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USGS 7.5-Minute Image Map for Sevenmile Bridge, Florida U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SEVENMILE BRIDGE QUADRANGLE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FLORIDA-MONROE CO. 7.5-MINUTE SERIES 81°15' 12'30" 10' 81°07'30" 4 000m 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 610 000 FEET 4 4 24°45' 75 E 76 77 78 80 81 82 84 85 86 87 24°45' 2737000mN 2737 150 000 FEET Cocoanut31 Key T65S R31E 2736 2736 Bethel Bank 2735 2735 2734 2734 Knight 27 2733 Intracoastal Waterway Key 33 Channel Imagery................................................NAIP, January 2010 Roads..............................................©2006-2010 Tele Atlas Names...............................................................GNIS, 2010 42'30" 42'30" Hydrography.................National Hydrography Dataset, 2010 Contours............................National Elevation Dataset, 2010 ¤£1 Pigeon Key «¬5 13 27 2732 Intracoastal Waterway 32 Moser Channel Sevenmile Bridge Pigeon Key Banks 2731 2731 Money Key Channel Molasses Little Money Key Key22 2730 2730 ¤£1 Money20 21 Key «¬5 Little Duck Key 19 T66S Pacet R31E Channel Missouri Key 19 Missouri Little Duck 24 Key Channel 2729 2729 Ohio Ohio Missouri Channel Key T66S5 R30E 25 N K D R «¬5 Ohio Bahia Honda 40' 40' Channel ATLANTIC OCEAN 2727 2727 Hawk Channel 2726 2726 M ON R 27 2725 OE 25 CO 110 000 FLORIDA FEET ATLANTIC OCEAN 2724 2724000mN O C E O R N O M 24°37'30" 24°37'30" 475 476 580 000 FEET 4 4 4 4 482 4 4 486 4 000m 81°15' 77 78 12'30" 80 81 10' 84 85 87 E 81°07'30" ^ Produced by the United States Geological Survey SCALE 1:24 000 ROAD CLASSIFICATION 6 North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83) 1 Expressway Local Connector MN 1 0.5 0 KILOMETERS 1 2 FLORIDA 4 World Geodetic System of 1984 (WGS84). Projection and 0 1 000-meter grid: Universal Transverse Mercator, Zone 17R 5° 36´ Ø Secondary Hwy Local Road 6 1 1000 500 0 METERS 1000 2000 0 10 000-foot ticks: Florida Coordinate System of 1983 (east zone) 100 MILS GN Ramp 4WD 1 0° 5´ 1 0.5 0 1 4 K 1 MILS 6 This map is not a legal document. Boundaries may be MILES X Interstate Route US Route State Route . H 4 generalized for this map scale. Private lands within government W / 3 QUADRANGLE LOCATION reservations may not be shown. Obtain permission before 1000 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 10000 2 6 X entering private lands. UTM GRID AND 2015 MAGNETIC NORTH FEET 1 DECLINATION AT CENTER OF SHEET S G 0 CONTOURS NOT PRESENT BECAUSE AVAILABLE ELEVATION 1 Horseshoe Keys S Imagery.............................................NAIP, October 2013 U.S. National Grid 3 1 2 3 2 East Bahia Honda Key U 100,000-m Square ID DATA DO NOT MEET ACCURACY REQUIREMENTS Roads............................................... HERE, ©2013 - 2014 4 Names..........................................................GNIS, 2015 3 Bamboo Key 4 Big Pine Key 6 Hydrography....................National Hydrography Dataset, 2013 MH This map was produced to conform with the 4 5 Contours....................................................Not Available 5 Marathon 7 National Geospatial Program US Topo Product Standard, 2011. 6 Boundaries............Multiple sources; see metadata file 1972 - 2015 A metadata file associated with this product is draft version 0.6.18 Public Land Survey System..................................BLM, 2015 6 7 8 7 Grid Zone Designation SEVENMILE BRIDGE, FL 17R 8 ADJOINING QUADRANGLES 2015 *7643016361101* NSN. NGA REF NO. Produced by the United States Geological Survey North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83) World Geodetic System of 1984 (WGS84). Projection and 1 000-meter grid: Universal Transverse Mercator, Zone 17R 10 000-foot ticks: Florida Coordinate System of 1983 (east zone) This map is not a legal document. Boundaries may be generalized for this map scale. Private lands within government reservations may not be shown. Obtain permission before entering private lands. Imagery<IMG_LEADER><IMG_CITATION> Roads<TRANS_LEADER> HERE, ©2013 - 2014 Roads within US Forest Service Lands.............FSTopo Data with limited Forest Service updates, 2012 - 2015 Names...............................................................GNIS, 2015 Hydrography<HYDRO_LEADER>National Hydrography Dataset, <HYDRO_DATE> Contours<HYPSO_LEADER><HYPSO_CITATION> Boundaries............Multiple sources; see metadata file 1972 - 2015 <OPTIONAL_CITATIONS> ROAD CLASSIFICATION Expressway Local Connector Secondary Hwy Local Road Ramp 4WD WX Interstate Route /. US Route H State Route FS Primary Route FS Passenger FS High ª« Route ▬ Clearance Route Check with local­ Forest Service unit for current travel conditions and restrictions. SEVENMILE BRIDGE, FL 2015.
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