2011 Map of Johnson Lake

About this map

Johnson Lake sits at the heart of this Nelson County landscape, an elongated body of water that anchors a region defined by its precise section-line road network. The drainage of Colvin Creek meanders through the western half of the quadrangle, contrasting with the rigid geometry of the surrounding agricultural land. In the early 21st century, this area remains a quintessential example of the Great Plains' rural infrastructure, where thoroughfares such as 23rd St NE and 92nd Ave NE divide the terrain into predictable square-mile blocks. The 2011 survey by the U.S. Geological Survey documents a sparse but functional landscape, where small, scattered wetlands and intermittent water bodies punctuate the prairie between established routes like 97th Ave NE and 15th St NE.