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2017 Map of Republican City NW

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Republican City NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Harlan and Franklin counties meet along a straight meridian in this agricultural landscape of south-central Nebraska. The drainage pattern is defined by the winding course of Turkey Cr, which cuts through the central sections, and Eureka Cr to the south. This era of land management is marked by numerous small-scale water impoundments, including Harms Reservoir, Ziegler Reservoir, and Ott Reservoir, which dot the rolling sections of the Republican River watershed.

A grid of rural section-line roads, such as Sandy Rd and Turkey Creek Rd, provides access to the interior farmsteads. For those tracing family histories or early rural settlements, Zion Cem stands as a primary historical landmark in the western portion of the quadrangle. The map captures the interface of these two counties just north of the Republican River valley, showing the persistent rural character of the Nebraska plains.