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Damage to Site 26 Wildhorse Creek
Photograph of Washita watershed, damage to front slope of Site 26 Wildhorse Creek Watershed. Dam runs almost due east and west. Part of slope was rip-rapped with rock from spillway but rock lacked about 6 feet being high enough to prevent this damage. SCS plans to repair this damage.
Date:
July 1, 1961
Creator:
Brown, Bob R.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Pecan Picking
Photograph of a young lady picking up pecans in one of the many pecan orchards in Garvin County.
Date:
January 17, 1961
Creator:
Fortney, Fred J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gully improvement project
Photograph of two men surveying gully improvement project on Ionine watershed.
Date:
August 25, 1961
Creator:
Leo, Claude
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Flood prevention
Photograph of flood prevention, Washita River, Ionine Creek. Critical silt source area. View looking up gully to the north. Vegatative work has been done, Structural works are just starting.
Date:
July 29, 1961
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Land Leveling
Photograph of J. R. Simmons checking to see if his land level is cutting the right depth on land leveling field under Great Plains program
Date:
1961~
Creator:
Bohl, J. L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sugar Creek Silt Deposit
Photograph of B. P. Prickett, SCS technician, examining silt deposit after 4 to 6" rain on Sugar Creek watershed. Rain fell in 30 to 45 min. Springtooth harrow covered up.
Date:
July 27, 1961
Creator:
Tarrant, C. D.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Rush Creek Watershed Construction
Photograph of watershed - Washita. Construction on site 12. M. C. Contractors, Inc. Push Cat - loading scraper.
Date:
April 19, 1961
Creator:
Leonard, C. M.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Flood Prevention
Photograph of aerial view of flood prevention, Washita River, Mill Creek watershed. Site No. 16. Benefits. Mill Creek bottomland below structure. Jack Penner residence is in extreme right. Structure was vegatated with Kind Ranch bluestem in 1958. Former cropland above structure has been seeded to King Ranch bluestem.
Date:
July 29, 1961
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Flood Prevention Mill Crreek Watershed
Photograph of arial view of flood prevention, Washita River, Mill Creerk Watershed - benefits. Irrigation project was made possible because of protection afforded by 4 floodwater retarding structures on the upper end of Mill Creek. Ensilage, alfalfa, barley and grain deep wells. Feed lots above and left of irrigated land have a capacity of 1500 to 2000 head of cattle. View looking NE.
Date:
July 29, 1961
Creator:
Fry, Chester
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Floodwater Retarding Structure
Photograph of floodwter retarding structure, site #16, Rock Creek Watershed. Picture series on cutting trench for drawdown pipe construction. Clyde Pratt, inspector of the Soil Conservation Services, crawling through the pipe.
Date:
August 14, 1961
Creator:
Milton, Willis
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Floodwater Retarding Structure
Photograph of Rock Creek, Site No. 16. Construction stage of floodwater retarding structure. Core trench centerline of dam, by excavation and back filling
Date:
1961~
Creator:
Milton, Willis
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Rush Creek Watershed Construction
Photograph of construction series, OK-1281-2, 3, 5, & 6. After structure completed. County road crew installing pipe for road fill across spillway on Site 9, Rush Creek. This section line is also School Bus Route.
Date:
March 3, 1961
Creator:
Leonard, C. M.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sprigging Brumuda Grass
Photograph of vegetation of Site 22, Rush Creek. Tractor on left holding grass planter in place by cable. This structure was vegetated in two days.
Date:
March 2, 1961
Creator:
Leonard, C. M.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Completed Spillway and Dam
Photograph of follow-up of Ok-1266-10 and Ok 1261-2, 3, 5, & 6. Pipe in place and road completed across spillway. Entire road across dam and spillway was graveled. Excellent cooperation between County Commissioner, Grady County District, and SCS. Looking East. Also School bus route.
Date:
March 6, 1961
Creator:
Leonard, C. M.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sugar Creek Flood Plain
Photograph of silt and debris deposits on Sugar Creek flood plain after 4 to 6 inches of rain falling in 30 to 45 minutes. Bridge located north of Alfred Dorsey's home and crosses Sugar Creek.
Date:
July 27, 1961
Creator:
Prickett, B. P.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sugar Creek Bottom Silt Deposits
Photograph of Sugar Creek bottom showing silt deposit after 4 to 6" rain that fell in 30 to 45 minutes on evening of 6/25/1961.
Date:
July 27, 1961
Creator:
Prickett, B. P.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sugar Creek Damage Site #12
Photograph of bridge approach out below proposed site 12, west of Carl Lindley's home. 4 to 6" rain fell on evening of 6/25/1961
Date:
July 25, 1961
Creator:
Prickett, B. P.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sugar Creek Watershed
Photograph of diversion terrace constructed as part of the critical gully treatment on area 205, Sugar Creek Watershed of the Washita River. First of a series.
Date:
January 19, 1961
Creator:
Wall, R. N.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sugar Creek Area 202
Photograph of Sugar Creek. Setting fence on critical gully area 202. Sewell Bros. Contractor.
Date:
April 21, 1961
Creator:
Wall, R. N.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sugar Creek Flood Prevention
Photograph of flood prevention, J. W. Quinall, Contractor, left, being instructed on planting trees in gullied areas by SCS Forester Herb Wells, right, as Bill Trompler, State Forester, looks on.
Date:
January 9, 1961
Creator:
Wall, R. N.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sugar Creek Gully Treatment
Photograph of men seeding grass on area 204, gully treatment on Sugar Creek of the Washita River. SCS Inspector Eddie Day on the drill.
Date:
January 18, 1961
Creator:
Wall, R. N.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gully to be Shaped
Photograph of gully to be shaped. K. E. Kelly in gully. Depth 17' - 45' top. Soil unit 6w-BD-4
Date:
April 24, 1961
Creator:
Collins, F. W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sallisaw Creek
Photograph of watershed, Sallisaw Creek site 23. Photo taken downstream lookin gup stream.
Date:
October 27, 1961
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Washita River Wildhorse Creek
Photograph of Washita Watershed benefits. Cattle grazing on dam and surrounding Area Site 17, Wildhorse Creek. Excellent stand of grass on dam and spillway.
Date:
October 12, 1961
Creator:
Cummins, Pat
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History