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Burchard Nebraska Map

Explore Burchard, Nebraska, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Burchard, Nebraska

How to Use This Burchard, Nebraska Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Burchard, Nebraska. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Nebraska or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Burchard.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Burchard
State	Nebraska (NE)
County	Pawnee County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	40.1475
Longitude	-96.350292
Population	76
Density	180.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68323
Area Code	402
County Seat	Pawnee City
School District	Lewiston Consolidated Schools

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About Burchard, Nebraska

Burchard is a locality in Pawnee County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 76. The population density is 180.0 people per km². Burchard is located at 40.1475°N, 96.3503°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Burchard is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68323.

Burchard occupies a quiet expanse of the Nebraska plains where the horizon exerts a gravitational pull upon the spirit. It lies 22.5 miles east-southeast of Beatrice, NE (from Beatrice, NE: bearing 112°T), and is situated 31.8 miles west-southwest of Auburn. Plum Creek traces a serpentine path through the surrounding fields, its waters carving a subtle depression into the earth that catches the long, amber light of late afternoon. The land maintains a rhythmic, undulating character, defined by the persistent reach of the prairie grasses that bend in unison under the weight of an expansive sky. Only a mile from the center, the quiet surface of Plum Creek Reservoir 5-C holds the reflection of passing clouds, providing a stillness that anchors the landscape against the shifting intensity of the seasons.

Burchard emerged from the nineteenth-century expansion as a node of agricultural persistence, built upon the labor of those who turned the sod and harnessed the cycles of the harvest. The local economy remains tethered to the soil, with the daily life of the residents governed by the measured pace of farming and the maintenance of the regional infrastructure. Two miles away, the Burchard Lake Wildlife Management Area serves as a sanctuary where the flora and fauna of the region continue their undisturbed cycles, reinforcing the town’s connection to the natural order. Here, the history of the plains is not a static monument, but a living continuity found in the grain elevators that rise like monoliths against the gray, winter-bruised sky and the quiet endurance of those who remain to tend the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Burchard Lake Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 065° NE
Mayberry Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 006° N
Phillips 66 (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 104° E
Pawnee County Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 10.7 mi, 105° E
Pawnee City Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 103° E
Rockford Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 12.8 mi, 290° W
Table Rock Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.6 mi, 081° E
Table Rock Argus (Museum) — 13.6 mi, 081° E
Johnson County Museum (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 028° NE
Underbridge Mario (Public Artwork) — 22.2 mi, 290° W
The Carnegie Building (Gallery) — 22.6 mi, 292° W
Nichols Park Rock (Monument) — 23.0 mi, 291° W
Totem Pole (Monument) — 23.4 mi, 112° E
Success Was Only Natural (Viewpoint) — 26.9 mi, 291° W
Wagon Train State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 34.6 mi, 340° N
Nebraska Communities Playhouse (Arts Centre) — 35.9 mi, 336° NW
Monument to the Ice Age (Attraction) — 36.1 mi, 207° SW
Roca Berry Farm (Attraction) — 38.6 mi, 334° NW
PSC Theatre & Auditorium (Theatre) — 39.7 mi, 055° NE
Brownville Historical Marker (Attraction) — 40.5 mi, 065° NE
Muir House Historical Marker (Attraction) — 40.5 mi, 065° NE
Indian Cave State Park (State Park) — 41.0 mi, 079° E
Church Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 44.3 mi, 341° N
Saline Fsa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 46.0 mi, 291° W · 124 acres
Waubonsie State Park (State Park) — 49.0 mi, 044° NE
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 56.3 mi, 093° E · 15k acres

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