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Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of an unnecessary gully. Two diversion terraces have been constructed on this farm, above the gully, to divert the water to a safe spill area in the pasture. The gully will be closed up and the terraces constructed across it. OK-672-3.
Date:
May 7, 1958
Creator:
Rowlett, Olen
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of creek channel erosion. Erosion on the stream bank due to overflow and irregular route of the creek channel. Detention reservoir site # 20, Cavalry Creek watershed, is on the next farm above this. Banks plans to straighten creek for better stream bank stabilization and increase tillable acres. OK-672-5.
Date:
May 7, 1958
Creator:
Rowlett, Olen
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dam Construction at Ed Kiehn Farm
Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men on bulldozers constructing a dam on the Ed Kiehn farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Dam under construction on Ed Kiehn farm."
Date:
May 7, 1958
Creator:
Rowlett, Olen
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Flooded Cotton Field
A photograph by the USDA Soil Conservation Service showing Jim Molen, owner of Molen Farm (which is operated by Keith Boggs), viewing the overflow of Cavalry Creek on a newly planted cotton field, four miles south of Cordell, Oklahoma
Date:
July 7, 1959
Creator:
United States. Soil Conservation Service
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cavalry Flooding
Photograph of Calvary Creek flooding. Overflow into newly planted cotton field from north Cavalry Creek on Molen farm operated by Kenth Boggs. Cotton will be replanted.
Date:
July 7, 1959
Creator:
Rowlett, Olen
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Flood Erosion
Photograph of gully has 20 feet vertically below field above. SCS Technician Horace Haws points out bone once buried in bottom of a former gully which later silted up 8 feet higher, then washed out again 3 feet deeper. Near the tope he holds an old chain still embedded int he background.
Date:
July 7, 1950
Creator:
Archer, S. G.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History