Week 2 Lab Assignment – The Beverly Hills Quadrangle

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? The North American Datum of 1927 and North American Datum of 1983.

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

6) A) 5 cm on the map is how many meters on the ground? 1200 m

B) 5 inches on the map is how many miles on the ground? 1.89 mi

C) One mile on the ground is how many inches on the map? 2.64 in

D) 3 km on the ground is how many cm on the map? 12.5 cm

7) What is the contour interval? 20 ft

8) A) Public Affairs Building 118° 26’ 6” or 118.44° latitude; 34° 4’ 20” or 34.07° longitude

B) Santa Monica Pier 118° 30’ or 118.5° latitude; 34° 0’ 32” or 34.01° longitude

C) Upper Franklin Canyon Resevoir 118° 24’ 29” or 118.41° latitude; 34° 7’ 14” or 34.12° longitude

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A) Greystone Mansion 560 ft or 171 m

B) Woodlawn Cemetery 140 ft or 42.7 m

C) Crestwood Hills Park 700 ft or 214 m

10) What is the UTM zone? UTM zone 11

11) What are the UTM coordinates of the lower left corner? 361500 m easting, 3763000 m northing

12) How many sq meters are in each grid cell? 1,000,000 sq meters

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14) What is the magnetic declination? 14°

15) Which direction does the stream between the 405 and Stone Canyon Reservoir flow? South

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