2017 Map of Ansley NE

About this map

Swanson Cem sits on a high ridge overlooking the transition between the drainage of Spring Cr to the north and the wider plains to the south. This portion of the Nebraska Sandhills periphery in Custer County is defined by a dense network of coulees and ridges, where the landscape is carved by seasonal watercourses like those in Dry Valley and Moody Valley. Settlement in this era follows the lowlands, where a grid of rural roads such as RD 455 and DR 797 provides access to isolated farmsteads. The topographic record shows how the land is partitioned into township blocks like t17n r17w, reflecting the long-term impacts of the Public Land Survey System on the Nebraska prairie. Clear Cr cuts across the southern portion of the map, marking one of the primary perennial water sources in an otherwise arid and dissected terrain.