Photograph of an aerial shot of an UNIDENTIFED Detention Reservoir #5 and the surrounding area. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Detention Reservoir (Site #5). Drainage area – 510 acres (60 acres cropland; 275 acres pasture – woods; & 175 acres revegetated cropland.) Soil Units: Some 5, deep medium textured very slowly permeable and some 7, deep medium textured moderately permeable but mostly 20, shallow, medium textured, moderately permeable. The condition of the drainage area is good as result of controlled grazing & good farming practices. Permanent Storage: 1.92 inches. Flood storage: 3.90 inches. Uncontrolled peak flow: 1195 c.f.s. Release rate: 20 c.f.s. Protects 35 acres of bottomland (estimated). Estimated flood benefit ratio is 2 to 1. Grass land in good condition."

Photograph of an aerial shot of Site No. 30 and the surrounding area taken at 1000 feet. The photograph shows a gully plug with pipe drain.

Photograph of an aerial shot of East Branch Bitter Creek Watershed Detention Reservoir #4 and the surrounding area. The back of the photograph proclaims, "East Branch Bitter Creek – Wa – No. 4. Detention Reservoir. Drainage Area: 1525 acres (6 acres in cultivation; 1280 acres in pasture & 240 acres in abandoned cropland.) Soil Units: About 10%, deep, medium textured, moderately permeable; About 75%; shallow, medium textured, moderately permeable; about 15% is 28, rough broken or stony land. Calcarious [sic] material. General condition is good. Permanent storage: 1.26 in. Flood storage 3.74 in. Peak Flow: 2580 c.f.s. Release rate: 60 c.f.s. An estimated 150 acres of bottomland is protected. Flood drainage benefit ratio is established at 2 to 1. Good to excellent grass cover on all but about 340 acres. Needlegrass and intermediate grass cover on about 100 acres of abandoned land. Permanent grasses planted on about 140 acres of former cultivated land. About 100 acres still in cultivation and not under complete conservation treatment."

Photograph of an aerial shot of East Branch Salt Creek Watershed Detention Reservoir #1 and the surrounding area. The back of the photograph proclaims, “East Branch Salt Creek, Wa-No. 1. Detention Reservoir. Drainage area: 1505 acres (613 acres in cultivation; 290 acres in pasture; & 602 acres in abandoned cropland.) Soil units: about 35% #5, deep, medium textured, very slowly permeable & #7, deep, medium textured, moderately permeable; About 65% is #20, shallow medium textured, moderately permeable. General condition is fair. Most cultivated land properly farmed, but grassland need improving. Permanent storage: 2.1 inches. Flood storage: 5.1 inches. Peak flow: 3160 c.f.s. Release rate: 60 c.f.s. About 50 acres of bottomland protected. Estimated flood drainage benefit ratio: 2 to 1. About 262 acres of former cropland has been planted to grass. About 90 acres additional land covered with needlegrass. About 250 acres of severely eroded land now in cultivation needs to be revegetated. Grasslands are generally in a low good condition. Most of the crop lands [sic] are terraced and being handled under conservation farming methods. Some terrace systems need revision.”

Photograph of an aerial shot of Ok-SCD-13-Wa-1-Site Number 12 taken at 1000 feet. This particular area has a silt trap with pipe drain. A few building are visible in the bottom left corner of the photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "OK-SCS-13-WA-1-Site no. 12, July 14, 1948, Flight N – Photo E 1000 ft. 10:15 AM. Silt Pipe with pipe drain."

Photograph of an excellent stand of big bluestem grass. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Excellent stand of big bluestem grass. Note a native legume at the lower left. Some Indiangrass and little bluestem was also in this mixture."

Photograph of an excellent stand of big bluestem grass. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Excellent stand of big bluestem grass. Note a native legume at the lower left. Some Indiangrass and little bluestem was also in this mixture."

Photograph of Bob Hartley spreading sideoats and bluestem seeds of the floor of a cattle barn to dry.

Photograph of Bob Hartley spreading sideoats and bluestem seeds of the floor of a cattle barn to dry. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bob Hartley, 21-year-old ranchman recently graduated from Okla. A&M, spreads sideoats grama grass on the floor of a cattle barn so the seed can dry without heating. The seed was brought in from combines which Hartley operated during the sideoats and the bluestem harvest. Paper sacks were used during a temporary shortage of other sacks. Hartley cut seed near Amarillo, Texas, as well as in the Vinita vicinity."

Photograph of Bob Kendall and Bill Wood unloading bluestem seed harvested from the Secrest Ranch into a truck bound for Camp Gruber. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Bob Kendall, 2. Bill Wood. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Bob Kendall, left, and Bill Wood, right, both of Ardmore, unload a combine into a truck. The material they handle is bluestem seed. The truckload went to Camp Gruber, where it was spread out to dry.”

Photograph of Bob Moore spreading bluestem seed out to dry. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bob Moore of Edna, Kansas, a temporary employe [sic] of the Soil Conservation Service, spreads bluestem seed out to dry on the floor of the airport hanger [sic] at Coffeyville. All this seed was out in the vicinity of Nowata, Oklahoma. It had to dry several days before it could be stored permanently in sacks."

