USGS Historical Topographic Maps for the Juneau Icefield area

USGS Historical Topographic Maps for the Juneau Icefield area

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The Juneau Icefield is a geological icefield located just north and east of Juneau, Alaska and continues north to the Skagway, Alaska area. Current research of Climate Change in the field of Glaciology relies upon comparison of historical glacier mass-balance to current conditions. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) historical topographic maps, some more than 65 years old, are useful to a glaciologist in determining glacier change.

These maps were provided by the United States Geological Survey (USGS)[1] and archived to Wikimedia Commons. They are scanned (by the USGS) images of the original paper maps that were published from 1948 to 1997. The information contained in the table below was transcribed from the paper map images displayed in the Image Array.

Quadrangle Date Field Topographic Remarks
Area Map Published [a] Revised[b] Aerial Photo[c] Annotated Checked Scale Contour Download [d] Notes
Atlin A-7 1960 1948 1960 No 1:63360 100 [HM 1] Mount London, Mount Service, Mount Poletica
Atlin A-8 1960 1948/1961 1960 No 1:63360 100 [HM 2] Mount Pullen, Meade Glacier
Atlin B-8 1960 1948 1960 No 1:63360 100 [HM 3] Snowtop Mountain
Juneau B-1 1997 1996 1997 No 1:63360 100 [HM 4] Norris Glacier, Taku Glacier terminus
Juneau B-2 1949 Sept, 1942 No 1:63360 100 [HM 5] Mendenhall Glacier
Juneau B-3 1949 Sept, 1942 No 1:62500 100 [HM 6] Auke Bay, Alaska
Juneau C-1 1960 1971 1947 1960 No 1:63360 100 [HM 7] Matthes Glacier, Demorest Glacier
Juneau C-2 1960 1948 No 1:63360 100 [HM 8] Taku Glacier, Mendenhall Glacier, Herbert Glacier
Juneau C-3 1975 1996 1947 No 1:63360 100 [HM 9] Eagle Glacier
Juneau D-1 1960 1975 1948/61 No 1:63360 100 [HM 10]
Juneau D-2 1997 1996 No 1:63360 100 [HM 11] Bucher Glacier, Gilkey (lower)
Juneau D-3 1953 1948 No 1:63360 100 [HM 12]
Juneau D-4 1951 July, 1948 No 1:63360 100 [HM 13] Mid Lynn Canal
Skagway A-1 1951 August, 1948 No 1:63360 100 [HM 14]
Skagway B-1 1951 July, 1948 No 1:63360 100 [HM 15]
Taku River B-5 1951 1948 No 1:63360 100 [HM 16] Wright Glacier
Taku River B-6 1948 1951 No 1:63360 100 [HM 17] South of Taku River
Taku River C-5 1960 1948 No 1:63360 100 [HM 18] Wright Glacier
Taku River C-6 1960 1995 1947 No 1:63360 100 [HM 19] Twin Glaciers

Notes

  1. ^ This was the year that the map was originally published
  2. ^ This was the year that the map was last revised
  3. ^ This was the year that the aerial photographs were taken that the topology is based upon
  4. ^ Map download location was determined at: http://historicalmaps.arcgis.com/usgs/

See also

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References

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  1. ^ USGS - NGMDB. "topoView (beta)- USGS Historical Topographic Maps". usgs.gov.

Sources

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Mapping Systems

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USGS Historical Maps(HM)