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1951 Map of Hazard

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Hazard
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Mud Creek meanders southeast across this Nebraska landscape, tracing a path that dictated the placement of the Burlington Northern railroad and the village of Hazard. This 1951 survey, updated with 1974 revisions, reveals a dense network of rural infrastructure supporting the farming communities of Sherman and Buffalo counties. A remarkable number of local school districts appear here, including Pleasant Hill Sch, Bloody Run Sch, Bentora Sch, Newberg Sch, and Sweetwater Sch, each serving a different pocket of the countryside.

In the southeastern corner, the settlement of Sweetwater sits near the junction of several drainage systems. The terrain transitions from the broken ground near Bloody Run in the north to the more open areas of Beaver and Loup to the south. Notable for genealogists, the Hazard Cem and multiple family-named landmarks provide a clear record of the mid-century Nebraska plains before the consolidation of rural schools and farms.