Week 2: USGS

1. What is the name of the quadrangle?

          Beverly Hills Quadrangle

2. What are the names of the adjacent quadrangles?

           Canoga Park, Van Nuys, Burbank, Topanga, Hollywood, Venice, Inglewood

3. When was the quadrangle first created?

          1966

4. What datum was used to create the map?

          North American Datum (NAD) 1983 and National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGD) 1929

5. What is the scale of the map?

           1 : 24,000

6. a) 5 cm (map) : 1200 m (ground)

    b) 5 in (map) : 1.894 mi (ground)

    c) 1 mi (ground) : 2.64 in (map)

    d) 3 km (ground) : 12.5 cm (map)

7. What is the contour interval on the map?

          20 ft

8. a) Public Affairs Building:

          34° 4' 23" N     118° 26' 12" W

          34.073° N        118.437° W

    b) Tip of Santa Monica Pier:

          34° 0' 32" N     118° 30' 0" W

          34.009° N        118.50° W

    c) The Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir

          34° 7' 11" N     118° 24' 32" W

          34.120° N        118.409° W

9. a) Greystone Mansion: 580 ft, 176.784 m

    b) Woodlawn Cemetery: 140 ft, 42.672 m

    c) Crestwood Hills Park: 700 ft, 238.56 m

10. What is the UTM zone of the map?

         11S

11. What are the UTM coordinates of the lower left corner of the map?

          3,763,000 N     361,500 E

12. How many square meters are contained in the cell of the UTM grid?

          1,00,000 m ²

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14. What is the magnetic declination of the map?

           14 ° E, 249 mi E

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

          The stream flows from North to South.

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