USGS Map Catalog: Topography

USGS Map Catalog: Topography

USGS maps illustrating topography show physical features such as canyons, plains, mountains, buttes, mesas, gullies, and other features resulting from erosion, deposition, mountain building, glaciation, coastal, river, and other processes. These maps may also show rivers, roads, railroads, towns, land ownership, and other human-built and natural features. Topographic maps include shaded relief maps and maps containing contour lines. Click on any of the map titles or images below to examine a image [larger image sizes up to 10 MB, some in PDF format, obtain Adobe Acrobat reader at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html).

North America
	North America Shaded Relief--Use this striking wall map to teach and learn about the relationship of International and State boundaries to physical geography, landforms, the relationship of settlement to landforms, and landscape processes, from the flat expanse of the High Plains in west Texas, to the dramatic rise of the Rocky Mountains in the west, to the intricate thrusts and folds of the Ozark-Ouachita Highlands from southeast Oklahoma into Missouri, to glacially-scoured plains of Manitoba and North Dakota. Map scale is 1:10,000,000 and measures 42.5" X 37.5". Product ID Number 112733
United States: Topographic Base Maps
	1:24,000-scale Topographic Maps--Teach and learn about settlement patterns, physical geography, place names, transportation routes, and hydrography using over 55,000 USGS 1:24,000-scale topographic maps, which show landforms, contour lines, roads, railroads, trails, other transportation, pipelines, powerlines, buildings, urban areas, boundaries, survey markers, the public land survey system, rivers, lakes, marshes, vegetation, and other features. Use these maps with lessons from USGS Map Mysteries and Teaching With Topographic Maps.
	1:50,000-scale Topographic Maps--Teach and learn about settlement patterns, physical geography, place names, transportation routes, and hydrography using hundreds of USGS 1:50,000-scale topographic maps for selected states, which show landforms, contour lines, roads, railroads, trails, other transportation, pipelines, powerlines, buildings, urban areas, boundaries, survey markers, the public land survey system, rivers, lakes, marshes, vegetation, and other features. Use these maps with lessons from USGS Map Mysteries and Teaching With Topographic Maps.
	1:100,000-scale Topographic Maps--Teach and learn about settlement patterns, physical geography, place names, transportation routes, and hydrography using hundreds of USGS 1:100,000-scale topographic maps, which show landforms, contour lines, roads, railroads, trails, other transportation, pipelines, powerlines, buildings, urban areas, boundaries, survey markers, the public land survey system, rivers, lakes, marshes, vegetation, and other features. Use these maps with lessons from USGS Map Mysteries and Teaching With Topographic Maps.
	1:250,000-scale Topographic Maps--Teach and learn about settlement patterns, physical geography, place names, transportation routes, and hydrography using hundreds of USGS 1:250,000-scale topographic maps, which show landforms, contour lines, roads, railroads, trails, other transportation, pipelines, powerlines, buildings, urban areas, boundaries, survey markers, the public land survey system, rivers, lakes, marshes, vegetation, and other features. Use these maps with lessons from USGS Map Mysteries and Teaching With Topographic Maps.
	1:500,000-scale State Base Topographic Maps--Teach and learn about settlement patterns, physical geography, place names, transportation routes, and hydrography of states using USGS 1:500,000-scale state base topographic maps, which show landforms, contour lines, roads, railroads, trails, other transportation, pipelines, powerlines, urban areas, boundaries, survey markers, rivers, lakes, marshes, vegetation, and other features. Use these maps with lessons from USGS Map Mysteries and Teaching With Topographic Maps.
United States: Topographic Thematic Maps
	Landforms of the Conterminous United States--This computer- generated map shows the geomorphic and tectonic features of the United States in vivid detail. It displays landforms accurately in their true complexity and allows features to be viewed on a broad regional basis. This map can be used in computers with geo-graphic information systems to help solve problems involving land use and the environment. It portrays clearly not only large, obvious features, such as the Appalachian Mountains, but also smaller or more subtle features, such as the fine-grained hummocky texture of the Nebraska Sand Hills. A legend booklet accompanies this product. Use this map with lessons from USGS Map Mysteries. Map scale is 1:3,500,000 and measures 57" x 35". For more information, visit our Landforms of the Conterminous United States webpage! Product ID Number 28394
