1985 Map of Schneringer Valley

About this map

Schneringer Valley characterizes this high plains landscape in McPherson County, where the topography is defined by the winding depressions of the Sandhills. The area exhibits a sparse settlement pattern typical of western Nebraska ranching country in the early 1980s, anchored by family operations such as the C Pinkerton Ranch in the north and the J Pinkerton Ranch further south. These named ranches serve as vital landmarks in an otherwise vast expanse of undulating terrain, where localized basins like Dishpan Valley and Dane Valley provide the primary geographic structure. Surveyed during the mid-1980s, the map provides a precise look at the township lines of t19n and t18n as they intersect the cattle country of the Nebraska interior.