WETMAAP Skill 2
Crescent Lake: Element 5
Skill 2: Scale Determination
Element 5: Topographic Profile
Materials:
1:24,000 scale Mumper Topographic Map
Ruler
Graph Paper
Sheet of white paper
Magnifying glass
Pencil
Exercise:
1. Use Mumper 1:24,000 scale topographic map
2. Draw a line from the south boundary of the study site to the north boundary with the line passing through the middle of the N in NATIONAL and the s in Goose Lake.
3. Use graph paper.
4. Produce a topographic profile.
x axis = divide into one mile increments using scale from bottom of map
y axis = feet (Use a vertical exaggeration of 100 times)