WETMAAP Skill 1
Crescent Lake: Element 2

Skill 1: Map Use
Element 2: Feature Identification 

Materials:

1:24,000 scale USGS map: Mumper Quadrangle
Topographic Symbols Chart
1982 Aerial Photograph
magnifying glass

Exercise:

1. Use 1:24,000 scale USGS map.

2. Use the 1982 Aerial Photograph covering the same area.

3. Use the Topographic Symbols Chart.

4. Identify a light duty road.

5. Identify an unimproved road.

6. Identify marsh areas on the map.

7. Identify an elevation benchmark.

8. Identify an elevation contour.

9. What is the contour interval?

10. What is the highest elevation of land within the study area?

11. How many named lakes are partially or wholly included in the map?

12. How many lakes are partially or wholly included in the study site?

13. On the 1982 aerial photography, identify several of the same natural and cultural features that you recognized on the map.

14. Find the location of Mumper on the 1982 aerial photograph.