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 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 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 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 watershed vegetation. This site in Robber's Cave State Park was hand-planted to bermudagrass sprigs in the spring of 1964; top-dressed with 50 pounds of actual nitrogen. Excellent cover on all areas except spillway out slopes. South slope in the background. OK-2687-14.

Photograph of a diversion terrace above emergency spillway cut slope. Hnad-planted to Bermudagrass in the Spring of 1968. Unfenced; heavily grazed. Erosion in channel leading into an overfall. Fourche-Maline Watershed, Site # 3. OK-2687-7.

Photograph of a cut slope and a portion of emergency spillway (looking southwest) handplanted to Bermuda grass in the Spring of 1964. Unfenced; subjected to a very heavy grazing. Very little soil material available for plant growth. Fourche-Maline Watershed, Site # 3. OK-2687-8.

Photograph of a spillway cut slope approximately 100 feet high constructed on a 2:1 slope with two 15 to 20 feet barms [?] at the lower elevations. Area is unfenced. Most of soil material is blue shale. Area mulched and seeded to mixed native grass including short-leaf pine seedings Accelerated erosion has caused extensive gullying. Vegetation considered a complete failure. Fourche-Maline Watershed, Site # 3. OK-2687-16.

Photograph of a "close-up" of emergency spillway cut slope that had been hand planted to Bermudagrass in the Spring of 1964. Unfenced; heavily grazed; no effective vegetative cover of any kind remaining. Any soil material originally on slope has been deposited on the floor of the emergency spillway. Rock blanket now covering slope appears adequate. OK-2687-11.

Photograph of Owl Creek watershed site no. 7. This structure had been completed by the contractor but had not been inspected by the SCS for acceptance. The structure had not been vegetated. Note water goin through spillway. 8" rain fell on Owl Creek watershed May 17, 1957. See storm report of Owl Creek watershed.

Photograph of site no. 7 Owl Creek watershed which had not been completed. Note water going through emergency spillway. See Owl Creek flood damage report of storm of May 17 & 18, 1957.

Photograph of Washita River channel cutting 2 miles northwest of Pauls Valley, Okla. It has been estimated that 2500 acres of valuable Washita River bottom land has fallen in the river channel due to severe cutting during the past 20 years.

Photograph of the Washita River channel picture taken from Highway 77 bridge approx. 2 miles NW of Pauls Valley. It is estimated that the Washita River channel was cut 200 feet wider during the storm of April & May 1957. It was estimated that 2000 acres of valuable bottomland were destroyed by channel cutting in Garvin & Murray SCD's on 112 river miles.

Photograph of State Highway 19, 1. 5 miles east of Pauls Valley. Pauls Valley is in the background. This is flood water from the Washita River which entered east part of Pauls Valley. This water is approximately 4 feet deep over corn and alfalfa fields. Approximately 64,500 acres of Washita bottomland flooded from Lindsay, Okla. to Lake Texoma. Estimated damage of $1,300,000 to crops from flood waters.

Photograph of the Washita River bridge 2 miles northwest of Pauls Valley on Highway 77. The north abutment of this bridge was destroyed 3 hours after this picture was taken. Approx. 24 hours later, the south half of this bridge plus a portion of the highway was destroyed.

Photograph of a channel of the Little River eight miles southwest of Seminole near State Highway 59, completely filled with logs and debris despite it being straightened and dug deeper a few years prior. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Little River Channel completely filled with logs and debris. This section of the channel above the bridge on State Highway 59 was straightened and dug deeper only a few years ago."

Photograph of the Little River channel completely filled with logs and debris. This section of the channel above the bridge on State Highway 59 was straightened and dug deeper only a few years ago.

Photograph of the Little River Channel completely filled with logs and debris. This section of the channel above the bridge on State Highway 59 was straightened and dug deeper only a few years ago. OK-522-10.

Photograph of two fields, separated with barbed wire fence, with the left side receiving fertilizer treatment of 2-4-5-T in June of 1956 & 1957 and deferred from grazing. The owner did not apply fertilizer or defer grazing on the field on the right. Four cows are standing in the field on the right. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Excellent condition of native grass left of fence has been accomplished by treating brush and deferred grazing. The pasture to the left of the fence was sprayed by airplane in June of 1956 with 2 lbs. of 2-4-5-T per acre, and again with 1 lb. per acre in June of 1957. The pasture was not grazed after spraying until frost. Pasture on right has not received treatment and has been badly overgrazed."

Photograph of two fields, separated with barbed wire fence, with the left side receiving fertilizer treatment of 2-4-5-T in June of 1956 & 1957 and deferred from grazing. The owner did not apply fertilizer or defer grazing on the field on the right. Four cows are standing in the field on the right. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Excellent condition of native grass left of fence has been accomplished by treating brush and deferred grazing. The pasture to the left of the fence was sprayed by airplane in June of 1956 with 2 lbs. of 2-4-5-T per acre, and again with 1 lb. per acre in June of 1957. The pasture was not grazed after spraying until frost. Pasture on right has not received treatment and has been badly overgrazed."

Photograph of two fields, separated with barbed wire fence, with the left side receiving fertilizer treatment of 2-4-5-T in June of 1956 & 1957 and deferred from grazing. The owner did not apply fertilizer or defer grazing on the field on the right. Four cows are standing in the field on the right. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Excellent condition of native grass left of fence has been accomplished by treating brush and deferred grazing. The pasture to the left of the fence was sprayed by airplane in June of 1956 with 2 lbs. of 2-4-5-T per acre, and again with 1 lb. per acre in June of 1957. The pasture was not grazed after spraying until frost. Pasture on right has not received treatment and has been badly overgrazed."

Photograph of range improvement, H. Mead Norton, Ti Ranch. Excellent condition of native grass to the left of the fence has been accomplished by treating brush and deferred grazing. The pasture to the left of the fence was sprayed by airplane in June, 1956, with 2 pounds of 2-4-5T herbicide per acre, and again with 1 poind per acre in June, 1957. The pasture was not grazed after spraying until frost arrived. The pasture on the right has not received treatment and has been badly overgrazed. OK-569-12.

Photograph of excellent condition of native grass left of fence has been accomplished by treating brush and deferred grazing. The pasture to the left of the fence was sprayed by airplane in June of 1956 with 2 lbs. of 2-4-5-T per acre, and again with 1 lb. per acre in June of 1957. The pasture was not grazed after spraying until frost. Pasture on right has not received treatment and has been badly overgrazed.

Photograph of grazing cows; range improvement. Excellent condition of native grass left of fence has been accomplished by treating brush and by deferred grazing. The pasture to the left of the fence was sprayed by airplane in June of 1956 with 2 pounds of 2-4-5-T herbicide per acre, and again with 1 pound per acre in June of 1957. The pasture was not grazed after spraying until frost. Pasture on the right has not received treatment and has been badly overgrazed.