Photograph of a Breaks Range Site in or near Woodward, Oklahoma. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Rough, broken land, Breaks Range Site showing topography and vegetation."

Photograph of rough, broken land Breaks Range Site showing topography and vegetation.

Photograph of Chimney Rock, landmark of the pioneer days and a tourist attraction of Woodward County. Notice the stratified layer as deposited by the old Permian sea.

Photograph of a cooperative effort in the county to combine roads with proper water distribution for livestock in the construction of dams in Woodward County SCD. This dam has the proper upstream slope as a comparison to OK-805-8.

Photograph of the intensity of homesteading contributed to the cultivation of land that wa too steep and shallow. Consequently, many inches of high fertility topsoil were removed by sheet and gully erosion to be forever lost for man's use. Such depletion of the land can only mean less intensive use, lower yields, and evidently a lower standard of living for the nation. Quinlan-Woodward loam, 5 to 12% slope. Shallow Range Site.

Photograph of a tributary of the Cimarron River has dissected the gypsum bedrock. Notice the many directions that the bedrock is tilling as it is effected by this dissection. Where tributaries are relatively close, the gypsum rock is tilled in all directions which causes the breaking and heaping of the bedrock and the exposure of the underlain clay to water that eroded small caves, bridges, etc. Canyons are usually Vernon clay loam, 5 to 12% slope of the Shallow Range Site. Foreground is Cottonwood-Vernon complex of the Gypsum Range Site.

Photograph of an isolated remain of the geological formation that the Cimarron River and tributaries are eroding away. The rough broken land, Quinlan and Vernon material, occors on very steep slopes, while the clay outcrops, Vernon Material, occurs in the more level foreground. First Soil is the Breaks and the second the Shallow Range Sites.

Photograph of good residue with minimum of 6 inches sown feed stocks. If only lightly grazed, this cover is sufficient to combat wind erosion on these soils. Topography showing Pratt loamy fine sand hummocky phase in extreme foreground to the left center, and Carwile complex in the center and right. Deep Sandy Range Site.

Photograph of a closeup of Little Bluestem grass. It was a major grass in the climax of many soils in the County. The quantity of certain soils helps the range man to determine the condition of the range.

Photograph of Shallow Range Site near Quinlan, Okla. The soils are primarily Qinlan loam 5 to 12% slopes with minor amounts of rough broken land and Woodward loam 5 to 8% slopes.

Photograph of a shallow range site near Quinlan, Oklahoma. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Shallow Range Site near Quinlan, Oklahoma. The soils are primarily Quinlan 10sm 5 to 12% slopes with minor amounts of rough broken land and Woodward loam 5 to 8% slopes."

Photograph of stockers on wheat pasture. Wheat pasture is used widely as winter forage to maintain the base heard and/or the production of beef on stocker steers which are bought in the fall and sold in the spring. Foreground is Carey silt loam, 1 to 3% slope of the Loamy Range Site

Photograph of Tivoli fine sand in Dune Range Site showing the extreme sandy nature of the soil and the type of vegetation.

Photograph of rough, broken land, Breaks Range silt showing topography and vegetation. OK-804-11.

Photograph of an isolated remain of the geological formation that the Cimarron River and tributaries are eroding away. The rough, broken land, Quinlan and Vernon material [i.e., soil types], occurs on very steep slopes, while the clay outcrops, Vernon material, occurs in the more level foreground. First soil is the Breaks and the second the Shallow Range Sites. OK-810.5.

Photograph of a cooperative effort in the county to combine roads with proper water distribution for livestock in the construction of dams in Woodward County SCD. Face of dam indicates the lack of correct upstream slope and drawdown pipe. Quinlan-Woodward loam, 5 to 12% slope for the Shallow Range Site.

Photograph of Jack Kelsey (in white hat) watches construction of reservoir for livestock water on his Woodward County ranch.

Photograph of “Rancher Jack Kelsey explaining how new diversion will provide additional water supply for stock pond.”

Photograph of Jack Kelsey standing in spillway of new pond constructed on his Woodward County ranch. The pond was built with GPCP assistance to provide a pasture with needed stock water.

Photograph of rancher Jack Kelsey explaining how new diversion will provide additional water supply for stock pond. GPCP

Photograph of Jack Kelsey inspects new pond built to supply needed livestock water for his ranch in Woodward County. GCPC

Photograph of Mr. Hutchison examining hooded pipe spillway in erosion control dam built with GPCP assistance on his Belva ranch.

Photograph of Frank Hutchison inspecting a new diversion terrace built with GPCP assistance to control gully erosion on rangeland.

Photograph of district owned tractor and drills seeding native grass in good sorghum stubble.