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Ionine Creek Gully West of Minco

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of a large gully on a tributary of Ionine Creek and the surrounding area. A road runs parallel to the gully. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Large gully on tributary of Ionine Creek. 70 ft. deep and advancing 70 ft. per year. Detention reservoir below this reservoir would require 40 inches of sediment storage for 50 years without sediment control measures.”
Date: January 1955
Creator: Brune, G. M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Ionine Creek Gully West of Minco

Description: Photograph of an aerial shot of a large gully on a tributary of Ionine Creek and the surrounding area. A road runs parallel to the gully. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Large gully on tributary of Ionine Creek. 70 ft. deep and advancing 70 ft. per year. Detention reservoir below this reservoir would require 40 inches of sediment storage for 50 years without sediment control measures.”
Date: January 1955
Creator: Brune, G. M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of an hour’s run with the 5 foot combine of high quality pure Indian grass seed with J. W. Bell, of Tuttle, OK, holding a handful of the seed. This 80 acre field was seeded to pure Indiangrass in 1952 and 135 pounds of pure seed per acre was harvested in the fall of 1955. Note the sand pile in the background showing previous wind erosion damage to this field of Class VII, soil unit 70, RP (rock phosphate). Refer to photos OK-175-1 thru 5. OK-175-6.
Date: October 1955
Creator: Novotny, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Claud Leonard (left), Work Unit Conservationist, Rush Springs, OK, and Howard Nix, combine operator, examining some of the native bluestem mixture harvested from this area. 1500 pounds of seed were harvested from approximately 35 acres. OK-190-2.
Date: November 4, 1955
Creator: Martin, J. Vernon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of J.W. Pell, Cooperator, harvesting a seed crop from a pure Indian grass planting made in March of 1952. Seeding was made on Class VII, 70, RP (= rock phosphate) soil that was abandoned and had been subject to severe wind erosion. A light grazing of this 80 acre field was done in 1954 and 1955, removing the cattle in July 1955, permitting the grass to make good seed crop. 25 acres of this seeding was actually harvested, averaging 135 pounds of seed per acre. OK-175-1.
Date: October 1955
Creator: Novotny, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Howard Nix combining native bluestem mixture on the farm of Alva Tims. Proper range management and rotation grazing permitted the harvest of 1500 pounds of bluestem mixture from approximately 35 acres. OK-190-1.
Date: November 4, 1955
Creator: Martin, J. Vernon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Ionine Creek Site 3 Gully

Description: Photograph of a part of head cut on a large, deep gully on Ionine Creek Site 3. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Part of head cut or overfall on large gully, Sec. 17, T9N, R8W. Overfall is 73 feet deep, 270 feet wide, and advancing 70 feet per year from 1937 to 1955. This produced 31.7 acre-feet of sediment annually."
Date: July 13, 1955
Creator: Sparwasser, W. A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Ionine Creek Site 3 Gully

Description: Photograph of a large gully near Ionine Creek site 3. The trees in the background obscure the gully. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Large gully, Sec. 17, T9N, R8W. The main gully has moved upstream at the rate of 70 feet per year for the past 18 years. It has a depth of 73 feet and a width of 270 feet at the head. Gully is 90 feet deep at deepest point. This gully system produced sediment at the rate of 72 acre-feet per year for the period 1937 to 1955."
Date: July 13, 1955
Creator: Sparwasser, W. A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Ionine Creek Site 3 Gully

Description: Photograph of a part of the head cut or overfall of a large gully near Ionine Creek Site 3. The back of photograph proclaims, "Part of head cut or overfall on large gully, Sec. 17, T9N, R8W. Overfall is 73 feet deep, 270 feet wide, and advanced at an average rate of 70 feet per year from 1937 to 1955. This produced 31.7 acre-feet of sediment annually."
Date: July 13, 1955
Creator: Sparwasser, W. A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Ionine Creek Site 3 Gully

Description: Photograph of a large gully near Ionine Creek site 3. The trees in the background obscure the gully. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Large gully, Sec. 17, T9N, R8W. The main gully has moved upstream at the rate of 70 feet per year for the past 18 years. It has a depth of 73 feet and a width of 270 feet at the head. Gully is 90 feet deep at deepest point. This gully system produced sediment at the rate of 72 acre-feet per year for the period 1937 to 1955."
Date: July 13, 1955
Creator: Sparwasser, W. A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Ionine Creek Site 3 Gully

Description: Photograph of a large, deep gully on Ionine Creek Site 3. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Upper end of large gully, Sec. 17, T9N, R8W. Gully is 73 feet deep and 270 feet wide at upper end and is 90 feet deep at deepest point."
Date: July 13, 1955
Creator: Sparwasser, W. A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Ionine Creek Channel Filled With Sediment

Description: Photograph of an Ionine Creek channel, largely filled with sediment deposits, chiefly from large gullies. The picture was taken from a wooden bridge. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Ionine Creek channel, largely filled with sediment deposits, chiefly from large gullies. Farmers spend large amounts keeping these channels cleared out. Despite this they occasionally break over, spreading sand and floodwater over large acreages of productive land."
Date: January 1955
Creator: Brune, G. M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Ionine Creek Channel Filled With Sediment

Description: Photograph of an Ionine Creek channel, largely filled with sediment deposits, chiefly from large gullies. The picture was taken from a wooden bridge. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Ionine Creek channel, largely filled with sediment deposits, chiefly from large gullies. Farmers spend large amounts keeping these channels cleared out. Despite this they occasionally break over, spreading sand and floodwater over large acreages of productive land."
Date: January 1955
Creator: Brune, G. M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Ionine Creek Site 3 Gully

Description: Photograph of a part of the head cut or overfall of a large gully near Ionine Creek Site 3. The back of photograph proclaims, "Part of head cut or overfall on large gully, Sec. 17, T9N, R8W. Overfall is 73 feet deep, 270 feet wide, and advanced at an average rate of 70 feet per year from 1937 to 1955. This produced 31.7 acre-feet of sediment annually."
Date: July 13, 1955
Creator: Sparwasser, W. A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

County Road Before Improvements

Description: Photograph of conditons of county road prior to the construction of a road fill to be paid for jointly by the farmer, Count Commissioner, and the ASC in cooperation with Grady County SCD. See later photo for the site after construction. This road was used for school bus route, mail route, and Grade-A milk route. See photo OK-135-10 for condition of bridge at this crossing.
Date: August 1955
Creator: Martin, J. Vernon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Dam Site During Construction

Description: Photograph of gully has been bulldozed in, shaped, sloped, and an erosion control da, with a 24-inch corrugated pipe installed. The dam required 10,000 cubic yards of fill and the pipe was placed at the elevation of the floor of the finished grade of the valley. The dam is deigned to store 5 1/2 inches of runoff for the 136 acres drainage area. Auxilary spillway is not expected to be used except during a 100-year frequency rain. Note farmer seeding and fertilizing the are to winter oats and vet… more
Date: October 1955
Creator: Martin, J. Vernon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wooden Bridge

Description: Photograph of 55 foot span of wooden bridge the County Commissioner had been attempting to maintain and replace for school bus route, mail route, and Grade-A milk route. Bridge ws dangerous for heavy loads and expensive to maintain. A combination road fill and stock water pond was planned at this site; see OK-136-9 for road approach and see later picture for completed structure.
Date: August 1955
Creator: Martin, J. Vernon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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