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USGS 7.5-Minute Image Map for Cottrell Key, Florida U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR COTTRELL KEY QUADRANGLE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FLORIDA-MONROE CO. 7.5-MINUTE SERIES 82°00' LH MH 57'30" 55' 81°52'30" 3 000m 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 360 000 FEET 4 4 24°37'30" 99 E 00 01 02 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 24°37'30" Intracoastal Waterway 2723 2723000mN Northwest Channel 2722 2722 100 000 K W N FEET W R Cottrell Key 2721 2721 2720 2720 Lavina Bank Imagery................................................NAIP, January 2010 Roads..............................................©2006-2010 Tele Atlas K W N Names...............................................................GNIS, 2010 35' 35' Hydrography.................National Hydrography Dataset, 2010 W R 27 Contours............................National Elevation Dataset, 2010 19 2719 Little Mullet Key K W N W R Big Mullet Key 2718 2718 DRY T ORTUGAS FRY FRY RTUGAS DRY TO 2717 2717 FRY RTUGAS DRY TO K W N W R K W N Archer Key W R FRY RTUGAS DRY TO Lakes Passage 2716 2716 ATLANTIC OCEAN 2715 27 KEY WEST NATIONAL 15 Joe Ingram Key WILDLIFE REFUGE K W N Barracouta Keys W R 32'30" 32'30" Crawfish K W N Key W R 2714 27 14 K W N W R K W N K W N W R Boca W R Grande Key K W N K W N W R Man 27 W R Key 13 2713 K W N W R Woman Key Ballast Key 70 000 FEET 2712 2712 2711 2711 Straits of Florida West Channel 2710000mN 24°30' 24°30' 399 400 330 000 FEET 401 402 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411000mE 82°00' LH MH 57'30" 55' 81°52'30" ^ Produced by the United States Geological Survey SCALE 1:24 000 ROAD CLASSIFICATION 4 North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83) 8 Expressway 1 0.5 0 KILOMETERS 1 2 FLORIDA Local Connector 2 World Geodetic System of 1984 (WGS84). Projection and MN 1 1 000-meter grid: Universal Transverse Mercator, Zone 17R 5° 7´ Ø Secondary Hwy Local Road 3 4 1000 500 0 METERS 1000 2000 0 10 000-foot ticks: Florida Coordinate System of 1983 (east zone) 91 MILS GN Ramp 4WD 0 0° 23´ 1 0.5 0 1 1 K This map is not a legal document. Boundaries may be 7 MILS 6 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 S Imagery.............................................NAIP, October 2013 U.S. National Grid 3 DATA DO NOT MEET ACCURACY REQUIREMENTS 1 2 3 2 U Roads............................................... HERE, ©2013 - 2014 100,000-m Square ID 4 3 Bay Keys Names..........................................................GNIS, 2015 4 00 4 Marquesas Keys East 6 Hydrography....................National Hydrography Dataset, 2013 This map was produced to conform with the 4 5 Contours....................................................Not Available LH MH 5 Key West 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 COTTRELL KEY, FL 17R 8 ADJOINING QUADRANGLES 2015 *7643016360418* 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. COTTRELL KEY, FL 2015.
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