2014 Map of O'Neill SW

About this map

The S Fork Elkhorn River meanders across the southern reaches of this Holt County landscape, a defining watercourse in a region characterized by its expansive Nebraska sandhills and drainage patterns. The 2014 survey reveals a sparse, strictly organized grid of rural corridors, where long-distance routes like 487th Ave and 490th Ave intersect with east-west section roads such as 865th Rd and 859th Rd. The ephemeral nature of the local hydrography is evidenced by Dry Cr, which threads through the northern section of the quadrangle. This map documents the essential infrastructure of modern ranching and agriculture, showing the placement of rural homesteads and access roads against the subtle elevation changes and depressions typical of the Elkhorn River basin before it joins the larger Platte River system to the east.