1987 Map of Sunflower Lake

About this map

The Middle Branch Loup River winds through the characteristic sand hills of Cherry County in this 1980s topographical record. The landscape is defined by extensive sandy terrain, often marked simply as Sand, with drainage patterns feeding into isolated water bodies like Sunflower Lake and Krumpf Lake. This provisional map, compiled from mid-decade aerial photography, captures the area prior to modern center-pivot irrigation expansion, showing a landscape primarily navigated by 4wd trails. A distinctive Flowing Well in the western section serves as a notable hydrologic landmark in this arid, undulating Nebraska range land, where traditional section lines delineate ranching boundaries near the border of t26n and t25n.