Aerial Shot of Drop Inlet #5 and Cloud Creek Detention Reservoir #1

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Photograph of an aerial shot of Drop Inlet #5, Cloud Creek Detention Reservoir #1, and the surrounding area. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cloud Creek. Ok-SCD-4. Wa. No. 5. Drop inlet. Drainage area 272 acres. Approximately 4-inch storage in permanent pool & approximately 5-inch storage in flood pool. (Note white marker at arrow – point shows the flood pool elevation). The soil unit is shallow, medium textured, permeable soil. 130 acres cultivation & remainder pasture land. Drainage area has most of the mechanical conservation practices applied & is in good condition. This drop inlet is above Detention Reservoir #1. … continued below

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1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.

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Ginter Photo Co. May 26, 1949.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society Collection and was provided by the Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society to The Gateway to Oklahoma History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

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 an aerial shot of Drop Inlet #5, Cloud Creek Detention Reservoir #1, and the surrounding area. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cloud Creek. Ok-SCD-4. Wa. No. 5. Drop inlet. Drainage area 272 acres. Approximately 4-inch storage in permanent pool & approximately 5-inch storage in flood pool. (Note white marker at arrow – point shows the flood pool elevation). The soil unit is shallow, medium textured, permeable soil. 130 acres cultivation & remainder pasture land. Drainage area has most of the mechanical conservation practices applied & is in good condition. This drop inlet is above Detention Reservoir #1. It was installed to control overfall above it cutting back into cropland. One overfall is on right hand side of picture."

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1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.

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  • May 26, 1949

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  • May 4, 2022, 7:19 a.m.

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  • Aug. 11, 2022, 8:05 p.m.

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Ginter Photo Co. Aerial Shot of Drop Inlet #5 and Cloud Creek Detention Reservoir #1, photograph, May 26, 1949; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1926786/: accessed June 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society.

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