Part of my regular job is dealing with customer orders for historical images. One of the square miles in Edmond, OK is the site of numerous oil wells and a refinery. Much of the gasoline that helped win WW2 came from that square mile. Wells were every 10 acres back in the day. Over the years it is down to just a few wells still pumping away and the refinery is a natural gas plant now. Much of the square mile is covered in nice houses. There is a school there and of course there was some hydrocarbon pollution over the years. Wells were "sealed" by digging down 10 feet, throwing a gunny sack over the well and pumping in a few yards of concrete and covering it with topsoil. It is hidden and the records were lost on purpose.
With historical images we can point out where a well was back in 50s and later images will show when it was covered up or properly shut down.
It is an interesting project. I just wonder how many of the people living on that square mile have any idea that their house in on top of an former disposal pit for a well or the well itself.
When i first started here I looked up the aerials of my property. It was never more than a farmers crops and then a soccer field before becoming a housing edition.
