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Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Soil Conservation Service (SCS) construction crew setting grade stakes for repair and riprap of sloughed off front toe. OK-4192-7.
Date: March 11, 1971
Creator: Meinders, Hadley
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of view of flood storage in siltation problem in Lake Frances.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Moss, Allen R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of salt water washed from oil production killed the vegetation and left the era subject to water erosion. Water control structures are to be built and plantings of Bermuda grass and alkali sacaton grass are to be made to reduce erosion and provide grazing. OK-4118-11.
Date: March 5, 1971
Creator: Fry, Chester
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

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of washed out pond dam due to improper spillway construction and heavy rain. OK-4503-11.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Mathiews, Jerry W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of WKY cameraman, Rod Turner, photographing crowd at Wiley Post Lake dedication just prior to Lt. Governor George Nigh's departure from a helicopter. OK-4454-3.
Date: October 22, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of FHA Administrator James V. Smith speaking at Wiley Post Lake dedication. Members of the Post family are on Smith's left. OK-4454-7.
Date: October 22, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of FHA Administrator James V. Smith speaking at Wiley Post Lake dedication. Right foreground: Robert S. Kerr, Jr., son of the late Oklahoma Senator, and Ken Wilson, editor of the Maysville News. OK-4454-9.
Date: October 22, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Lt. Governor George Nigh is greeted by Don Dudley, assistant director, Oklahoma Conservation Commission, at Wiley Post Lake dedication. OK-4454-4.
Date: October 22, 1971
Creator: Croom, Dan
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Soil Conservation Service (SCS) construction crew setting grade stakes for repair and riprap of sloughed off front toe. OK-4191-7.
Date: March 11, 1971
Creator: Meinders, Hadley
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water, Recreation

Photograph of scene at dedication day at Lake Vanderwork (Oak Creek 5.). OK-4095-14.
Date: February 20, 1971
Creator: Teakell, John R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water, Recreation

Photograph of Lake Vanderwork sign posted at the intersection of Hwy 152 and Hwy 54. OK-4096-12.
Date: February 20, 1971
Creator: King, W. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watershed Maintenance

Photograph of cuttings of a sanbar willow being set out in a trench prepared on bermuda grass (?). OK-4106-14.
Date: March 4, 1971
Creator: Mullen, Glen L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of view of the old channel in the Bear-Hybarger watershed. This was complated a number of years agao by local people. Pumps were installed to pump water out of the fields into this channel. It was being blocked by main channel. It was being blocked by main channel siltation, but now ties in with the newly improved main channel and its functioning well without the use of pumps. OK-4321
Date: July 23, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of view on lower end of Bear-Hybarger watershed channel looking upstream near discharge end of channel. This is an unimproved section. Three miles east of Lindsay. OK-4322-1D.
Date: July 23, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of channel improvements on Wildhorse Creek watershed, 1.5 miles north of Tatums. Channel work done in 1968 and 1969 and vegetated in 1969 with Bermuda sprigs. Approximately 3 miles of improvement in this segment, view upstream. Arbuckle CD, Carter County, Oklahoma. OK-4322-9D.
Date: July 24, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of intersecting of main channel # 1 and laterals K and J on Whitegrass Watershed. OK-4319-7.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of the main channel #1 at the intersection with Highway 32 on the Whitegrass-Waterhole watershed. OK-4319-9.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph downstream on main channel #2 at county road south of Iron Stob Road on the Whitegrass-Waterhole watershed constructed in 1963. OK-4319-14.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of a natural channel below site 3A. Bear-Hybarger watershed channel is approximately 14 feet deep. A small stream of clear water is flowing. OK-4321-5C.
Date: July 23, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of Bear-Hybarger watershed channel, looking west from bridge on north-south county road. Multiple owners; poor maintenance. Location is one mile below the head of the channel. OK-4321-8C.
Date: July 23, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of Bear-Hybarger watershed channel, looking west from bridge in northwest corner of Lindsay, Oklahoma.Three miles from head of channel. Flood gates drain low areas in town during high intensity storms. OK-4321-11C.
Date: July 23, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of the upper end of three miles of improved channel; looking downstream toward improved section of channel with grade stabilization structure. Structure takes out five feet of grade and has 44-foot water entry area. Channel work done in 1970 and 1971. Vegetation completed 2 weeks prior to photo (bermuda grass sprigs). OK-4322-11D.
Date: July 24, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of Bear-Hybarger watershed, looking east from bridge on north-south road. Homer Dacus farm; good maintenance. Location is one mile below the head of the channel. OK-4321-5C.
Date: July 23, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History