1. Oklahoma’s Natural Resources
Coach Brown’s Oklahoma History

2. Red Dirt or Port silt loam soil is great for ______________
Soils

3. Alfalfa
_______
Cotton
Great Ranges
Crops

4. Dust Bowl Facts Dust Storm 1930’s Extreme Droughts
1935 – _____________
What States were effected by this?
Dust Bowl

5. Two Zones
Humid Eastern Woodlands
Dry Western Grasslands
Vegetation

6. Eastern Woodlands Dense Thicket 5 – 30 miles
20 percent forested or _____________________
140 __________________
What are 4 types of trees in Woodlands?
What is the State tree?
Many recreation places
Eastern Woodlands

7. Grasslands Types of grass Bluestem _______________________ Grama grass
What did the early settlers have to do?
Grasslands

8. Mineral Resources Oil and Natural Gas – __________
Coal – _____________
Nonfuel Minerals
Salt
Mineral Resources

9. Oil and Natural Gas Facts Oil rig First produced in 1882
1st well near Bartlesville in 1897
1905 – Tulsa _______ ________.
Ranks in top 6 states in oil production – _______ barrels a day
Oil and Natural Gas

10. Coal Facts Coal Early Indians dug by hand
All in the Eastern Part of the Sate
What towns is coal produced.
Coal

11. Nonfuel Minerals Metals are not mined in Oklahoma in recent years
Zinc, Lead, Manganese, and Iron were mined
“Grey Gold” is _______________
Where is it located?
Nonfuel Minerals

12. Salt Facts Salt Mine Northwestern state has Salt plains
Eastern – Salt Springs
During Civil War it became scarce.
Salt

13. Water in Oklahoma

14. Groundwater

15. Waterways ___ rivers and streams __ major reservoirs
Hundreds of lakes and ponds
78,578 miles of waterways
1930’s – US Army Corps of Engineers, US Bureau of Reclamation and the Grand River Dam Authority
Two Major Rivers – ______________________
What rivers feed into Arkansas and Red Rivers?
Waterways

16. Arkansas
Red River
Major Rivers