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Ogallala is a city in and the county seat of Keith County, Nebraska, United States. [3] The population was 4,878 at the 2020 census , up from 4,737 at the 2010 census . In the days of the Nebraska Territory , the city was a stop on the Pony Express and later along the transcontinental railroad .
The dam is 162 feet (49 m) tall, 3.1 miles (5.0 km) long, and 1,100 feet (340 m) wide at its base. On the east side of the dam is Lake Ogallala and on the south side is the Kingsley Hydroelectricity Plant. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District are also located in this area. Kingsley Dam ...
The Sandhills sit atop the massive Ogallala Aquifer; thus both temporary and permanent shallow lakes are common in low-lying valleys between the grass-stabilized dunes prevalent in the Sandhills. [4] The eastern and central sections of the region are drained by tributaries of the Loup River and the Niobrara River , while the western section is ...
Aerial view of Lake McConaughy from the south. The lake, formed by Kingsley Dam, is a man-made body of water that is 22 miles (35 km) long, 4 miles (6.4 km) wide at its largest point, and 142 feet (43 m) deep near the dam (at full capacity) – it was constructed between 1936 and 1941 and is fed by the North Platte River. [2]
The Dr. Burdette and Myrna Gainsforth House, at 1300 East A St. in Ogallala, Nebraska, is a ranch style house that was built in 1949.Also denoted as NeHBS no. KH00-096, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002; the listing included two contributing buildings and two contributing structures.
The Ogallala Aquifer was formed more than 25,000 years ago, but it recharges at a very low rate. For years, irrigators in Kansas have drained more from the aquifer than rainfall can replace.
Keith County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska.As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 8,335. [1] Its county seat is Ogallala. [2]In the Nebraska license plate system, Keith County is represented by the prefix 68 (it had the sixty-eighth-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).
The United States Post Office-Ogallala is a historic one-story building in Ogallala, Nebraska. It was built as a post office in 1937-1938 by Beckenhauer Bros., and designed in the Moderne style by Louis Simon. [2] Inside, there is a mural of a cowboy and longhorns painted by Frank Mechau. [2]