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Back Slope Planted to Bermuda
Photograph of the back slope of a dam planted to bermuda grass August 5, 1959. Irrigated immediately after planting. Fred Fortney Soil Conservationist.
Date:
November 18, 1959
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Caucasian Bluestem
Photograph of Caucasian Bluestem grass planted in spring of 1959. Good stand was secured where tractor tires firmed the soil. Few plants were established on loose soil. Fred Fortney, Soil Conservationist. Zanies loam soil.
Date:
November 19, 1959
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of the Wildhorse Creek Watershed. Looking up the slope at the emergency spillway. Planted to Bermuda grass, Aug. 5, 1959. Irrigated immediately after planting. OK-949-3.
Date:
November 18, 1959
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of the Wildhorse Creek Watershed. Fence line across lower end of emergency spillway. Fred Fortnay is pointing to the bottom wire of a fence. Note depth of soil deposited from the spillway slope. OK-949-4.
Date:
November 18, 1959
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of the Wildhorse Creek Watershed. The front slope of the dam with Fred Fortney. Planted to Bermuda grass, Aug. 5, 1959. Irrigated immediately after planting. OK-949-2.
Date:
November 18, 1959
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wildhorse Creek Watershed Emergency Spillway
Photograph of emergency spillway. Fred Fortney. He is standing in rill. Erosion caused by hard rains in October and early part of November. Planted in bermuda grass, Aug. 5, 1959. Irrigated immediately after planting.
Date:
November 18, 1959
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Terrace Erosion
Photograph of straight lane badly eroded by water emptying from terraces.
Date:
November 20, 1937
Creator:
Hufnagle, Richard W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gully Control in Natural Drain
Photograph of gully control in a natural drain, formerly 15 foot to 20 foot deep. Soil Conservation sloped banks, made fills and solid sodded to Bermuda grass. Approx. 700 acres drain through this outlet and erosion is almost 100% stabilized. May to August 1940 this outlet safely carried run-off from a total of 25 inches of rainfall.
Date:
November 16, 1940
Creator:
Jenkins, Elvin W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Soil Erosion Project
Photograph of huge alkali spot. Banks are to be sloped and to be straw mulched. Black locust trees to be planted and entire area to be fenced out.
Date:
November 20, 1937
Creator:
May, Clyde
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Strait Lane Eroded by Water Emptying From Terraces
Photograph of strait lane eroded by water emptying from terraces. A house or barn is in the background of photo. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Straight lane badly eroded by water emptying from terraces."
Date:
November 20, 1937
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History