Photograph of aerial view of when swollen with flood waters, Sargeant Major Creek gouges out its banks, cuts new channels and washes away tremendous amounts of irreplaceable soil. Out on right hand side is below Detention Reservoir No. 1 and 2, E. 1/2 Sgt. Major Creek. Out on left side is the main stream of Sgt. Major Creek. Tree s on stgream bank in upper left hand corner is same as Okla-9553, 5 acres of land is lost annually from bank cuttings.

Photograph of upper Whiteshield Watershed—Oklahoma Soil Conservation District [SCD] # 4. Wa. 2. Detention reservoir # 1. Drainage area 485 acres. Permanent storage—13.7 surface acres. 105 acre-feet. Inches of run-off from drainage area 2.6 acres. Flood storage—27.2 surface acres. 158.5 acre-feet. 3.6 inches. Peak flow uncontrolled (25 year frequency storm) 1600 cubic feet per second (cfs.). The release rate from 18 inches Asbestos bonded corrugated pipe is 22 cfs. The Drainage area—80 acres cultivated and 405 acres as pasture. Medium textured upland soil. The reservoir is protecting 30 acres below it and contributing to the protection of 2000 acres of bottomland on the Whiteshield Creek. J.T. Mincher has put 15 acres of bottomland back into cultivation that was idle. This land made 900 pounds of lint cotton in 1948. The benefit to cost ratio is 1.1 to 1. See OK-9556 and OK-9557. OK-10, 092.