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Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a gully caused by 19 inches of rainfall occuring within a 7 hour period on June 22, 1948. This gully, 25 feet deep and 40 feet wide, is several blocks long and lies in the middle of what was a travelled street before the rain started. Less than 2 [unclear] of land drain into the gully above its head. OK-9675.
Date: July 9, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of a gully caused by 19 inches of rainfall occuring within a 7 hour period on June 22, 1948. This gully, 25 feet deep and 40 feet wide, is several blocks long and lies in the middle of what was a travelled street before the rain started. Less than 2 [unclear] of land drain into the gully above its head. OK-9672.
Date: July 9, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes

Description: Photograph of a close-up showing how exactly soil blows as William Trarel sifts it through his fingers. This is a lower part of a 65-acre field of cotton, grain sorghum and sudan grass that washed out in 19 inches of rain on June 22, 1948. Silt deposited in the lower part of the field has created a blow problem. OK-9657.
Date: July 20, 1948
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of Terry Mccarty, who points to the top of an old fence. He built new fence when silt piled up on 1/2 acre of his bottomland. Silt washed down from road and pasture of inferior vegetation that did not adequately protect soil in heavy downpour on June 22, 1948., a natural drain in the middle of the pasture becoming a gully. Silt averaged 3 feet [unclear] or 6,000 tons over 1/2 an acre. OK-9654.
Date: July 20, 1948
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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