The North Fork Big Nemaha River winds through the southwestern corner of this landscape, anchoring a complex drainage system in Johnson County defined by agricultural engineering. This era of water management is visible through numerous impoundments, including Spring Creek Reservoir 9-3 and a series of numbered structures such as Long Branch Dam Number 2 and Long Branch Dam Number 3. These dams across the Long Branch and Spring Creek tributaries illustrate the systematic efforts to control local hydrology for soil conservation and flood mitigation in the Nebraska plains.
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1915 · Howe
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1916 · Humboldt
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1955 · Nebraska City
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · Lincoln
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Nebraska City
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1957 · Lincoln
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Lincoln
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Nebraska City
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1965 · Table Rock
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1965 · Tecumseh
USGS Topo · 1:24,000