WETMAAP Skill 1
San Pedro - Element 17

Skill 1:                          Map Use
Element 17: 
                 Contours

 

Materials:

            1983/82    1:24,000 scale USGS Lewis Springs-Tomestone SE Topographic Quadrangle

 Exercise:

            1.   Use 1994 1:24,000 scale USGS Lewis Springs-Tomestone SE Topographic Quadrangle.

 

            2.   What is benchmark?   _______________________

 

         3.    Find the benchmark for the top of Lewis Springs.

                        What is the elevation?    _____________

4.      The elevation is measured from what datum (level)? _________________

 

         5.    What is a contour line?  ________________________________________

           

            6.   What is an Index contour?  ______________________________________

           

            7.   The Index contours are how far are apart (in elevation)?  ______________

           

            8.   The contour interval is how many feet?  ___________________________

           

            9.   What is the highest elevation within the study site?   _________________

           

            10.  What is Relief? _______________________________________________

           

            11.  What is the maximum relief within the study site?  ___________________