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2017 Map of Inland

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Inland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

The small settlement of Inland serves as the focal point of this Clay County landscape, where the agricultural grid is deeply intertwined with the hydrologic patterns of the Nebraska plains. Large wetland areas, including Harvard Marsh in the north and McMurtrey Marsh near the center, break the regularity of the section lines and township boundaries. These marshes, alongside the drainages of School Cr and Little Sandy Cr, define the drainage basin of the region, influencing both the historical placement of roads and the local ecology.

Genealogists and local historians can locate established burial grounds such as Glenvil Cem and Zion Cem, which anchor the rural community. The map illustrates a transition between the elevated plains and the meandering path of Big Sandy Cr, showing a landscape dominated by a network of rural routes from North Ave to numbered roads like RD 313, reflecting the organized land division of the Public Land Survey System.