	General Reference Map of the Fifty States--The National Atlas of the United States now offers a second General Reference Map which allows us the space to include all 50 states at a common scale of 1:5,000,000. Use this map to appreciate Alaska's tremendous size and expanse. This map can also be used to teach and learn about America's rivers, lakes, coastline, and islands; its high and low elevations; and each State's area and population. Product ID Number 112764
	General Reference National Atlas of the United States--Need a detailed reference map of the Nation for home, school or office? If so, then this bright new National Atlas map is for you. This attractive map faithfully portrays Americas: International & State boundaries, cities large & small, state capitals, highways, railroads & ferries, rivers & lakes, oceans & bays, natural features, forest, mountain elevations & terrain. This full color map of the United States is perfect for laminating or framing. Map scale is 1:5,000,000. Product ID Number 101517
	Earthquakes in the Conterminous United States-- Over 35,000 earthquakes have occurred in or near the conterminous United States and are displayed on this colorful wall map. The epicenter symbol sizes are are scaled into four magnitude categories: magnitudes less than 4.0, magnitudes 4.0 - 4.9, magnitudes 5.0 - 5.9, and magnitudes 6.0 and greater. Sixty-three notable earthquakes are identified and described in a table on the map. (Base map reprinted with permission of Raven Maps & Images, Medford, Oregon.) Use this map to teach about physical geography as well as earthquakes and tectonism. Map scale is 1:3,500,000 and measures 57" x 38". Product ID Number 19017
	The Geographic Face of the Nation--Elevation -- This national land cover map represents a mosaic of 48 individual state datasets. It was derived from the early to mid-1990s Landsat Thematic Mapper satellite data provided by the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD). It is a combination of data from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Forest Service, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The collaboration of these federal agencies was to generate a relatively current, consistent, seamless, and accurate land cover data set for the conterminous United States. Use this map to teach and learn about physical geography of the USA. Full Resolution digital data (individual states) may be downloaded for free at our National Land Cover webpage! Map scale is 1:4,000,000 and measures 56" x 36". Product ID Number 114587
States and Regions
	Alaska Shaded Relief Map--This computer-generated map shows the geomorphic and tectonic features of Alaska in vivid detail. It displays landforms accurately in their true complexity and allows features to be viewed on a broad regional basis. This map can be used in computers with geographic information systems (GIS) to help solve problems involving land use and the environment. It portrays clearly not only large, obvious features, but also smaller or more subtle features. Comes with a legend booklet. Map is at a scale of 1:250,000 and measures 47" x 32". Map product ID Number 28760
	California: San Francisco Bay Slope Map --Use this map to teach and learn about the slopes in the San Francisco Bay region of California. How do the slopes influence past and present population distribution in the region? What spatial relationship is there between earthquakes, earthquake damage, population, and slopes? Product ID number 45328
	Colorado Shaded Relief Map (National Elevation Data) --Learn about the topography of Colorado with this map made from a computerized digital elevation model. Very few cultural features on this map allow for a sharp, detailed examination of the canyons, plains, valleys, and mountains of the state. It displays landforms accurately in their true complexity and allows features to be viewed on a regional basis. Elevation is portrayed as a range of colors, from dark green for low elevations to white for higher elevations. Some features include selected cities, rivers and lakes, and the lowest and highest elevation points. A beautiful map suitable for framing. Also available in Grayscale. Both maps are at a scale of 1:630,000 and measure 43" x 36". Color product ID number 112162 Grayscale product ID number 112163
	Massachusetts Bay Shaded Relief Map--Learn about the topography the floor of the Massachusetts Bay outside Boston with this map. Teach and learn about the fact that oceans and bay floors have elevation and relief, just as the land surface does. Product ID number I-2731A, I-2731B, I-2731C, and I-2732A, I-2732B, I-2732C
	Utah Shaded Relief Map (National Elevation Data) --Teach and learn about the physical geography of Utah using this computer-generated map. This map shows the geomorphic and tectonic features of Utah in vivid detail. It displays landforms accurately in their true complexity and allows features to be viewed on a regional basis. Elevation is portrayed as a range of colors, from dark green for low elevations to white for higher elevations. Some features include selected cities, rivers and lakes, and the lowest and highest elevation points. A beautiful map suitable for framing. Also available in Grayscale. Both maps are at a scale of 1:630,000 and measure 44" x 32.5". Color product ID number 112461 Grayscale product ID number 112462