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1986 Map of Blair

Name: 1986 Topographic Map of Blair
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

The Missouri River and Elkhorn River carve through this landscape of the Nebraska-Iowa borderlands, defining the agricultural and transport corridors of the mid-1980s. Major rail lines, including the Chicago and North Western and Burlington Northern, link regional hubs like Blair and West Point to the surrounding prairie. The river valleys are dotted with specialized conservation and recreation sites, such as the De Soto National Wildlife Refuge and the Dead Timber State Recreation Area north of Scribner.

Smaller settlements such as Fontanelle, Herman, and Monterey are interconnected by a grid of state highways and country roads. The Missouri's shifting course is evident in features like Lake Quinnebaugh and Bunn Lake, while municipal aviation is represented at Tekamah Municipal Airport and Blair Municipal Airport. This survey captures the region just as decades of topographic data were being consolidated into modern planimetric formats.