2017 Map of Bostwick

About this map

Bostwick sits at a critical junction of Nebraska's southern border, where the winding Republican River dictates the movement of both water and local boundaries. This 2017 survey illustrates a landscape heavily defined by twentieth-century water management systems designed to support Great Plains agriculture. The Superior Canal and Courtland Canal parallel the river's course, cutting through the terrain to manage irrigation across the Nuckolls Co Jewell Co line. North of the river, a network of drainage creeks including Sand Cr, Beaver Cr, and Cottonwood Cr create a dissected upland that feeds into the river valley. To the southwest, the Johnston and Thompson Reservoir serves as a prominent landmark for local hydrology and land use near the state line. The map's grid of rural roads, such as Rd 3000 and Rd E, provides the framework for this Nebraska-Kansas borderland.