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2011 Map of Harvard

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Harvard
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Clay Center and Harvard anchor this section of the Nebraska plains, reflecting a settlement pattern defined by a precise grid of rural roads and the drainage of the Big Sandy watershed. The landscape is characterized by the meandering courses of School Creek and Little Sandy Creek, which break the geometric regularity of the section lines. Local infrastructure is concentrated in the two primary towns, each maintaining its own postal operations with the Harvard Post Office and Clay Center Post Office.

Genealogists and local historians will find value in the location of the Clay Center Cemetery and the various rural routes like Airport RD and Road 26 that connect the farmsteads. Water management in the eastern portion of the quadrangle is represented by the Hultine Reservoir and its associated Hultine Dam, illustrating the transition from natural creek drainage to engineered irrigation and storage in this agricultural region.