Nature reserve · Nebraska

Hansen Waterfowl Production Area

Hansen Waterfowl Production Area from directly overhead

Hansen Waterfowl Production Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled elevation of 516 m. The nearest named place is Green Wing State Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Heritage Highway passes 21 miles off. 83 named places lie within 25 miles.

Getting there

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Coordinates40.44916, -97.85095

20.8 mi off the Heritage Highway

Around it

83 named places within 25 miles

Parks38

Stockholm Lutheran Church and Swedish Cemetery Historical Marker: 4.8 mi
Smith Lagoon Natl Wildlife Mgt Area: 6.8 mi
Moger Lagoon National Wildlife Mgt Area: 7.7 mi
Schuck Federal Waterfowl Production Area: 7.7 mi
Meadowlark Federal Waterfowl Production Area: 7.9 mi

Nature reserves36

Green Wing State Wildlife Management Area: 1.3 mi
Eckhardt Waterfowl Production Area: 3.1 mi
Krause Lagoon National Waterfowl Production Area: 3.4 mi
Mallard Haven National Waterfowl Production Area: 4.5 mi
Greenhead State Wildlife Management Area: 4.7 mi

Historic sites4

Frager Field: 11.6 mi
Indian Raids Historical Marker: 14.1 mi
Forty-Niner Trail Historical Marker: 20.4 mi
Bruning Army Airfield: 23.1 mi

Museums3

Heritage Room Museum: 14.9 mi
Fillmore County Museum: 19.0 mi
Thayer County Museum: 20.4 mi

Ghost towns2

Sawyer: 20.0 mi
Spring Ranch: 20.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:36	19:08	19:44
June solstice	06:02	20:25	21:06
September equinox	07:20	18:54	19:30
December solstice	07:52	16:25	17:09

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	26	30	40	51	62	73	76	74	66	53	40	29
Precip in	0.6	0.8	1.3	2.6	5.3	4.2	4.1	3.9	2.3	2.4	1.4	1.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clay CTR, 12 mi away.

Wildlife nearby

Common Sunflower2 obs
Ring-necked Pheasant1 obs
Blue Mudplantain1 obs
American Bumble Bee1 obs
Common Sootywing1 obs
musk thistle1 obs
lemon beebalm1 obs
whorled milkweed1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/670186823

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