2021 Map of Green Ranch

About this map

Birdwood Creek and its various tributaries, including West Birdwood Creek and the N Fork Birdwood Cr, dominate this sparsely populated portion of Lincoln County. The drainage network illustrates the hydrologic patterns of the Nebraska Sandhills, where the namesake Green Ranch stands as a primary point of human settlement. The landscape is structured by a grid of rural routes such as N Birdwood Rd and Land Rd, which provide access to the vast ranching tracts that define the region's economy. The interplay of these section-line roads and the winding paths of W Birdwood Cr reveals the adaptation of pastoral land use to the natural contours of the northern Nebraska terrain.