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2011 Map of Oakland

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Oakland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Oakland serves as the primary hub of this eastern Nebraska landscape, situated near the western edge of the quadrangle. The town's civic character is defined by the Oakland Post Office and the Burt County Fairground, while the Oakland City Park Campground provides recreational space along the periphery. The surrounding terrain is dominated by a grid of agricultural section roads, such as Co Road N and Co Road F, which connect smaller locales like Essen.

Water management is a central theme of the geography here, evidenced by the Logan Creek Dredge winding through the western fields. This engineered waterway, along with the more natural course of Bell Creek to the east, illustrates the ongoing efforts to drain and cultivate the fertile Burt County plains. The heavy reliance on a numbered road system, including Co Rd 11 and Co Rd 15, underscores the organized, industrial scale of the local farming economy at the start of the 21st century.