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1981 Map of Paramount Valley

Name: 1981 Topographic Map of Paramount Valley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

The vast Nebraska Sandhills region is defined here by the wide basin of Paramount Valley, which straddles the boundary of Brown and Rock Counties. In the early 1980s, the landscape was primarily characterized by isolated cattle operations and the essential local infrastructure that supported them, such as the Paramount Valley School. A network of family-named holdings, including the Babcock Ranch, Doyle Hollenbeck Ranch, and Barta Brothers Ranch, demonstrates the sparse but established settlement pattern of the area.

Water management is central to life in this arid environment, evidenced by the numerous Flowing Well labels and the presence of Hornburger Lake. While ranching dominates, industrial activity is marked by scattered Claypit sites, particularly near Johnsons Corner. The drainage of Skull Creek provides one of the few distinct topographic breaks in a terrain otherwise shaped by the rolling forms of the sand dunes and the open plains of the valley floor.