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2011 Map of Reynolds

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

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Reynolds and the surrounding farmland of Jefferson County are defined by an intricate network of water management and rural infrastructure. The village is centered on the Reynolds Post Office, with the surrounding landscape heavily modified by a series of detention and floodwater retarding structures, such as Floodwater Retarding Dam 3-F and Detention Dam 3-D. These engineering works create several distinct water bodies, including Buckley Creek Reservoir 3-A and the smaller Hein Reservoir, designed to manage the flow of Buckley Creek and Rose Creek through the prairie terrain.

The settlement pattern follows a rigid section-line grid, connected by numbered roads like 706th Rd. In the eastern portion of the sheet, the community of Thompson sits near where the creek beds begin to widen. For those researching local family history, the Rose Cemetery serves as a significant landmark in the western fields, providing a connection to the generations that established this agricultural district along the Nebraska-Kansas border.