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1990 Map of Merriman NE

Name: 1990 Topographic Map of Merriman NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1990
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1990

About this map

The high plains of the Nebraska Sandhills are defined by isolated ranching operations and a complex network of ephemeral lakes in this 1990 survey of the border between South Dakota and Nebraska. Situated within Cherry County, the landscape is dominated by the winding course of Bear Creek and several significant water bodies, including Goose Lake and S B Lake.

Family-run cattle operations like the Bob Moreland Ranch and Steve Moreland Ranch anchor the northern reaches of the quadrangle, while the Wickman Ranch and Schlack Ranch are positioned further south. The prevalence of named lakes, such as Round Lake and Clubhouse Lake, suggests a landscape where water availability dictated the placement of these early-to-late 20th-century homesteads. This map provides a clear record of land use and property naming in one of the most sparsely populated regions of the Great Plains.