Lab#2: USGS Topos

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

2. What are the names of the adjacent quadrangles?
The names of the adjacent quadrangles are the following: Canoga Park, Van Nuys, Burbank, Topanga, Hollywood, Venice, and Inglewood.

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

4. What datum was used to create your map?
The datum used to create this map was the North American Datum of 1927 and the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.

5. What is the scale of the map?
The scale of the map is 1:24,000 (unit on the map: unit on the ground).

6. At the above scale, answer the following:
a) 5 centimeters on the map is equivalent to how many meters on the ground?
5: 5x24,000… 5cm: 120,000cm= 1,200 meters on the ground


b) 5 inches on the map is equivalent to how many miles on the ground?
5: 5x24,000… 5in: 120,000in= 1.89 miles on the ground


c) one mile on the ground is equivalent to how many inches on the map?
1 mi (on the ground): 63,360 in
63,360/24,000 (24,000 is the scale of the map) = 2.64 inches on the map


d) three kilometers on the ground is equivalent to how many centimeters on the map?
3 km (on the ground): 300,000 cm (on the ground)
300,000/24,000 = 12.5 centimeters on the map

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

8. What are the approximate geographic coordinates in both degrees/minutes/seconds and decimal degrees of:
                   a) The Public Affairs Building:

34.08388°N, 118.43749°W
34°04’62’’N, 118°26’15’’W

b) The tip of Santa Monica pier:

34.00778°N, 118.5°W
34°00’28’’N, 118°30’00’’W

         c) The Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir:

34.1031°N, 118.4231°W
34°06’11’’N, 118°24’53’’W

             

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

a) Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park):

570 feet or 173.74 meters

b) Woodlawn Cemetery:

140 feet or 42.67 meters

c) Crestwood Hills Park:

725 feet or 221 meters 

10. What is the UTM zone of the map?

The UTM zone of the map is Zone11.

11. What are the UTM coordinates for the lower left corner of your map?
The UTM coordinates for the lower left corner of this map are the following: Zone 11, Easting 3615000, and Northing 3763000.

12. How many square meters are contained within each cell (square) of the UTM gridlines?
Each cell or square of the UTM gridlines contains 1,000,000 square meters, which is attained by 1km x 1km.

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?
The magnetic declination of this map is positive 14° east.

15. In which direction does water flow in the intermittent stream between the 405 freeways and Stone Canyon Reservoir?
The intermittent stream between the 405 freeways and the Stone Canyon Reservoir flows from North to South.

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