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2011 Map of Rock Creek Lake

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

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Rock Creek Lake and the surrounding high plains of Cheyenne County define this landscape along the Kansas-Nebraska border. The map focuses on the drainage of Rock Creek, which flows south to meet the Republican River. This river course is characterized by a series of significant erosional features, including Trail Canyon, Colter Canyon, and Patterson Canyon, which carve into the plateau south of the river.

Resource management and local infrastructure are centered on the water, with the Rock Creek Dam creating the lake and the Rock Creek State Fish Hatchery located just to the north. The area remains largely rural, with the grid of country roads like Hester Rd and Round Tree Rd providing the primary transit network through this transition between the canyon-cut river valley and the open agricultural uplands.