Lab #2 Topography

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 and Inglewood.

3. When was the quadrangle first created?
    1966

4. What datum was used to create your map?
 North American Datum of 1927 (NAD 27) and North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83).

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

6. At the above scale, answer the following:

  a) 5 centimeters on the map is equivalent to how many meters on the ground?
      1200 meters
  b) 5 inches on the map is equivalent to how many miles on the ground?
       1.8939 miles
  c) one mile on the ground is equivalent to how many inches on the map?
       2.64 inches
  d) three kilometers on the ground is equivalent to how many centimeters on the map?
       12.5 centimeters
      
7. What is the contour interval on your map?
    20 feet; the supplemental contour interval is 10 feet.

8. What are the approximate geographic coordinates in both degrees/minutes/seconds and decimal degrees of:

  a) the Public Affairs Building:  34°04’27”N /118°26’25”W or 34.07° / -118.44°
    
  b) the tip of Santa Monica pier: 34°00’24”N/ 118°29’55”W or 34.01° / -118.50°

  c) the Upper Franklin Canyon Reservoir: 34°6’11”N/118°24’46”W or 34.01° / -118.41°

9. What is the approximate elevation in both feet and meters of:
  a) Greystone Mansion (in Greystone Park);
     580 feet; 176.784 meters
  b) Woodlawn Cemetery;
     140 feet; 42.67 meters
  c) Crestwood Hills Park;
     around 550-560 feet; 167.64-170.68 meters

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

11. What are the UTM coordinents of thelower left corner of the map?
     3763000 northings and 3614000 eastings

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

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?
      14°

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

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