Watershed Maintenance

Photograph of Upper Black Bear watershed, site # 47. Growth of a sandbar willow and wave action damage. OK-4218-7.
Date: May 12, 1972
Creator: Millen, Glen L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of watershed maintenance, upper Black Bear watershed. Wave action damage. Water is drawn down about one foot. Sandbar willow has been out for about 3 weeks. Trees were watered on this date. OK-4164-6.
Date: March 26, 1971
Creator: Millen, Glen L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds, Maintenance

Photograph of sandbar willow being watered with Conservancy. District-owned pump. Trees have been out for about 3 weeks. OK-4164-3.
Date: March 26, 1971
Creator: Millen, Glen L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds, Maintenance

Photograph of wave action damage. Water is drawn down, about one foot. Sandbar Willow has been out about three weeks. Trees were watered this date. OK-4164-5.
Date: March 26, 1971
Creator: Millen, Glen L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watershed Maintenance

Photograph of cuttings of a sanbar willow being set out in a trench prepared on bermuda grass (?). OK-4106-14.
Date: March 4, 1971
Creator: Mullen, Glen L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cattle

Photograph of cattle on the Wadley Farm.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a large, loose rock overfall for a diversion ditch for water spillway into the road in Noble County (SE 35-20N-1E), near Stillwater. OK-9-555.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Geological Operations

Photograph of a core drilling unit performing a foundation investigation on the center line of a dam.
Date: October 30, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Geological Operations

Photograph of the logging of borrow material during power auger operation. OK-3263-5.
Date: October 30, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Geology and Geological Operations

Photograph of the use of power auger in burrow material locotion. OK-3263-4.
Date: October 30, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Geology and Geological Operations

Photograph of the tagging of a field soil samples for shipment to soil [unclear--text fades at this point].
Date: October 30, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Geology and Geological Operations

Photograph of the removal of recovery from a core barrel during drilling operation in a foundation investigation. OK-3263-7.
Date: October 30, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan T.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Geology and Geological Operations

Photograph of a geologist logging a rock core taken during drilling operations along the center line to determine existing foundation conditions. OK-3263-3.
Date: October 30, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Geology and Geological Operations

Photograph of the plotting of borrow grid logs on Plan and Profile Sheet for geological investigations by a supervisory geologist. Upper Red Rock Creek, Site # 50. OK-3263-2.
Date: October 30, 1968
Creator: Croom, Dan F.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watersheds

Photograph of Upper Black Bear watershed, site # 48. Sie # 48 is a multipurpose site. The City of Lucien, OK is going to use water from this site which is being financed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) OK-2447-12.
Date: November 1965
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Upper Black Bear Spillway

Photograph of Site No. 71, Upper Black Bear. AC observing concrete workers preparing forms for the riser on the upper end of the principal spillway. Also shown to the left, a drainway to keep the natural drain open to prevent impoundment of water during construction.
Date: July 13, 1962
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Upper Black Bear Site No. 42. Mr. Henry Johnson who gave the easement necessary for the construction points at the 8 inch valve installed for the purpose of completely draining the pond if necessary. OK-1568-7.
Date: March 23, 1962
Creator: Morris, David R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Watershed Protection (P.L. 566), Upper Black bear Creek Watershed, Site No. 43. D.A. [Developable Acres?] 3.93 Sq. miles. Richard Chelf, who gave assent for the dam construction looks at the port-hole which is [the? at?] permanent water elevation of the principle spillway [sic]. OK-1568-9.
Date: March 23, 1962
Creator: Morris, David R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Watershed protection (P.L. 566), Upper Black Bear Creek, Watershed Site # 43. District Area (D.A.) = 3.93 Sq. mi. Richard Chelf, who gave the easement for the dam construction is looking at the port-hole which is the permanent elevation of the principle spillway. OK-1568-9. Photo missing.
Date: March 23, 1962
Creator: Morris, David
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Watershed Protection Upper Black Bear Site

Photograph of the principal spillway and dam of H.S. Diem property who gave one of the two necessary easments to permit construction. Shown is Daryl Bond, employee with Ben Haskins Construction Company, contractor on this site.
Date: February 23, 1962
Creator: Morris, David
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Upper Black Bear Creek. Topping out embankment fill and emergency spillway in the foreground of Site # 44 on the Upper Black Bear Creek in Noble County, OK. OK-1497-2.
Date: December 21, 1961
Creator: Chance, R. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Flooding Black Bear Creek

Photograph of Black Bear Creek flooding farmstead as result of Hurricane Carla.
Date: September 13, 1961
Creator: Morris, David
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Flooding Red Rock Creek

Photograph of the city waterwork of Red Rock, Okla. inundated by floodwater from Red Rock Creek Watershed following rains caused by Hurricane Carla.
Date: September 13, 1961
Creator: Morris, David
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of flooding.High waters, 2 miles NE of Red Rock, OK, from flash floods caused by Hurricane Carla. OK-1453-4.
Date: September 13, 1961
Creator: Morris, David
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History