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 Quadrangle, Van Nuys Quadrangle, Burbank Quadrangle, Topanga Quadrangle, Hollywood Quadrangle, Venice Quadrangle, and Inglewood Quadrangle

3. When was the quadrangle first created?
This quadrangle was first created in 1966

4. What datum was used to create your map?
The National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 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? 1200 meters
b) 5 inches on the map is equivalent to how many miles on the ground? 1.89 miles
c) 1 mile on the ground is equivalent to how many inches on the map? 2.64 inches
d) 3 kilometers on the ground is equivalent to how many centimeters on the map? 12.5 centimeters

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

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

a) the Public Affairs Building: 34°4'26" / 118°26'24" & 34.074°N, 118.390°E
b) the tip of Santa Monica Pier: 34°0'25" / 118°29'50" & 34.007°N, 118.499°E
c) the Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir: 34°7'13" / 118°24'32" & 34.120°N, 118.409°E

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

a) Greystone Mansion: 570ft / 173.73 meters
b) Woodland Cemetery: 140 ft / 42.67 meters
c) Crestwood Hills Park: 720 ft / 219.46 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?
0361500, 3763000

12. How many square meters are contained within each cell of the UTM gridlines?
1 square kilometer 

13. Obtain elevation measurements, from west to east along the UTM northing 3771000, where the eastins of the UTM grid intersect the northing. Create an elevation profile using these measurements in Excel.

14. What is the magnetic declination of the map?
14 degrees clockwise

15. In which direction does water flow in the intermittent stream between the 405 freeway and Stone Canton Reservoir?
Water is flowing south because of the declination of the land.