Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a cotton crop along the Barnitz Creek watershed and its protection from flooding. (rest of the text too difficult to read). OK-10??-3.
Date: September 23, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Completed Stock Pond Road Fill Project on I. C. Ingram’s Land

Photograph of a completed stock pond road fill project on I. C. Ingram's land in Caddo county. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Completed stock pond road fill project. 385 acres drainage area. This was a cooperative project between Ingram, Caddo Co. Commissioners, SCS and ACP. Pond area has been fenced and earthen fill sodded to grass. Ingram has 400 acres in Caddo Co. and all is under basic plan with North Caddo SCD. He started work in 1945 and has been applying soil conservation practices each year."
Date: July 23, 1959
Creator: Bramble, R. F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Long Branch Project Site No. 11 Major Spillway

Photograph of a 17-inch pipe on the backside of Site No. 11 Long Breach Watershed Project discharging water from 14 days of periotic rainfall. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Pipe on backside of Site No. 11 Long Breach Watershed Project discharge under from the 17" pipe. From July 13 to 26, 16" of rain fell on this watershed and the water went around the emergency spillway on July 15 following 11" of the rain in 44 hours for about a 3 hour period. Everything worked perfectly and no damage to the bermudagrass cover in the waterway. About 100 to 150' of native grass above the permanent pool contour was damaged by standing water during the rain period."
Date: July 23, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

UNIDENTIFIED Farmer Harvesting Certified Midland Bermudagrass Roots on Cooperator Vetus Clarkson’s Farm

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED farmer using District equipment to harvest certified Midland Bermudagrass roots on Cooperator Vetus Clarkson's farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bermuda Grass Roots. District equipment harvesting certified Midland Bermuda grass roots on Cooperator Vetus Clarkson's farm. Roots are being used by District to sprig on other cooperators farms in the District. Returns to cooperator from half of harvest rights will amount to $35.00 per acre and the District will fertilize to enable another harvest in 1960. This field was sprigged in 1955."
Date: April 23, 1959
Creator: McCraw, John L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Waterway Flume Under Construction

Photograph of Lloyd Hamill, owner, standing in waterway flume under construction. Seven-foot overfill gully was moving back into good cropland.
Date: April 23, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Sprigging Bermuda

Photograph of Jack Jones sprigging Bermuda grass roots in newly constructed waterway.
Date: April 23, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Planting Bermuda Grass Roots

Photograph of Lawrence Steiner planting Bermuda grass roots in a new waterway-using district-owned equipment.
Date: April 23, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Loading Bermuda Roots into a Sprigger

Photograph of Ivan Goss, Lawrence Steiner loading Bermuda grass roots into a Deer Creek SCD grass sprig planter. Sprigging new waterway by Jack Jones.
Date: April 23, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Drawdown Pipe Installation

Photograph of installing a drawdown pipe in a farm pond.
Date: December 23, 1959
Creator: Schwarz, A. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cut Off Walls

Photograph of cut off walls for pipe through farm pond.
Date: December 23, 1959
Creator: Schwarz, A. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Little Bluestem Invasion

Photograph of little Bluestem plants invaded a seeding of weeping Lovegrass.
Date: March 23, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Old Seeding of Weeping Lovegrass

Photograph of an old seeding of weeping Lovegrass made in 1947 or 1948.
Date: March 23, 1959
Creator: Hamill, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a completed stock pond – road fill project. 385 acres drainage area. This was a cooperative project between I.C. Ingram, Caddo County Commissioners, the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] and the Agricultural Conservation Program [ACP]. Ingram needed stock water and received assistance from ACP for that purpose. Caddo County Commissioners furnished extra yardage needed to make it suitable for a raod fill. Ingram has 400 acres in Caddo County and all of it is under a basic plan with the North Caddo Soil Conservation District [SCD]. He started work in 1945 and has been applying soil conservation practices each year. OK-891-3.
Date: July 23, 1959
Creator: Bramble, R. F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of the planting of Bermuda grass. District owned and operated equipment is planting Midland Bermuda grass on F.R. Dobbs' farm. Class I land. Planted under a plan developed with the Soil Conservation District [SCD] with technicians of the Soil Conservation Service [SCS]. To be over-seeded with Korean Lespedeza. Follow up pictures to be taken. OK-852-7.
Date: April 23, 1959
Creator: McGraw, John L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Major Spillway

Photograph of a pipe on backside of Site No. 11 Long Branch Watershed Project discharging water from the 17" pipe. From July 13 to 26, 16" of rain fell on this watershed and the water went around the emergency spillway on July 15 following 11' of the rain in 44 hours for about a 3 hour period. Everything worked perfectly and no damage to the bermudagrass cover in the waterway. About 100 to 150' of nativegrass above the permanent pool contour was damaged by standing water during this rain period.
Date: July 23, 1959
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Irrigation

Photograph of irrigating small grains by using gated pipe and corrugated rows.
Date: September 23, 1959
Creator: Stith, C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Irrigation Riser

Photograph of an 8" pipe leading water from the riser connected to 12" concrete pipe below.
Date: September 23, 1959
Creator: Stith, C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History