WETMAAP Skill 1
Crescent Lake: Element 10

Skill 1: Map Use
Element 10: Mapping Temporary Water

 Materials:

1982 Mumper NWI Map
1988 Mumper NWI Map
NWI water modifier chart
6 11" x 17" film overlays
colored pen

Exercise:

1. Use the 1982 1:24,000 scale NWI map.

2. Place one film overlay on the map and tape at the top.

3. Use BLACK pen.

4. Make four tic marks in BLACK, one at each corner of the study site.

5. Use the GREEN pen.

6. Delineate all water bodies or emergent marsh with the A water modifier with the GREEN pen by making a dot or outlining the feature.

7. At the bottom of the overlay make a small circle with GREEN pen and label it "1982 Temporary Water."

8. Remove the overlay.

9. Place a second film overlay on the map and tape at the top.

10.Use the BLACK pen.

11. Make four tic marks in BLACK, one at each corner of the study site.

12. Use the PURPLE pen.

13. Delineate all water bodies or emergent marsh with the C water modifier with the PURPLE pen by making a dot or outlining the feature.

14 .At the bottom of the overlay make a small circle with the PURPLE pen and label it "1982 Seasonal Water".

15. Remove overlay.

16. Place a third film overlay on the map and tape at the top.

17. Use BLACK pen.

18. Make four tic marks in BLACK, one on each corner overlay..

19. Use ORANGE pen.

20. Delineate all water bodies or emergent marsh with the F or G water modifier with the ORANGE pen by making a dot or outlining the feature.

21. At the bottom of the overlay make a small circle with the ORANGE pen and label it "1982 Semi-permanent Water."

22. Use the 1988 1:24,000 scale NWI map.

23. Place one film overlay on the map and tape at the top

24. Use the BLACK pen.

25. Make four tic marks in BLACK, one at each corner of the study site.

26. Use the YELLOW pen.

27. Delineate all water bodies or emergent marsh with the A water modifier with the YELLOW pen by making a dot or outlining the feature.

28. At the bottom of the overlay make a small circle with the YELLOW pen and label it "1988 Temporary Water."

29. Remove the overlay.

30. Place a second film overlay on the map and tape at the top.

31. Use BLACK pen.

32. Make four tic marks in BLACK, one at each corner of the study site.

33. Use the RED pen.

34. Delineate all water bodies or emergent marsh with the C water modifier with the RED pen by making a dot or outlining the feature.

35. At the bottom of the overlay make a small circle with the RED pen and label it "1988 Seasonal Water."

36. Remove the overlay.

37. Place a third overlay on the map and tape at the top.

38. Use the BLACK pen.

39. Make four tic marks in BLACK, one at each corner of the study site.

40. Use the BLUE pen.

41. Delineate all water bodies or emergent marsh with the F or G water modifier with the BLUE pen by making a dot or outlining the feature.

42. At the bottom of the overlay make a small circle with the BLUE pen and label it "1988 Semi-permanent Water."