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1951 Map of Milburn

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Milburn
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

The Middle Loup River winds through the heart of Custer County, shaping the settlement and irrigation patterns of central Nebraska in the early 1950s. The presence of the Sargent Canal highlights the significance of the Department of the Interior's Missouri River Basin development program, illustrating how water management transformed this landscape of canyons and plains. Local life is anchored by small communities and rural institutions, from the settlement at Milburn to the Columbia Table Sch and Gates Cem further south.

In the southwestern corner, Victoria Springs State Park and the vicinity of Victoria represent a concentrated area of social and natural interest. The topography is defined by dramatic erosion, with Cedar Canyon, Ash Canyon, and River Canyon cutting through the upland plateaus of Madison Square and Victoria. These features, alongside the course of Lillian Creek, provide a detailed record of the region’s physical and cultural geography prior to later 20th-century developments.