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Soil Survey of North Cascades National Park Complex, Washington UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SOIL SURVEY OF NORTH CASCADES Joins sheet 9, Mount Blum NATIONAL PARK COMPLEX, WASHINGTON UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE MOUNT TRIUMPH QUADRANGLE NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE SHEET NUMBER 16 OF 34 121°22’30"W 121°20’0"W Joins sheet 10, Mount Challenger 121°17’30"W 121°15’0"W Joins sheet 11, Mount Prophet 9998 9010 9016 9016 9003 9010 9016 48°45’0"N 48°45’0"N 9016 9016 9998 9003 9998 9016 9003 9008 9012 9016 9016 9998 9998 9998 9003 9997 9008 9012 9016 8006 9016 9012 9016 9010 9008 8006 Mount Creek8006 Despair 6009 9008 7015 9012 7015 9016 9016 6014 8010 9998 9010 Terror 9016 9010 7003 9016 6009 9003 9998 8011 6010 6009 8006 9010 9010 6014 9016 6014 7015 9010 9003 9016 9016 9999 8007 9008 9012 9016 9010 Goodell 9010 9010 7015 9010 9016 9008 9999 9998 9998 9010 6009 9008 6015 7003 9998 9012 Creek 7015 48°42’30"N 48°42’30"N 9016 6010 9010 9010 9016 9016 Mount Triumph 6009 9010 8006 9016 7003 9016 9012 6015 7015 7003 9012 9010 9012 8006 9016 9008 6009 6009 7015 9003 9997 9997 7015 9010 8009 7003 9998 9012 8010 Creek 9008 9012 8009 Trappers 9999 9999 Peak 7003 6010 7003 9003 9016 9016 6015 Triumph 8006 Thornton 8006 Lakes 9016 9012 9010 9999 7015 9998 6009 9008 7015 Dam Diablo 17, sheet Joins Joins sheet 15, Damnation Peak Damnation 15, sheet Joins 7003 9008 9999 9016 7015 7003 9016 CAMPGROUND 9003 6014 9012 9016 6015 9003 9003 8009 6010 20 9010 9016 Newhalem 9012 6014 9008 9012 8006 6015 9010 Newhalem TRAIL CAMPGROUND North Cascades National Park 7015 48°40’0"N 48°40’0"N 9016 Visitor Center 9012 LAKES 9016 6014 8006 THORNTON RIVER 8010 6014 9008 Creek 7003 9008 HIGHWAY 9012 6015 7015 7015 8006 9012 6014 7003 6014 6015 6010 SKAGIT 9012 7015 9999 Damnation 9999 8006 NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY CASCADES 9012 9016 ROSS LAKE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA BOUNDARY ROAD 8010 9008 6014 LAKES NORTH Creek 6015 THORTON 9012 WHATCOM CO 9008 7015 SKAGIT CO MT BAKER-SNOQUALMIE 7015 7015 6010 7015 6000 Y 9003 R 9016 A 9012 9016 D 9008 N U O B NATIONAL 9008 A E R 6015 A N O FOREST I AT E R C E R BOUNDARY 20 9012 L A 9003 N 9010 6009 9016 IO T 6014 9008 A 8006 N 6010 E 9012 9003 K 9998 LA 48°37’30"N 48°37’30"N S 7015 S NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY O 9016 9008 7015 9012 R 9010 9016 Joins sheet 22, Eldorado Peak 121°22’30"W 121°20’0"W Joins sheet 21, Big Devil Peak 121°17’30"W 121°15’0"W 1 2 This soil survey was compiled by the U.S. Department of n Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, at the ck 00.40.8 m Ja Mount Mount request of the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Mount Mount Pumpkin Blum Prophet Shuksan Mountain Mo Joins sheet 20, Marblemount Base maps are orthophotographs prepared by the U.S. Challenger Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, from 2006 - Miles 8 9 10 11 12 NORTH CASCADES 2010 aerial photography. Cultural information was NATIONAL PARK acquired from USGS topo maps and other sources. Hydro 0 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.6 ate COMPLEX, Bacon Mount Diablo Ross Cr Peak Dam WASHINGTON Peak Dam information was derived from USGS topo maps and ortho- Damnation Triumph Mo WASHINGTON photography. Park Boundary information was obtained from Kilometers 14 15 16 17 18 the National Park Service - 2008. Soil information was derived SHEET 16 OF 34 from USDA/NRCS Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database 0 4,900 9,800 Big Devil Mo Peak for North Cascades National Park Complex, March, 2011. Peak Eldorado ForbiddenPeak North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83). Feet Soil map delineations extending beyond the Marblemount20 21 22 23 The map scale is approximately 1:24,000 when printed on a 24"x29" page. white quadrangle neatline are for reference y e SCALE 1:24,000 only and are included on adjacent map sheets..
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