Photograph of detention reservoir. Showing damage below Site No. 15, Little Wewoka Creek Site has 4000 acres of drainage even with a 19 inch drawdown tube.Runoff water comes from backslope of dam and hillside to contribute to damage being done. Outside water will be diverted from the spill area. OK-714-12.

Photograph of pasture seeding. Buffalo grass seeded in 1950 on overflow bottom of Clear Boggy Creek. Soil Unit 3ab. This grass shows good possibilities on this type of soil and is recommended by the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] for these areas. Mr. Krebs and C. T. Forrester, SCS and Work Unit Conservationist [WUC], respectively, in the picture. OK-534-1.

Photograph of pasture seeding. Showing the length of the stolons on Buffalo grass. Grass planted on overflow bottom of Clear Boggy Creek. Grass is recommended by the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] for tight soils in overflow area. OK-534-2.

Photograph of Stubble Mulch Field Day. This is one of the plots used for the Stubble Mulch and Field Day Contest. OK-2124-7.

Photograph of equipment taken on Agronomy & Stubble Mulch Field Day. Shown is one of the sweeps owned by Bart Jones that was used in a stubble mulch demonstration. OK-2124-8.

Photograph of Red Prairie Range Site in excellent condition. Dominant vegetation-switchgrass with little bluestem, big bluestem, Indiangrass, sideoats grama.

Photograph of an aerial shot of Mill Creek Site 1 Drop Inlet and the surrounding area. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Watershed: Ok-SCD-20 Wa. #5. Site #1. Type of structure: Drop Inlet. Drainage area: 57 acres. Soul units: Deep medium textured slowly permeable & permeable soils. All in pasture. General condition: Good cover but large active gullies. Protects Detention Reservoir, Site #1 and bottomland from silt."

Photograph of an aerial shot of Mill Creek Site 1 Drop Inlet and the surrounding area. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Watershed: Ok-SCD-20 Wa. #5. Site #1. Type of structure: Drop Inlet. Drainage area: 57 acres. Soul units: Deep medium textured slowly permeable & permeable soils. All in pasture. General condition: Good cover but large active gullies. Protects Detention Reservoir, Site #1 and bottomland from silt.”

Photograph of an aerial shot of a diversion terrace for Site 6 Mill Creek and the surrounding area. A farmstead with several buildings is located in the bottom part of the photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Watershed: Ok-SCD-20 Wa. #5. Site #6. Type of structure: Diversion terrace for Site #6. Drainage area: 155 acres (90 acres in pasture, 65 acres in cropland). General condition of drainage area: Severely eroded, gully & sheet. Acres of bottomland protected: 90 acres (Protects bottomland & Detention Reservoir #1 from silt).”

Photograph of an aerial shot of Site #6 Mill Creek Watershed #12 and surrounding area. A house and a couple of buildings are near the lower left of photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Watershed: Ok-SCD-20, Wa #12, Site #1. Type of structure: Detention Reservoir. Drainage Area: 1440 acres (in pasture). Soil Units: Deep fine textured, slowly permeable soils. Condition of drainage area: 68% good native grass range, 32% fair native grass range. Peak flow: 2740 c.f.s. Release Rate: 35 c.f.s. Acres of bottomland protected: 160 acres immediately below in addition to part of system benefit on Mill Cree [sic]. Detention Reservoir located in hill pasture above flood plain."

Photograph of an aerial shot of Site #2 Mill Creek detention reservoir and the surrounding area. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Watershed: Ok-SCD-20 Wa. #5, Site #2. Type of structure: Detention Reservoir. Drainage area: 265 acres (all in pasture). Condition: Good and fair native grass range. Permanent storage: 0.72". Peak flow: 460 c.f.s. Release rate: 12 c.f.s. Flood storage: 3.63". Acres of bottomland protected: 40 acres immediately below in addition to system to protect Mill Creek."

Photograph of an aerial shot of Site #3 Mill Creek Drop Inlet and the surrounding area. The photograph also shows Site #2 Mill Creek Drop Inlet on Adolph Johnson farm on the right edge of photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Watershed: Ok-SCD-20 Wa. #5, Site #3. Type of structure: Drop inlet. Drainage area: 160 acres. Soil units: Deep medium textured slowly permeable and permeable. Area in cultivation: 32 acres. Area in pasture: 12 acres. Area in abandoned cropland: 116 acres. General condition of drainage area: Poor cover, sheet and gully erosion. Note: Right edge shows Site #2 on Adolph Johnson farm. Type of structure: Drop inlet. Drainage area – 15 acres (4 acres in pasture, 11 acres in abandoned cropland). General condition of drainage area: Poor cover, serious gully & sheet erosion. It protects detention reservoir #1 & bottomland from silt. See pipe installed in third gully from right edge."

Photograph of an aerial shot of Site #6 Mill Creek and surrounding area. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Watershed: Ok-SCD-20, Wa #5, Site 6. Type of structure: Drop Inlet. Drainage area: 310 acres (160 acres in pasture, 150 acres in abandoned cropland). General condition: Poor cover, severely gullied. Area of bottomland protected: 90 acres. Protects bottomland & Detention Reservoir #1 from silt."

Photograph of an aerial shot of Site #6 Mill Creek Watershed #12 and surrounding area. A house and a couple of buildings are near the top left center of photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Watershed: Ok-SCD-20, Wa. #12, Site #6. Type of structure: Drop Inlet. Drainage area: 60 acres (52 acres in cultivation, 8 acres in pasture). General condition of drainage area: Terraced with inadequate outlets. 15 acres of bottomland protected. Stabilized terraces outlet & protects bottomland from silt."

Photograph of an aerial shot of Upper Mill Creek Watershed and the surrounding area. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Upper Mill Creek Watershed, OK-SCD-2WA-13. Structure: Flood Water Diversion (Under construction, 90% complete). Drainage area: 250 Acres. Silts above structure: 7 –GP. Soils protected by structure: 4 –GP. Area above structure: Pasture – poor condition. Drains directly into the channel of Mill Creek. Protects approximately 100 acres of bottom cropland from overhead flooding."

Photograph of watershed: OK-SCD-20 Wa. #5, site #7. Drop inlet, type of structure. Drainage area: 74 acres (25 acres in pasture, 49 acres abandoned cropland). General conditions: gullied. Drop inlet under construction when photo shot. Protects detention reservoir #1 and bottomland from silt.

Photograph of Little Bluestem in phytometers, clipped at 3 diffeent levels weekly during growing season.

Photograph of deep mud cracks in recent deposition on Salt Creek lood plain.

Photograph of deep silt on Lalt Creek flood plain. Not fence posts almost covered. The rate of deposition is so rapid that weeds cannot establish themselves on extensive areas of the flood plain in the lower half of this watershed.

Photograph of deep mud cracks in recent deposition on Salt Creek flood plain. OK-522-8.

Photograph of deep silt deposits on the Salt Creek flood plain. Note the fence posts almost coverede. The rate of deposition is so rapid that weeds cannot establish themselves on extensive areas of the flood plain in the lower half of this watershed. OK-522-9.

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man kneeling and looking over contour ridges constructed with a long wing Kelly plow on July 16, 1941. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Contour ridges constructed July 16, 1941 in pasture with long wing Kelly plow."

Photograph of sand deposits in Cult. Land subject to overflow of Lebos (sandy) Creek, tributary of Red River. Cow peas are planted in the straight rows. Yohole V. F. S. L.

Photograph of a scene on Birdie Coker's farm.