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2017 Map of Central City East

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Central City East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Central City serves as a northern anchor for this Nebraska landscape, where the braided channels of the Platte River define the boundary between Merrick and Hamilton counties. The river corridor is complex, characterized by numerous named landforms including Prairie Island, Parker Island, and Cedar Island. To the south, the terrain transitions into an agricultural grid marked by the headwaters of the Big Blue River and the settlement of Hordville.

Local history is preserved in the location of the Mount Zion Cem and small communities such as Kronborg and Heber. The presence of the Warm Slough and Riverside Park near the Platte suggests a long-standing relationship between the river's hydrology and local recreation. Significant water management features like Chader Reservoir and Larson Reservoir illustrate the engineered nature of the contemporary plains environment.