2017 Map of Hebron SW

About this map

State Line Rd defines the southern boundary of this section of the Great Plains, marking the border between Thayer County, Nebraska and Republic County, Kansas. The landscape is primarily shaped by an intricate network of drainages, including the headwaters of Spring Cr and Dry Cr, which carve through the high prairie. Water management is a central feature of the local geography, evidenced by several family-named impoundments such as Dittmer Reservoir, Harms Reservoir, and the adjacent Koester Reservoir and Bostelman Reservoir. These reservoirs reflect the agricultural necessity of water storage in a region dominated by section-line roads like Stoddard Rd and Ash. The map provides a clear view of the rural land divisions and township boundaries, including t1n r3w and t2n r4w, which have dictated the settlement patterns of this borderland area for over a century.