Lab 2: USGS Topographic Maps

1. What is the name of the quadrangle?

Beverly Hills Quadrangle

2. What are the names of the adjacent quadrangles?
Canoga Park, Van Nuys, Burbank, Topanga, Hollywood , Venice, Inglewood

3. When was the quadrangle first created?
1966

4. What datum was used to create your map?
North American Datum 1983 (updated from 1927), and the National Geodetic Vertical Datum 1929

5. What is the scale of the map?
1: 24,000

6. At the above scale, answer the following:

a) 5 centimeters on the map is equivalent to how many meters on the ground?
5 cm --> 120, 000 cm --> 1,200 M

b) 5 inches on the map is equivalent to how many miles on the ground?
5 in --> 120,000 in --> 10,000 ft -->~1.89 mi

c) one mile on the ground is equivalent to how many inches on the map?
1 mi -->5280 ft --> 63360 in (total) --> 2.64 in (on the map)

d) three kilometers on the ground is equivalent to how many centimeters on the map?
3 km --> 3000 M --> 300,000 cm (total) --> 12.5 cm (on the map)

7. What is the contour interval on your map?
20 Feet

8. What are the approximate geographic coordinates in both degrees/minutes/seconds and decimal degrees of:

a) the Public Affairs Building;
34∘ 4'30" (32.75∘) and 118∘26'15" (118.4375∘)
b) the tip of Santa Monica pier;
34∘ 32" (34.0089∘) and 118 ∘30" (118.5∘)
c) the Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir;
34∘7'10" (34.1194∘) and 118∘ 24' 30" (118.408∘)

9. What is the approximate elevation in both feet and meters of:

a) Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park); 570 ft (173.7 meters)

b) Woodlawn Cemetery; 135 ft (41.15 meters)

c) Crestwood Hills Park; 710 ft (216.4 meters)

10. What is the UTM zone of the map?
Zone 11

11. What are the UTM coordinates for the lower left corner of your map
3763000 Northing and 361100E


12. How many square meters are contained within each cell (square) of the UTM gridlines?
1,000,000 sq meters (1000 by 1000 meters)

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14. What is the magnetic declination of the map?
Magnetic N - Geographic N = 13∘12"
15. In which direction does water flow in the intermittent stream between the 405 freeway and Stone Canyon
Reservoir?
Flows from North to South

16. Crop out (i.e., cut and paste) UCLA from the map and include it as a graphic on your blog.