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1981 Map of Chambers West

Name: 1981 Topographic Map of Chambers West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

South Fork Elkhorn River winds across this Holt County landscape, defining a terrain shaped by groundwater and the agricultural needs of the Nebraska sandhills. The village of Chambers sits at the eastern edge of the survey, serving as a local hub with its Fairground and adjacent Cem located just outside the main residential cluster.

The presence of numerous Flowing Wells and individual Flowing Well labels throughout the sheet indicates the high water table and the region's reliance on artesian sources for livestock and farming. This reliance on groundwater is the dominant human imprint on the land, where rural infrastructure is secondary to the natural hydrology of the Elkhorn watershed. State Highway 95 provides the primary east-west connection through this sparsely populated ranching country.