Lab 2: USGS Topographic Maps

1) Name of Quadrangle:

Beverly Hills Quadrangle, California, Los Angeles County

2) Adjacent Quadrangles:
Canoga Park
Van Nuys
Burbank
Topanga
Hollywood
Venice
Inglewood

3) Date Quadrangle was First Created:
1966

4) Datum:
North American Datum of 1927, North American Datum of 1983

5) Map Scale:
1:24,000

6a)5cm on the map = 1200m on the ground
D = 5cm x 24,000
120,000cm x [1m/100cm] = 1200m

b)5in on the map = 1.893mi on the ground
D = 5in x 24,000
120,000in x [1in/1.578x10^-5mi] = 1.893mi

c)1mi on the ground = 2.64in on the map
d = 1/24,000mi
1/24,000mi x [5280ft/1mi] x [12in/1ft] = 2.64in

d)3km on the ground = 12.5cm on the map
d = 3/24,000km
3/24,000km x [1000m/1km] x [100cm/1m] = 12.5 cm

7) Contour Interval:
20 feet

8a)Public Affairs Building Coordinates:
Latitude: 34*04'26"N or 34.074*
Longitude: 118*26'21"W 0r 118.439*

b)Tip of Santa Monica Pier Coordinates:
Latitude: 34*00'27"N or 34.0075*
Longitude: 118*29'58"W or 118.499*

c)Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir Coordinates:
Latitude: 34*07'10"N or 34.119*
Longitude: 118*24'37"W or 118.410*

9a)Elevation of Greystone Mansion:
580 feet or 176.784 meters

b)Elevation of Woodlawn Cemetery:
140 feet or 42.672 meters

c)Elevation of Crestwood Hills Park:
650 feet or 198.12 meters



10) UTM Zone of the Map:
Zone 11



11) UTM Coordinates for the Lower Left Corner of the Map:
3763000m x 3062000m


12) Square Meters within each UTM Cell:
1000 x 1000 square meters or 1 square kilometer



13) Elevation Profile


14) Magnetic Declination of the Map:
14*/249Mils East

15) Direction of Water Flow between 405 and Stone Canyon Reservoir:
South- water is flowing down elevation into the Los Angeles River Basin.

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