Week 2, Lab 2: USGS Topographic Maps

Answers to Lab 2 Questions:

1. Beverly Hills Quadrangle

2. Canoga Park, Van Nuys, Burbank, Topanga, Hollywood, Venice, Inglewood (7 total adjacent quadrangles)

3. 1966

4. Vertical Datum - 1929
North American Datum - 1927

5. 1:24,000

6a. 1200 meters
6b. 1.89394 miles
6c. 2.64 inches
6d. 12.5 centimeters

7. 20 feet

8a. 34° 04’ 42” N, 118° 26’ 19” W
34.0783° N, 118.4386° W

8b. 34° 0’ 24” N, 118° 29’ 54” W
34.007° N, 118.4983° W

8c. 34° 07’ 11” N, 118° 24’ 35” W
34.1197° N, 118.4097° W


9a. 560 ft = 170.688 m
9b. 140 ft = 42.672 m
9c. 650 ft = 198.12 m

10. UTM zone 11

11. 361,500 meters East - 3,763,000 meters North

12. 1,000,000 meters squared

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14. positive 14 degrees

15. The stream flows South

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