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1974 Map of Hayes Center

Name: 1974 Topographic Map of Hayes Center
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Hayes Center serves as the focal point of this southwestern Nebraska landscape, situated near the confluence of local drainages that define the region's topography. The village is depicted with its organized street grid and essential local infrastructure, including a substation and a nearby Golf Course. To the north of the main settlement lies the Hayes Center Cem, a key landmark for genealogical research in this part of Hayes County.

The natural drainage system is dominated by the winding paths of Blackwood Creek and Little Blackwood Creek, which carve through the plains. A significant geographic feature, Government Canyon, cuts a deep profile through the southern portion of the quadrangle. This map captures the area during a period of established agricultural and civic development, where water sources like the isolated Spring remained vital to the local section lines and farmstead layout.