LAB 2

USGS TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS

The Beverly Hills Quadrangle

1.) What is the name of the quadrangle?
The Beverly Hills Quadrangle

2.) What are the names of the adjacent quadrangles?
Unnamed (The Pacific Ocean), 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?
The North American Datum of 1927 (NAD 27) for horizontal information and also the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 

5.) What is the scale of the map?
The scale is 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?     
 

        5cm/x   = 1/24,000

        x=120,000cm

       100 cm= 1 m

       120,000 cm / 100= x

       x=1200 meters 

    b. 5 inches on the map is equivalent to how many miles on the ground?

        5 in/x=1/24,000

        x=120,000 inch

       1 mile=63,360 inch

       120,000/63,360= x

       x= 1.89 miles 

    c. 1 mile on the ground is equivalent to how many inches on the map?

        1 mile = 63,360 inches

        x/63,360inches= 1/24,000

        x= 2.64 inches

    d. 3 kilometers on the ground is equivalent to how many centimeters on the map?

        1km= 100,000 cm

        3km= 300,000 cm

        x/300,000cm= 1/24,000

        x=12.5 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 of:
    a. The Public Affairs Building
         Latitude: 34°04'32'' N or 34.079° N
         Longitude: 118°26'28'' W or 118.438° W
    b. The tip of Santa Monica Pier
         Latitude: 34°00'25'' N or 34.007° N
         Longitude: 118°29'57'' W or 118.496° W
    c. The Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir 
         Latitude: 34°07'15'' N or 34.124° N
         Longitude: 118°24'35'' W or 118.410° W

9.) What is the approximate elevation in both feet and meters of:
   a. Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park): 560 feet or 170.688 meters
   b. Woodlawn Cemetery: 140 feet or 42.672 meters
   c. Crestwood Hills Park: about 630 feet or 192.024 meters


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


11.) What are the UTM coordinates for the lower left corner of your map?
361,500 easting 
3,763,000 northing


12.) How many square meters are contained within each cell (square) of the UTM gridlines?
1 square kilometer  or 1,000,000 square 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. Figure out how to label the elevation values to the two measurements on campus.  

14.) What is the magnetic declination of the map?
North +14 degrees


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


16.) UCLA