WETMAAP Skill 3
Golden Meadow - Element 4
Skill 3: Visual Recognition
Element 4: Comparison
of Topographic Quadrangles
Materials:
1964/1979 1:24,000
scale USGS Golden Meadow/Golden Meadow Farms/Bay
1994 1:24,000 scale
Golden Meadow/Golden Meadow Farms/Bay Courant/Mink Bay Topographic Quadrangle
ruler
Exercise:
1. Lay the 1964/1979 Golden Meadow/Golden Meadow
Farms/Bay Courant/Mink Bay Topographic Quadrangle and the 1994 Golden Meadow/Golden Meadow
Farms/Bay Courant/Mink Bay Topographic Quadrangle in front of you.
2. The 1964 Topographic map was updated with the
1979 aerial photography. How are the
differences in features between the two dates shown the map?
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3. Were the changes shown between 1964 and 1979
land gain or land loss?
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4. Recognize the differences between 1979 and
1994:
a) in levee construction
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b) marsh break-up
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c) Plaisance Canal
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d) Golden Meadow oil and gas field
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