Lab 2: USGS Topographic Maps

1. The name of the quadrangle is Beverly Hills.
2. The adjacent quadrangles are Canoga Park (NW), Van Nuys (N), Burbank (NE), Topanga (W), Hollywood (E), Venice (S), and Inglewood (SE). 
3. The quadrangle was first created in 1966.
4. To create the map, North American Datum of 1927 (NAD 27) and North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83) were used.
5. The scale of the map is 1:24,000.
6. a) 5 cm on the map = 1200 m on the ground
    b) 5 in. on the map = 0.189 mi. on the ground
    c) 1 mi. on the ground = 2.64 in. on the map
    d) 3 km on the ground = 12.5 cm on the map
7. The contour interval on the map is 20 ft.
8. a) Public Affairs Building: (34°N 4' 28" and 118°W 26' 21") or (34.074539, -118.439124)
    b) Tip of Santa Monica Pier: (34°N 0' 27" and 118°W 30') or (34.007580, -118.499925)
    c) Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir: (34°N 7' 12.5" and 118°W 12' 37") or (34.120152, -118.410286)
9. a) Greystone Mansion: ~600 ft.
    b) Woodlawn Cemetery: 147 ft.

    c) Crestwood Hills Park: 747 ft.
10. UTM zone 11
11. UTM coordinates of bottom left of map: ³62E and ³⁷63N
12. 1,000,000 square meters are within each UTM cell
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14. The magnetic declination of the map is 14°.

15. The water in the stream between the 405 and Stone Canyon Reservoir flows from North to South.  

16. UCLA on USGS topographic map