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2014 Map of Elm Creek East

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

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

Elm Creek and the village of Odessa anchor this study of the Platte River valley in Buffalo County. The landscape is defined by the complex braided hydrology of the Platte River, where the N Channel and S Channel diverge around landforms like Long Island. The engineering of the region is evident in the Kearney Canal, which parallels the Union Pacific railroad corridor, and the Kearney Diversion Dam Reservoir, which manages local water resources alongside Blue Hole East Lake.

Transportation patterns follow the natural east-west grain of the valley, with Us-30 and the railroad serving as the primary arteries through the agricultural grid. This 2014 survey documents the persistence of small-scale water features like Turkey Cr and Buffalo Cr as they feed into the larger river system. To the south, the boundary between Buffalo and Phelps counties cuts across the sandbars and channels, marking a transition in local jurisdiction amidst the shifting riverbed.