50 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



ment of the creek channel, to prevent the floodirg of some 2,600 

 acres. The Lower Creek drainage commissioners have made plans 

 to undertake the work at once. 



The Deep Fork of Canadian Kiver, in Oklahoma, is typical of 

 many streams in that and neighboring States. The j)recipitous char- 

 acter of the watershed area causes a high rate of run-off, and the 

 crooked channel of the river has insufficient capacity for removing 

 the water as quickly as it gathers in the valley. The consequent 

 overflows can be prevented only at considerable expense. A survey 

 was made by F. F. Shafer and F. G. Eason to determine whether it 

 would be feasible to undertake the reclamation of the inundated 

 lands on this river in Lincoln and in Okmulgee Counties. In the 

 former county a straightened channel was located and its proper 

 size was determined; in the latter, eight levee districts were planned. 

 Estimates of cost were made for these improvements, which would 

 benefit 26,000 acres in Lincoln County and 11,740 acres in Okmulgee 

 County. 



A survey was made of bottom lands along the Big Sioux Eiver, in 

 Iowa and South Dakota, by F. F. Shafer, to determine the best plan 

 for preventing the inundation of these lands during periods of floods 

 in the river. The construction of levees and of cut-offs to shorten 

 the river channel have been planned to protect 5,100 acres in Iowa 

 and 6,595 acres in South Dakota. 



In accordance with a cooperative agreement between this office 

 and the State geological survey of Tennessee, an extended examina- 

 tion was made by A. E. Morgan and S. H. McCrory of the lands 

 overflowed by the North and Middle Forks of Forked Deer Kiver 

 and Rutherford Fork of Obion River, in Gibson County, Tenn. A 

 general plan for the drainage of these lands w^as made, with an out- 

 line for the survey that must precede the construction of the drainage 

 improvements. 



L. L. Hidinger examined the plans made for the Ellis County 

 drainage district No. 1, near Waxahachie, Tex., and reported to the 

 officers of the district concerning the efficiency of the plans and the 

 improvements that might be made in them for reclaiming the lands 

 from the overflow of Chambers Creek. 



W. J. McEathron consulted with the commissioners of a drainage 

 district formed to protect 70,000 acres of overflowed land in AMiite 

 County, Ark., lying between the ^^liite and the Red Rivers. His 

 report gives advice concerning the conduct of the survey then in 

 progress and the planning of the drainage improvements to be made. 



The assistance of this office was requested in perfecting the plans 

 for i^rotecting from overflow the low bottom lands about Pattons- 

 burg. Mo. An examination of the district was made by L. L. 

 Hidinger, who reported a general plan for the work that would be 

 necessary. 



