Photograph of Black Bear Creek flooding on Gebble farm, 18 mi. east of Perry. Small grain in back ground entire crop lost.

Photograph of five miles east, three north of Perry, Oklahoma, looking norht with George Hall farm in background covered by a flooding Black Bear Creek. Creek approximately 3/4 mile wide at this point.

Photograph of five miles east, three north of Perry, Oklahoma, looking norht with George Hall farm in background covered by a flooding Black Bear Creek. Creek approximately 3/4 mile wide at this point.

Photograph of a flood on the Black Bear Watershed. OK-368-5.

Photograph of a grassed waterway. This waterway was sodded to Bermuda grass in 1955 following heavy rains. Waterway runs north to south. OK-62-11.

Photograph of native Bluestem grasses sowed on overgrazed depleted pasture land.

Photograph of a waterway. Bermudagrassed waterway designed to carry disposal water from terraced Class III land. OK-247-11.

Photograph of a waterway. Bermudagrassed waterway designed to carry disposal water from terraced Class III land. OK-247-12.

Photograph of a waterway. Bermuda-grass waterway on wheat land, Class III, showing terraced outlets. This farm is under agreement with the Soil Conservation Service {SCS]. OK-247-1.

Photograph of Second year sweet clover in rotation with wheat. Oats and sweet clover then (rotated) with 4 years of wheat. OK-297-12.

Photograph of a second year sweet clover crop in rotation with wheat. Oats and sweet clover then 4 years wheat.

Photograph of floodwater across Highway 64 due to Long Branch Creek going out of its banks after a 5 inch rain on the watershed. Photo made 10 hours after crest of 1.6 feet flowed across the highway. Flood control structures have been staked on Sites No. 8 & 11 for Long Branch Creek watershed by the Soil Conservation Service.

Photograph of flood waters. Country road south of driveway. Water is 1/2 mile wide flowing out of a Long Branch Creek near Morrison, OK. Water is approximately 1 feet deep in an oat field on the right and 2 to 2 1/2 feet deep on wheat and alfalfa land on the left. A flood control project is planned for Long Branch Creek by the Soil Conservation Service. OK-488-6.

Photograph of Sweetclover in a cropping system to improve organic matter and soil stucture. Uses honey bees to polonize the clover for seed production. Bees are Swarming. One swarm has just settled on fence post, leaders come to direct their swarm to their new home.

Photograph of Watershed Project Site 11. Mr. George Will, District Supervisor, observing Mr. & Mrs. E. C. Webb signing the first easement on Long Branch Watershed. This easement started the proceedings to clear easements and right-of-ways for constructing Site 11 Detention Dam. Main part of dam is on Perry Cerlile's farm. The three are seated on a culvert bridge showing flood water that covered their bottomland farm 15 times in 1957, located in the Black Bear bottom, 2 miles east of Morrison.

Photograph of Mr. George Will, District Supervisor, on left & R. J. Chance, Area Conservationist, discussing upstream flood prevention & easements with Mr. & Mrs. E. C. Webb, who own the land that will be involved with detention water as a result of constructing Site 11.

Photograph of Long Branch Creek Watershed Project, Site # 11. Mr. George Will, District Supervisor, observing Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Webb signing the first easement on the watershed. This easement started the proceedings to clear easements and right-of-ways for constructing Site # 11's detention dam. The main part of the dam is on Perry Carlile's farm. The three are seated on a culvert bridge showing flood water that covered their bottomland farm 15 times in 1957, located in the Black Bear bottom, 2 miles east of Morrison, OK. OK-515-8.

Photograph of watershed project at Site # 11, Long Branch Creek. Mr. George Will, District Supervisor, on the left and R. J. Chance, Area Conservationist, discussing upstream flood prevention and easements with Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Webb, who own land that will be involved with detention water as a result of construction site 11. OK-515-9.

Photograph of a a discharge pipe is being installed on Site # 8 of the Long Branch Creek watershed, showing the foundation for the riser chimney. OK-533-10.

Photograph of Long Branch Creek Watershed Project, Site # 8. A discharge pipe being installed on site no. 8 shows foundation for the riser chimney. R.J. Chance, Area Conservationist, is checking the size of the discharge pipe. OK-533-9.

Photograph of a native grass harvest. Approximately 2000 acres of this 5000 acre ranch is being harvested for native grass seed. Picture shows loading seed from combine to truck. C.E. Dilley, of Pawnee, is the contractor.

Photograph of four self-propelled 14' combines with operator and sacker on each combine. C.S. Thompson, resident of Ponca City and owner of the ranch, standing on first combine. C.E. Riley, Pawnee contractor standing in front of the combines. The ranch is over 5000 acres and approximately 2000 acres is being harvested for native grass seed.

Photograph of a waterway which was established in 1952 and the average width is 54 ft. It was originally a natural drain that was shaped and planted to Bermudagrass. It is designed to handle the runoff from approximately 80 acres. Terraces now spill into the waterway. On the left is shown the end of a strip of Kafir and almum sorghum mixture to be cut for silage.

Photograph of terraces. Constructing terraces with two, three bottom plows. This picture shows completed terraces as the 16 round was being made. This terrace is approximately 1000 feet long. It checked out 1.2 settled, height of ridge cross section of channel is 16 sq. ft. Ridge is 20 ft. from channel to toe on back side. OK-745-12.