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USGS 7.5-Minute Image Map for Shenandoah PA C a t a U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR w SHENANDOAH QUADRANGLE i s U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY s PENNSYLVANIA a Catawi ssa C C r ee 7.5-MINUTCEa tSaEwRisIES r 1000 k sa Creek e UL VL 76°15' 12'13000"0 e 10' 76°07'30" 3 000m k 95 E 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 410 000 FEET 4 4 4 40°52'30" 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 40°52'30" n u R 11 Dark 00 R D E R S R D G E F A R M 339 R ID 1200 110 O U N T A IN R D 0 G R E E N M P O L 1100 1100 E R D Brandonville Reservoir 45 12 R D Ca 0 1200 00 V E ta 100 25 R O w Brandonville N G 1 is 0 Z IO 1200 20 s 924 0 45 000m 0 a Pumping 12 25 N D C R 00 r 900 Station Dam N 0 e R U 1 e U T k T R O 00 11 Ringtown 0 00 1 Valley E R D P O L D R D S a T E S v R I D A R i C H 339 s IS R E R B u R T A N S E A G n 45 a R 24 t t l 45 i 24 n g 560 000 00 Ringtown 12 R 339 1 2 u 924 FEET 0 n 0 1 C Union 80 0 0 0 20 E 1 0 M Cemetery 0 1 E T E 00 R 1 1 0 Y 0 11 H L 00 12 00 00 12 45 12 1 9 23 339 0 1 0 n 900 45 u 0 23 0 R 9 rk W 1 a O L 300 D F 1 R 924 D 1200 D O W R H O L L Number Three Locust Reservoir Mountain D R D Fetter Pond 0 N E 45 0 O 22 18 Mahanoy D R Y L N N W B E R servoir Run Re A 45 S T R A Kehly Township Dam 22 B Ringtown Dam Number Five r Five Number Two A Numbe Pole Run Dam Pole Run Dam V D B L Kehley Run Dam ber One Reservoir Number Four Number Four W N Kehley Run Dam Num T O Number Six IN G 00 ive Ringtown Reservoir R 17 Number F 0 Waste House Number Two Reservoir Ringtown Reservoir 50 Number Five 00 1 18 D 1700 Run Reservoir R Reservoir S Y R R E Number Four J 1 0 600 0 eservoir 7 R Waste House Run 1 1700 Dam Number Three Waste 45 Saint Joseph 21 00 House Dam N D O A H R D 16 Reservoir 50' H E N A Cemetery 50' S Number 1 Number One Kehly Run Dam Kehly Run Reservoir Number Three Number Three h Creek Dam 0 Shenandoa 0 17 1600 0 160 924 0 150 S S N 1400 T A h 8 6 2 M W e O n B a n Number Three d Yatesville 45 o 20 Raven Run Dam Reservoir a 1600 h 45 Number Three 0 20 YA 0 0 C T E 5 0 S V D 1 16 eservoir 00 IL L E R Raven Run R 16 r 00 e 14 339 e 0 8 5 k k 130 T 4 e e r 1 Raven 5 C 0 0 Run Dam y 1 o 6 wo 0 Number T AH SHENANDO n 0 1400 0 a 0 0 6 0 h 1 15 54 a Number One M h t Reservoir 0 r 45 140 o 19 N 45 1100 1 19 0 2 54 1100 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 30 0 1 2 1200 1 1 3 0 0 1200 0 0 2 1 0 30 Shaft 1 0 1 Mahanoy City 3 0 0 Post 0 3 00 1 14 Office 100 0 1 110 45 1400 1200 18 0 1 3 0 2 0 R D 1 A 45 Bear 0 R E 18 1 O 54 3 0 M Ridge 924 0 ek oy Cre han 1 a 7 S T M B M A IN R D 0 U P P E R Y 0 R M 140 U IT A 0 B-D Mining Company Pond C R oy Cre Y D han ek O a Number Two Wmf Dam N Mountain M A H tain Shadow A Broad Moun M Lake Dam Dam 1400 Gilberton 4517 4517 15 eek 00 S T Cr 1500 A IN noy 00 400 M ha 15 1 Ma 0 R 0 D 600 6 T 1300 1 1 E L E V 1 D S 400 R O O E A R O R 924 Gilberton Coal M 47'30" 47'30" Company Site Morea 1100 Three Wmf Dam Colliery Post Office 4516 Morea 00 D S T 17 45 N 3 R Cresmont 16 R 0 D 170 R O 81 K N A R A T E P A K E S T E S T L A L 6 O C U E 7 L 7 T Frackville L O C U S T L A K E S T A T E PA R K Eisenhuth Dam 61 Broad Mountain 4515 Little Mahanoy Creek k ek ee re 530 Cr C 000 ill st M cu FEET D o Eisenhuth R L hland Reservoir A As Reservoir M R 0 1 0 1500 7 U 4 0 B 1 k 0 e e 0 r 0 k 5 C e 1 y e ton r S C l l i 600 1 M 00 81 15 0 45 M 0 0 0 16 14 u 15 45 d 14 R u 16 Mud Run Mud Run 00 k n Cree Dam 1 r rvoir 6 ve Rese 0 il 0 S L M A L Kauffman S C H U Y L K IL L R D O W E R Dam F IR E T 61 k E R R D e T O W e F IR E Kaufman r C 1 45 3 l Reservoir 0 il 13 0 M 1 2 45 0 13 0 1 ek 7 re 0 f C 0 ol W Silver Creek 1500 Reservoir Tar Run 1600 eek D Silver Cr 1 f Creek Wol R Dam 6 0 Wolf A Reservoir n 0 u Creek Reservoir M r R R Tar Run Reservoir Ta m U Da B 45 000m Silver 12 N Ta 4512 r R Creek Dam un 40°45' 40°45' 395 396 2 390 000 FEET 397 399 400 401 402 403 404000mE 76°15' 12'30" UL VL 10' 76°07'30" Produced by the United States Geological Survey SCALE 1:24 000 ROAD CLASSIFICATION North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83) KILOMETERS Interstate Route State Route World Geodetic System of 1984 (WGS84). Projection and MN 1 0.5 0 1 2 1 000-meter grid: Universal Transverse Mercator, Zone 18T 11° 47´ 1000 500 0 1000 2000 PENNSYLVANIA US Route Local Road 10 000-foot ticks: Pennsylvania Coordinate System of 1983 METERS 209 MILS GN Ramp 4WD (south zone) 0° 47´ 1 0.5 0 1 14 MILS MILES Interstate Route US Route State Route 1000 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 10000 QUADRANGLE LOCATION FEET Imagery.....................NAIP, September 2008 - October 2008 UTM GRID AND 2010 MAGNETIC NORTH Nuremberg DECLINATION AT CENTER OF SHEET Shumans Conyngham Roads..............................................©2006-2010 Tele Atlas Names...............................................................GNIS, 2008 U.S. National Grid CONTOUR INTERVAL 20 FEET Hydrography.................National Hydrography Dataset, 2008 NORTH AMERICAN VERTICAL DATUM OF 1988 Contours............................National Elevation Dataset, 2001 100,000-m Square ID 4 00 Ashland Shenandoah Delano UL VL This map was produced to conform with version 0.5.10 of the draft USGS Standards for 7.5-Minute Quadrangle Maps. A metadata file associated with this product is draft version 0.5.11 Grid Zone Designation SHENANDOAH, PA Minersville Orwigsburg 18T Pottsville 2010 ADJOINING 7.5' QUADRANGLES.
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