Big Wewoka Creek Detention Dam No. 23

Photograph of Big Wewoka Creek Detention Dam No. 23. Looking north across top of dam. Permanent pool covers 16 acres. Permanent vegetation will be established.
Date: March 26, 1958
Creator: Abel, D. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Big Wewoka Creek Detention Dam No. 23

Photograph of detention site No. 23. Photo made from dam showing draw down outlet and area covered by permanent pool.
Date: March 26, 1958
Creator: Abel, D. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of shelterbelts or windbreaks. A group of SCS technicians from the Great Plains states studying shelterbelts in Greer County, Oklahoma. This shelterbelt was planted in 1936 and was the first shelterbelt planted in the Plains area. OK-224-11.
Date: March 26, 1956
Creator: Bailey, O. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of Lloyd Lynch, Construction In spector, Davis Project Office, computes yardage on Site # 34, Finn Creek. OK-4376-1.
Date: March 26, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Vetch as Cover Crop

Photograph of Vetch planted as cover crop. Plans are to plow under as green manure crop, and follow with crop of grain sorghums. McClain silty clay loam ($Ha).
Date: March 26, 1962
Creator: Fortney, Fred J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Vetch for Cover Crop

Photograph of Vetch planted for cover crop and green manure soil building crop; 8-10 inches of growth present. McClain silty clay loam soil (4Ha).
Date: March 26, 1962
Creator: Fortney, Fred J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes

Photograph of an automobile stalled in sand trap in dust storm on March 26, 1950. Only fields not suffering from erosion in this immediate vicinity are those fields where vetch and small grain furnish cover. OK-10, 359.
Date: March 26, 1950
Creator: Gardener, G. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes

Photograph of an automobile stalled in sand trap in dust storm on March 26, 1950. Only fields not suffering from erosion in this immediate vicinity are those fields where vetch and small grain furnish cover. OK-10, 359.
Date: March 26, 1950
Creator: Gardener, G. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soil Erosion

Photograph of automobile stalled in sand trap in dust storm March 26, 1950. Only fields not suffering from erosion in this immediate vicinity are those fields where vetch and small grain furnished cover.
Date: March 26, 1950
Creator: Gardner, G. C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Geology Equipment and Methods

Photograph of Maysville Lateral Site, B3. Bob Morton, SCS Geologist explaining core drill operations & investigations to local newspaper editor, Gary Gorshing of Maysville. OK-3734-13.
Date: March 26, 1970
Creator: Kilpatrick, N. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Maysville Laterals Site B-3

Photograph of Jack Hulet (left) and Albert Adler, a core drill crew inspecting the foundation of the centerline of dam. OK-3734-11.
Date: March 26, 1970
Creator: Kilpatrick, N. L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Soil Digging

Photograph of original dark soil being dug from under 7 1/2 of deposition.
Date: March 26, 1950
Creator: Lowe, S. D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of watershed maintenance, upper Black Bear watershed. Wave action damage. Water is drawn down about one foot. Sandbar willow has been out for about 3 weeks. Trees were watered on this date. OK-4164-6.
Date: March 26, 1971
Creator: Millen, Glen L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds, Maintenance

Photograph of sandbar willow being watered with Conservancy. District-owned pump. Trees have been out for about 3 weeks. OK-4164-3.
Date: March 26, 1971
Creator: Millen, Glen L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds, Maintenance

Photograph of wave action damage. Water is drawn down, about one foot. Sandbar Willow has been out about three weeks. Trees were watered this date. OK-4164-5.
Date: March 26, 1971
Creator: Millen, Glen L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Auto Stalled in Sand Trap in Dust Storm

Photograph of an automobile stalled in sand trap in dust storm in March 26, 1950.
Date: March 26, 1950
Creator: Webb, C. G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History