Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

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Photograph of upper Whiteshield Watershed—Oklahoma Soil Conservation District [SCD] # 4. Wa. 2. Detention reservoir # 1. Drainage area 485 acres. Permanent storage—13.7 surface acres. 105 acre-feet. Inches of run-off from drainage area 2.6 acres. Flood storage—27.2 surface acres. 158.5 acre-feet. 3.6 inches. Peak flow uncontrolled (25 year frequency storm) 1600 cubic feet per second (cfs.). The release rate from 18 inches Asbestos bonded corrugated pipe is 22 cfs. The Drainage area—80 acres cultivated and 405 acres as pasture. Medium textured upland soil. The reservoir is protecting 30 acres below it and contributing to the protection of 2000 acres of … continued below

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Ginter Photo Co. May 26, 1949.

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The Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society (OCHS) was organized and became a functioning organization in 2018. Partnerships were formalized with the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts (OACD), the Oklahoma Historical Society, the Oklahoma State University Oral History Research Program and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

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Photograph of upper Whiteshield Watershed—Oklahoma Soil Conservation District [SCD] # 4. Wa. 2. Detention reservoir # 1. Drainage area 485 acres. Permanent storage—13.7 surface acres. 105 acre-feet. Inches of run-off from drainage area 2.6 acres. Flood storage—27.2 surface acres. 158.5 acre-feet. 3.6 inches. Peak flow uncontrolled (25 year frequency storm) 1600 cubic feet per second (cfs.). The release rate from 18 inches Asbestos bonded corrugated pipe is 22 cfs. The Drainage area—80 acres cultivated and 405 acres as pasture. Medium textured upland soil. The reservoir is protecting 30 acres below it and contributing to the protection of 2000 acres of bottomland on the Whiteshield Creek. J.T. Mincher has put 15 acres of bottomland back into cultivation that was idle. This land made 900 pounds of lint cotton in 1948. The benefit to cost ratio is 1.1 to 1. See OK-9556 and OK-9557. OK-10, 092.

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  • May 26, 1949

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Ginter Photo Co. Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention, photograph, May 26, 1949; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1773818/: accessed April 23, 2025), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society.

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