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?
Quadrangle #:
1. Canoga Park 2. Van Nuys 3. Burbank 5. Hollywood 7. Venice 8. Inglewood

3. When was the quadrangle first created?
1996

4. What datum was used to create your map?
North American Datum of 1983 and National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929

5. What is the scale of the map?
1:24000

6. At the above scale, answer the following:
a) 5 centimeters on the map is equivalent to how many meters on the ground? 1200 meters
b) 5 inches on the map is equivalent to how many miles on the ground? 1.8936 miles
c) one mile on the ground is equivalent to how many inches on the map? 2.64 inches
d) three kilometers on the ground is equivalent to how many centimeters on the map? 125 centimeters

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:
a) the Public Affairs Building;
34 degrees 4 minutes 22.5 seconds North, 118 degrees 26 minutes 15 seconds East
34.0729 degrees North, 118.4375 degrees East


b) the tip of Santa Monica pier;
34 degrees 0 minutes 25 seconds North, 118 degress 30 minutes 0 second East
34.4167 degrees North, 34.5 degrees East


c) the Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir;
34 degress 6 minutes 55 seonds North, 118 degreees 20 minutes 30 seconds East
34.115 degrees North,  118.342 degrees East

9. What is the approximate elevation in both feet and meters of:
a) Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park); 560 feet
b) Woodlawn Cemetery; 140 feet
c) Crestwood Hills Park; 640 feet

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? 37630000, 3620000

12. How many square meters are contained within each cell (square) of the UTM gridlines? 1000 meters

13. Obtain elevation measurements, from west to east along the UTM northing 3771000, where the eastings of the UTM grid intersect the northing. Create an elevation profile using these measurements in Excel (hint: create a line chart). Figure out how to label the elevation values to the two measurements on campus. Insert your elevation profile as a graphic in your blog.

14. What is the magnetic declination of the map? +14

15. In which direction does water flow in the intermittent stream between the 405 freeway and Stone Canyon Reservoir? toward East.

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