Duchesne, Utah - 30x60 Minute USGS Topographic Map Scandinava and the City of Hyrum

and the City of Hyrum

The databases resulting from this work contain several thousand chemical analyses and density values

It depicts the distribution of glacial deposits and post-glacial sediments including mass wasting

Shaded relief maps highlight the region's topography

Seismic hazard evaluation of the Magna tailings impoundment

Duchesne, Utah - 30x60 Minute USGS Topographic Map Scandinava and the City of HyrumThe distinctive characteristic of a topographic map is that the shape of the Earth's surface is shown by contour lines. Contours are imaginary lines that join points of equal elevation on the surface of the land above or below a reference surface, such as mean sea level. Contours make it possible to measure the height of mountains, depths of the ocean bottom, and steepness of slopes. A topographic map shows more than contours. The map also includes