USGS Togographic Map

1. What is the name of the quadrangle?
Beverly Hills Quadrangle
California-Los Angeles CO.

2. What are the names of the adjacent quadrangles?

Canoga Park, Van Nuys, Burbank, Topanga, Hollywood, Pacific Ocean, Venice, and Inglewood.

3. When was the quadrangle first created?
This quadrangle was first created in 2012.

4. What datum was used to create your map?

The following datums were used to create the map: North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83) and North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

5. What is the scale of the map?
1:24,000

(One inch on the map is equivalent to 24,000 inches 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?
1200.001 meters

b) 5 inches on the map is equivalent to how many miles on the ground?
1.894 miles

c) One mile on the ground is equivalent to how many inches on the map?
2.640 inches

d) Three kilometers on the ground is equivalent to how many centimeters on the map?
12.500 centimeters

7. What is the contour interval on your map?
Contour Interval 20 Feet

8. What are the approximate geographic coordinates in both degrees/minutes/seconds and decimal degrees of:
a) the Public Affairs Building
34°4’29”N, -118°26’21”W

34.074723, -118.439205

b) the tip of Santa Monica pier
34°00’29”N, -118°29’56”W
34.008056, -118.498889

c) the Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir
34°7’10”N, -118°24’37”W
34.119452, -118.4103574

9. What is the approximate elevation in both feet and meters of:
a) Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park):
550 feet
167.64 meters

b) Woodlawn Cemetery
140 feet
42.672 meters

c) Crestwood Hills Park
640 feet
195.072 meters

10. What is the UTM zone of the map?
UTM Zone 11

11. What are the UTM coordinates for the lower left corner of your map?
3,763,000 meters North
  361,500 meters East

12. How many square meters are contained within each cell (square) of the UTM gridlines?
1,000,000 square meters  

13. Obtain elevation measurements, from west to east along the UTM northing 3,771,000, 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 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?
14 degrees

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

16. Crop out UCLA from the map and include it as a graphic on your blog.