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2014 Map of Buffalo

Name: 2014 Topographic Map of Buffalo
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2014
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

The settlement of Buffalo serves as the focal point for this Dawson County landscape, where the agricultural economy is defined by a sophisticated network of water management. The southern portion of the quadrangle is dominated by large-scale irrigation projects, specifically the Gothenburg Canal and the Dawson County Canal, which carve through the plains to support local farming. To the north, the terrain is characterized by numerous catchment areas and reservoirs such as Buckley Reservoir, Neben Reservoir Number 2, and Peden Reservoir Number 1, illustrating the intensive modification of natural drainages like Buffalo Creek and French Creek.

For local historians and genealogists, the map preserves the locations of several community landmarks. Quiet cemeteries including Rose Hill Cemetery, Saint Johns Cemetery, and Hillside Cemetery are distributed across the township, marking the heritage of the families who settled these Platte Valley uplands. The road grid, including Road 765 and Road 764, provides a framework for tracing property boundaries and early twentieth-century rural development.