1970 Map of Kearney SE

About this map

The Old Fort Kearney Military Reservation Boundary bisects this prairie landscape, marking the historic extent of the frontier outpost's influence south of the Platte River. In the early 1970s, the terrain shows a transition from the rolling sandhills and natural drainages like Crooked Cr and Lost Creek in the north to the engineered agricultural landscape of the south. This transition is anchored by the Phelps County Canal, which cuts across the lower half of the quadrangle, redirecting water through the flatlands of Mirage and Hayes. The presence of numerous wells and a modern Pipeline alongside older benchmarks like BM 2181 illustrates the evolving relationship between local land use and the Missouri River Basin development programs during this era.