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TOPOGRAPHIC MAP ACTIVITY

TOPOGRAPHIC MAP ACTIVITY. CBG Quad. 1. What is the name of this quadrangle?. Canonsburg Quadrangle. 2. What are the names of the eight adjacent quadrangles?. N: Oakdale NE: Pittsburgh E: Bridgeville SE: Hackett S: Washington East SW: Washington West W: Midway NW Clinton.

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TOPOGRAPHIC MAP ACTIVITY

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  1. TOPOGRAPHIC MAP ACTIVITY CBG Quad.

  2. 1. What is the name of this quadrangle? • Canonsburg Quadrangle

  3. 2. What are the names of the eight adjacent quadrangles? • N: Oakdale • NE: Pittsburgh • E: Bridgeville • SE: Hackett • S: Washington East • SW: Washington West • W: Midway • NW Clinton

  4. 3. In what year was this map last edited? • 1979

  5. 4. What is the contour interval of this map? • 20 ft

  6. 5. What is the ratio that represents the scale of this map? Explain what this ratio means. • 1 : 24,000 • For every 1 unit of measure you travel on the map, you would travel 24,000 of those same units on real land.

  7. 6. Draw the symbol(s) used for the following: school, church, cemeteries, US route, state route, and interstate route. 51

  8. 7. What do the brown lines on the map represent? • Contour lines = elevation

  9. 8. What do the following colors represent on a topographic map? • dark pink: borough, town, city • blue: water • black: human-made structures (buildings, houses, etc.)

  10. 9. What color is used to show revisions to the map? • Purple

  11. 10. What do the brown X’s on the map represent? • Benchmark = surveyed/measured elevation

  12. 11. Give the name for each place shaded in dark pink. • Canonsburg • Houston • McDonald • Strabane

  13. 12. Who mapped, edited, and published this map? • United States Geological Survey (USGS)

  14. 13. What latitude and longitude does this map cover? • 40⁰ 15’ 00” N to 40⁰ 22’ 30” N • 80⁰ 07’ 30” W to 80⁰ 15’ 00” W

  15. 14. What do the bold contour lines represent? • Index contours

  16. 15. Where is the highest point on the map and what is its elevation? • Northeast of Muse = 1380 ft • Latitude = 40⁰ 18’ 00” N • Longitude = 80⁰ 11’ 50” W

  17. 16. What creek runs through Canonsburg? • Chartiers Creek

  18. 17. What counties are represented on this map? • Washington & Allegheny

  19. 18. Name the major interstate that runs through this quadrangle. • I-79

  20. 19. What is the total number of schools found in McDonald, Houston, Canonsburg, and Strabane (those areas shaded dark pink). Don’t forget to include Canon McMillan High School? McDonald = 1 Houston = 1 Strabane = 1 Canonsburg = 8 + 1 (CMHS)

  21. 20. What is the total number of churches found in McDonald, Houston, Canonsburg, and Strabane (those areas shaded dark pink)? McDonald = 10 Houston = 2 Strabane = 1 Canonsburg = 23

  22. 21. What is the elevation of St. Patrick’s Cemetery (Canonsburg area)? • 1160 – 1240 ft

  23. 22. What is the elevation of Polish Cemetery (Canonsburg area)? • 1180 – 1220 ft

  24. 23. What is the elevation of Oak Spring Cemetery (Canonsburg area)? • 1040 – 1220 ft

  25. 24. What is the elevation of St. Michael’s Cemetery (Canonsburg area)? • 1160 – 1220 ft

  26. 25. What is the elevation of St. Mary’s Cemetery (Cecil area)? • 1000 – 1080 ft

  27. 26. What is the elevation of Hawthorne School in Canonsburg? • 1040 ft

  28. 27. What is the elevation of the school in Houston? • Between 960 – 980 ft

  29. 28. What is the elevation of the school in Midland? • 1020 ft

  30. 29. What is the elevation of the school in Muse? • 1120 ft

  31. 30. What is the elevation of the Cecil Jr. High School? • 1020 – 1040 ft

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