Photograph of aerial view of East branch Salt Creek, Wa 1. Drop Inlet. Drainage area: 235 acres (200 acres in cultivation, 28 acres inpasture & 7 acres in abandoned cropland). Soil Units: About 75% in 5, deep, medium textured, very slowly permeable, about 17% in 7, deep, medium textured, moderately permeable; & about 8% is 20, shallow, medium textured, moderately permeable. In good condition as result of contolled grazing & good farming practices. Permanent storage: 0. 8 in. Flood storage: 3. 6 in. Peck flow: 535 c. f. s. Release rate: 33 c. f. s. Protects an estimated 25 acres of bottomland. Flood drainage benefit ratio: 1 to 1. Most of this drainage area is from very gently sloping cropland which is farmed to small grains. About 1/2 of this crop land is under conservation treatment. Grasslands are in excellent condition.

Photograph of Mr. Copeland adjusting the height of a plow used for constructing terraces. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Mr. Copeland adjusts the plow which he using to build terraces."

Photograph of a herd of cattle grazing alfalfa in border-irrigated field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cattle on alfalfa in border irrigated field. Before soil conservation district was organized, this field was in sunflowers – just paid a little more than taxes – now 2 days grazing raised butter fat 200 lbs. The 250 acres of alfalfa has been grazed, raised 20,000 bales of hay this summer plus a seed crop. See Tex-44-788 and Tex-44-489."

Photograph of Choska Drainage Ditch Number 1 Station 23 / 00 prior to Construction. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Station 23 / 00 on Lateral 1-A-1 of Drainage Ditch Number 1 prior to construction."

Photograph of "Clarence E. Bunch, flood control agronomist for the Washita River watershed who was in charge of native grasses seed harvest in Northeast Oklahoma, stands in excellent big bluestem."

Photograph of Charlie Kilpatrick, Johnnie Blevins, Jack Padgett, Monsieur Moore, Ralf Knight, and Bill Padgett cleaning sideoats grama. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Charlie Kilpatrick, Soil Conservation Service technician, 2. Johnnie Blevins, 3. Jack Padgett, 4. Monsieur Moore, rancher, 5. Ralph Knight, Soil Conservation Service technician, 6. Bill Padgett. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cleaning sideoats grama grass. Scalper made by Ralph O. Knight and Charlie Kilpatrick, Soil Conservation Service technicians. Reading from left to right, Kilpatrick examining cleaned seed; Johnnie Blevins, holding sack; Jack Padgett, operating scalper; Monsieur Moore, rancher who allowed the District to combine seed from his ranch at no cost; Ralph Knight; Bill Padgett, ranch on ranch the Board combined serval thousand pounds of seed. The building os [sic] one of the free fair buildings owned by County Free Fair Board and loaned to the District Supervisors at no cost."

Photograph of Charlie Kilpatrick, Johnnie Blevins, Jack Padgett, Monsieur Moore, Ralf Knight, and Bill Padgett cleaning sideoats grama. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Charlie Kilpatrick, Soil Conservation Service technician, 2. Johnnie Blevins, 3. Jack Padgett, 4. Monsieur Moore, rancher, 5. Ralph Knight, Soil Conservation Service technician, 6. Bill Padgett. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cleaning sideoats grama grass. Scalper made by Ralph O. Knight and Charlie Kilpatrick, Soil Conservation Service technicians. Reading from left to right, Kilpatrick examining cleaned seed; Johnnie Blevins, holding sack; Jack Padgett, operating scalper; Monsieur Moore, rancher who allowed the District to combine seed from his ranch at no cost; Ralph Knight; Bill Padgett, ranch on ranch the Board combined serval thousand pounds of seed. The building os [sic] one of the free fair buildings owned by County Free Fair Board and loaned to the District Supervisors at no cost."

Photograph of a "Hanger [sic] at Coffeyville being used by the Soil Conservation Service to store seed of bluestem grasses harvested in Northeastern Oklahoma."

Photograph of Mr. Joe Zaumbrecher who smiles as he works with his sons in making his farm more productive and profitable through soil conservation. See other photos taken on this farm. LA-61-458.

Photograph of four UNIDENTIFIED "Daily laborers cleaning and sacking little bluestem seed."

Photograph of Dale Neighbors and Jack Gaffney unloading sideoats grass seed from a truck in order to spread it out to dry. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Dale Neighbors, 2. Jack Gaffney. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Unloading a truck filled with sideoats grass seed fresh from the combines. On the ground is Dale Neighbors; Jack Gaffney is in the truck. Both men are working for the Soil Conservation Service and live in Pawhuska. The seed is being spread out to dry."

Photograph of U.S. Highway 281 bridge shown in Okla-9570. G.C. Gardner, Jr., Soil Conservation Service technician, points to debris piling up under bridge. Note narrow space between bridge floor & silt accumulations.

Photograph of a view from the north across the dam of Detention Resevoir No. 2, [Cloud Creek Dam Number 1]. A tractor & carryall work in the distance. At the entrance left in ht ebasin of the reservoir is an old fqarm pond.