Photograph of the Washita River near Davis, OK. See OK-10-395. Davis, OK in the background. OK-10-396.

Photograph of parallel terraces that have just been completed. A 5 inch rain fell during the night. The photo was taken the following day. Tom McLin is pointing out the cross-section area of the terrace and showing debris where the water height appeared. These are the first parallel terraces layed out int he Murray County Soil Conservation District. OK-1465-5.

Photograph of a floodwater retarding structure. Site No. 16, Rock Creek. The dam before grassing. This area will be sodded with Bermuda grass. The "after" picture is to be made after grassing. OK-1497-12.

Photograph of channel improvement (after picture). Construction of channel improvement below Site No. 16, Rock Creek. OK-1496-5.

Photograph of Thomas Mabry, district cooperator, on a field where he used a Grassland Drill to plant vetch and small grain for winter pasture. OK-1525-10.

Photograph of Fitzhugh fine sandy loam (#78). Washita River Conservation Survey, W-20.

Photograph of Newtonia very fine sandy loam (#35). Washita River Conservation Survey, W-20.

Photograph of a soil profile for Buckhorn fine sandy loam (#68). Washita River Conservation Survey, W-20.

Photograph of the soil profile of Denton Clay loam, deep phase (#83). Washita River Conservation Survey, W-20.

Photograph of a soil profile for Grayson Clayloam (#30). Washita River Conservation Survey, W-20.

Photograph of an aerial shot of Site #6 Mill Creek Watershed #12 and surrounding area. A house and a couple of buildings are near the lower left of photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Watershed: Ok-SCD-20, Wa #12, Site #1. Type of structure: Detention Reservoir. Drainage Area: 1440 acres (in pasture). Soil Units: Deep fine textured, slowly permeable soils. Condition of drainage area: 68% good native grass range, 32% fair native grass range. Peak flow: 2740 c.f.s. Release Rate: 35 c.f.s. Acres of bottomland protected: 160 acres immediately below in addition to part of system benefit on Mill Cree [sic]. Detention Reservoir located in hill pasture above flood plain."

Photograph of an aerial shot of Site #6 Mill Creek Watershed #12 and surrounding area. A house and a couple of buildings are near the top left center of photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Watershed: Ok-SCD-20, Wa. #12, Site #6. Type of structure: Drop Inlet. Drainage area: 60 acres (52 acres in cultivation, 8 acres in pasture). General condition of drainage area: Terraced with inadequate outlets. 15 acres of bottomland protected. Stabilized terraces outlet & protects bottomland from silt."

Photograph of an aerial shot of Upper Mill Creek Watershed and the surrounding area. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Upper Mill Creek Watershed, OK-SCD-2WA-13. Structure: Flood Water Diversion (Under construction, 90% complete). Drainage area: 250 Acres. Silts above structure: 7 –GP. Soils protected by structure: 4 –GP. Area above structure: Pasture – poor condition. Drains directly into the channel of Mill Creek. Protects approximately 100 acres of bottom cropland from overhead flooding."

Photograph of Soil Conservation Service technician Vernon Horn discusses planting native grass seed with Tom Knapp. OK-9916.

Photograph of an aerial shot of a flooded and impassible U. S. Highway #77 bridge spanning over the Washita River near Davis. The back of the photograph proclaims, "U. S. Highway #77 and Washita River near Davis, Oklahoma."

Photograph of an aerial shot of U. S. Highway #77 and a flooded mainstem of the Washita River. The back of the photograph proclaims, “U. S. Highway #77 and Washita (Main Stem) River. Measured width (2 days later) is 1 ½ miles along pavement.”

Photograph of an aerial shot of Site #1, Wildhorse Creek and the surrounding area. The back of the photograph proclaims, “This reservoir lacks 4 ft. of reaching its maximum capacity but surrounding areas not treated created a disastrous flood (May 9-10) on Wildhorse Creek. U. S. Highway No. 7 in background. Spillway at right end of dam.”

Photograph of an aerial shot of Bill Idken's ranch flooded by the Washita River. Only a few buildings, seen near the top of the photograph, remained above water. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bill Idken Ranch and Washita River. Only a small portion of a land strip remains above water."

Photograph of Site 8. Under construction - lacks on fencing, sodding and clean-up.

Photograph of (Old plan, North Mill, Sites 3 and 2 (above). Site 3 - drainage area - 410 acres. Permanent pool- 0.80" runoff @ 9.6 acre surface. Flood pool - 4.88" runoff @ 28.0 acre surface. Total 5.68" runoff storage. Site #2 - 850 acres drainage area. Permanent pool - 0.63" runoff @ 16 surface acres. Flood pool - 4.14" runoff @ 55 surface acres. Total 4.77 runoff.

Photograph of an aerial shot of a flooded and impassible U. S. Highway #77 bridge spanning over the Washita River near Davis. The back of the photograph proclaims, “U. S. Highway #77 and Washita River near Davis, Oklahoma.”

Photograph of an aerial shot of a flooded Washita River near Davis. Note parts of the road that are completely impassible due to rising floodwaters. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Washita River near Davis, Oklahoma. See Okla-10-395. Davis, Oklahoma, in background.”

Photograph of an aerial shot of a flooded Washita River near Davis. Note parts of the road that are completely impassible due to rising floodwaters. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Washita River near Davis, Oklahoma. See Okla-10-395. Davis, Oklahoma, in background.”

Photograph of an aerial shot of a flooded Washita River near Davis. Note parts of the road that are completely impassible due to rising floodwaters. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Washita River near Davis, Oklahoma. See Okla-10-395. Davis, Oklahoma, in background.”