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2021 Map of Card Lake

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Card Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Survey Valley sits at the center of this Cherry County landscape, a region defined by its high concentration of small, isolated basins and lakes. The southern half of the sheet is particularly water-rich, featuring a dense network of named bodies including Red Mill Lake, Tony Lake, and Little Dad Lake. This hydrology suggests the unique depression-driven drainage patterns typical of the Nebraska Sandhills, where these basins often serve as vital watering points for livestock in a largely treeless environment.

Transportation across this terrain is limited to several specialized routes such as Survey Valley Rd and Ashby Rd, which navigate the rises and falls of the valley floor. To the northeast, the terrain levels out somewhat at Ideal Valley. The map also captures several more specialized features such as Alkali Lake and Downing Lake, providing a specific record of the wetland ecology and land use as it existed in the early 2020s.