2014 Map of Hackberry Creek

About this map

Pumpkin Creek and its southern tributaries define the topography of this Banner County landscape, where the flat agricultural plains of the north give way to the dissected ridges and bluffs of the Wildcat Hills. The map captures a transition from the drainage of Bighorn Gulch and Muhr Reservoir into more varied terrain near the prominent elevation of Chalk Mound. Transportation follows a strict section-line grid across the open country, centered on the east-west corridor of Ne-88. For local history researchers, the map identifies two distinct burial sites: Chalk Creek Cemetery near the eastern edge and Kirk Cemetery to the southwest. These markers, along with the meandering path of Hackberry Creek, provide essential landmarks for tracing family landholdings and early settlement patterns in this high plains environment.