2014 Map of Broadwater NW

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Cedar Canyon defines the northern reaches of this Morrill County landscape, where deeply incised terrain gives way to the irrigation-rich plains of the western Nebraska panhandle. The North Platte River flows through the southern portion of the sheet, paralleled by a complex system of water management infrastructure essential to the region's agricultural life. This network includes the Northport Canal and the winding course of the Browns Cr Canal, which draws from Browns Cr to feed the Covalt Reservoir. Local drainage is further managed by the Silvernail Drain, illustrating how early 21st-century land use in this river valley remains fundamentally tied to water diversion and the control of the North Platte's natural flow.