
Beverly lies at the heart of this agricultural landscape in Hitchcock County, where the valley of Frenchman Creek provides a vital corridor for water management. The irrigation infrastructure is remarkably prominent, featuring the Culbertson Canal and the Riverside Canal winding through the terrain to support local farming. These man-made water systems, complemented by the Beverly Reservoir and Nowka Reservoir, illustrate the intensive engineering required to manage the semi-arid plains of southwest Nebraska. North of the county line in Hayes County, the land transitions into a more dissected plateau carved by Blackwood Creek. A grid of section roads like Co Rd 722 and Canal Rd provides a window into the rural property divisions and accessibility of the region during the early 2020s.
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1954 · McCook
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · McCook
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · McCook
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1962 · Trenton
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1962 · Culbertson NW
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1970 · Culbertson
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1970 · Burger Canyon SE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1970 · Burger Canyon East
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Palisade
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1973 · Beverly
USGS Topo · 1:24,000