK; 8. Tom Perryman, WUC, SCS, Cheyenne, OK; Emmett McCord, Ext. Range Spec., OSU, Stillwater, OK; 9. Dr. Wilfred McMurphy, Agronomy Dept., OSU, Stillwater, OK; 10. O.H. Lowry, WUC, SCS, Sayre, OK; 11. B.P. Prickett, WUC, SCS, Clinton, OK. OK-2872-10.
Date: August 24, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Youth Range Camp

Photograph of Charles Grimes, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC], and Henry and Duane Harrell examining a watering facility. OK-3170-11.
Date: August 22, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Youth Range Camp

Photograph of Henry and Duane Harrell and ranchhands examining a watering facility. OK-3170-12.
Date: August 22, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Youth Range Camp

Photograph of Youth Range Camp plant identification. OK-3169-1.
Date: August 22, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Youth Range Camp

Photograph of Duane Harrell and ranchhands observing livestock and grass. OK-3170-15.
Date: August 22, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Youth Range Camp

Photograph of Charles Grimes and Henry and Duane Harrell and ranchhands observing livestock. OK-3170-13.
Date: August 22, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Erosion

Photograph of Erosion on Nobscott-Brownfield Soils. Severely eroded phase. Erosional condition on a mistreated soil.
Date: October 3, 1957
Creator: Fenning
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soil Erosion Condition on Mistreated Nobscot-Brownfield Soils

Photograph of the soil erosion condition on mistreated Nobscott-Brownfield Soils in a severely eroded phase. A hat is in the middle of the field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Erosion. Nobscott-Brownfield Soils. Severely eroded phase. Erosional condition on a mistreated soil."
Date: October 3, 1957
Creator: Fenning, C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Quinlan Soils. Shallow Range Site in Good Condition

Photograph of a Class VI land with trees and grasses growing in Quinlan soils. The area is on a shallow range site in good condition. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Quinlan Soils. Shallow range site in good condition. This is Class VI land."
Date: July 29, 1959
Creator: Frie, J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Quinlan Soils

Photograph of Quinlan soils on a shallow range site in good condition. This is Class VI land.
Date: July 29, 1959
Creator: Frie, Jimmie W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Shelter Belt

Photograph of a shelterbelt planted for wind protection.
Date: July 29, 1959
Creator: Frie, Jimmie W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soil Profile St. Paul Silt Loam

Photograph of St. Paul silt loam at site where characterization sample for the series was taken.
Date: July 30, 1959
Creator: Frie, Jimmie W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Floodwater Retarding Structure

Photograph of aerial view of floodwater retarding structure No. 35. Completed Feb 1955. Drainage 1,845 A. C. , ediment Storage 1. 88 in. , Flood Storage 3. 35 in. , Total Storage 804. 8 Ac. Ft. , Surface 67 Ac.
Date: May 26, 1955
Creator: Haws, H. M. & Bruns, G. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Floodwater Retarding Structure

Photograph of aerial view of floodwater retarding structure No. 1. Completed May 55. Drainage area 4,112 sq. in. , Sediment Storage 1. 45 in. , Flood Storage 3. 90 in. , Total Capacity 1,834. 0 Ac. Ft. Total surface aRea 144. 4 Ac. , volume of fill 118,00 cu. yd.
Date: May 26, 1955
Creator: Haws, H. M. & Bruns, G. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Floodwater Retarding Structure

Photograph of aerial view of floodwater retarding structure No. 9. Comp[leted Feb 1955, Drainage 765 Ac. , Sediment Storage 1. 70 in. , Flood Storage 3. 56 in. , Total Storage 334. 8 Ac. Ft. Surgace 24. 2 Ac. Embankment 41,517 cu. yds.
Date: May 26, 1955
Creator: Haws, H. M. & Bruns, G. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Contour Farming

Photograph of new contour furrows in an 84 acre pasture. This pasture has been properly grazed and is well covered with blue gramma, dropseed and buffalo grass.
Date: March 30, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Contour Furrows In An 73-Acre Pasture/Seiling Project

Photograph of a portion of a recently contoured furrowed 73-acre pasture nine miles northwest of Seiling. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Portion of 73-acre pasture which has been completely contour furrowed."
Date: March 29, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Contour Furrows In An 73-Acre Pasture/Seiling Project

Photograph of a portion of a recently contoured furrowed 73-acre pasture nine miles northwest of Seiling. A car is behind the furrows in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Portion of 73-acre pasture which has been completely contour furrowed."
Date: March 29, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass Growth on Contour Furrows Constructed on State School Land One Year After Completion/Seiling Project

Photograph of grass growth after one year after completion of contour furrows on State School Land near Seiling. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Grass growth one year after completion of contour furrows. Notice large contour furrowed area in background."
Date: March 29, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Willis Espy's Contour Furrowed Pasture/Seiling Project

Photograph of Willis Espy's contour furrowed pasture near Seiling. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Portion of a 160-acre pasture which has been completely contour furrowed."
Date: March 29, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Willis Espy's Contour Furrowed Pasture/Seiling Project

Photograph of Willis Espy's contour furrowed pasture near Seiling. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Portion of a 160-acre pasture which has been completely contour furrowed. Pasture; contour ridged; f2 Andropogon scoparius subtype; Dewey co., Okla."
Date: March 29, 1938
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of native grass mixture planting. This was planted in April, 1957 on soil unit # 7, capability III. A seed crop was cut soon after this photo was taken. OK-786-2.
Date: October 1958
Creator: Judge, Earl R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Graden Teeters, a District Supervisor, looking at the growth of weeping love grass planted for crop rotation as seeded in April 1955. OK-98-3
Date: July 13, 1955
Creator: Judge, Earl R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History