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Fordyce Nebraska Map

Explore Fordyce, 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 Fordyce, Nebraska

How to Use This Fordyce, Nebraska Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Fordyce, 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 Fordyce.

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	Fordyce
State	Nebraska (NE)
County	Cedar County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	42.69861
Longitude	-97.36228
Population	134
Density	356.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	68736
Area Code	402
County Seat	Hartington
School District	Hartington Newcastle Public Schools

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About Fordyce, Nebraska

Fordyce is a locality in Cedar County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 134. The population density is 356.8 people per km². Fordyce is located at 42.6986°N, 97.3623°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Fordyce is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 68736.

Fordyce claims its place upon the vast, open expanse of the Nebraska plains, where the horizon serves as the primary fact of life for those who work the soil. It lies 12.1 miles south of Yankton, SD (from Yankton, SD: bearing 172°T), and is situated 22.7 miles west-southwest of Vermillion. West Bow Creek cuts a quiet, persistent path through the landscape, its winding course marking the rhythm of the land long before human hands laid out the grids of the fields. The light at dusk here possesses a particular, heavy clarity, turning the long grasses into shades of bruised gold and deepening the shadows cast by the shelterbelts that break the wind. To the north, the terrain remains open and exposed, a wide, unhurried theater of sky where the seasons migrate in colors of stark white, vibrant green, and the muted, dusty browns of harvest.

Fordyce reflects the enduring labor of those who settled this region to cultivate the fertile, dark loam, anchoring a local economy that remains tethered to the cycles of corn and soybean production. The heritage of the area is etched into the modest architecture of its streets and the quiet, deliberate pace of a life governed by the demands of the seasons. Residents look toward the Lewis And Clark Recreation Area when the heat of midsummer settles over the prairie, or find a different sort of solitude closer to home near the banks of the Steffan Reservoir. While Spirit Mound stands as a distant landmark on the far horizon, the daily reality of Fordyce is found in the steady hum of machinery and the persistent, quiet resilience of a landscape that asks for patience from those who call it home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cedar County Historical Museum (Museum) — 7.2 mi, 139° SE
Hartington, Home of Two Nebraska Governors Historical Marker (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 139° SE
Lewis And Clark Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 10.2 mi, 349° N
Chief White Crane Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 11.4 mi, 335° NW
Missouri National Recreational River (National Recreation Area) — 11.4 mi, 349° N · 870 acres
Downstream Day Use Area's (State Recreation Area) — 11.6 mi, 335° NW
Riverside Park (Local Park) — 11.6 mi, 356° N
Lewis and Clark Lake (Recreation Area) — 11.8 mi, 327° NW
Myron Grove (State Conservation Area) — 12.9 mi, 066° NE
Cinema Magic (Cinema) — 13.5 mi, 352° N
Wiseman Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.6 mi, 074° E
Gavins Point (Viewpoint) — 14.6 mi, 318° NW
Gayville Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 16.5 mi, 036° NE
Frost Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 20.7 mi, 086° E
Austin-Whittemore House Museum (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 075° E
Coyote Theatre (Cinema) — 22.6 mi, 075° E
Architrave (Public Artwork) — 22.9 mi, 075° E
Oscar Howe Gallery (Gallery) — 23.0 mi, 075° E
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks - Wildlife Division (State Park) — 24.8 mi, 322° NW
Ionia 'Volcano' Historical Marker (Monument) — 25.1 mi, 097° E
Ponca State Park (State Park) — 31.1 mi, 095° E
Klown Doll Museum (Museum) — 32.5 mi, 222° SW
Dixon County Museum (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 126° SE
Warren Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 33.3 mi, 093° E
Union County Historical Museum (Museum) — 34.0 mi, 091° E
Rice Auditorium (Theatre) — 36.1 mi, 151° SE
The Willow Bowl (Theatre) — 36.3 mi, 151° SE
Broken Kettle Grassland Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 39.9 mi, 090° E
Calliope Village (Attraction) — 49.2 mi, 064° NE
The Block (Gallery) — 50.5 mi, 105° E

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