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USGS Map Symbols
Map symbols for USGS maps
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02/01/2015
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1. Falls (small)
2. Falls (large)
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1. Index Contour
2. Index Approximate contour
3. Intermediate contour
4. Intermediate approximate contour
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1. Railroad single track
2. Railroad multiple track
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1. Rapids, small
2. Rapids, large
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1. Range or Township Line
2. Section Line
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Airport, paved landing strip, runway, taxiway or apron
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Boundary Monument, Third order or better elevation with tablet
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Buildings
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Campground
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Cemetary
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Cut
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Depression
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Disappearing stream
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Disturbed surface
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Dry lake or pond
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Federally administered park
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Glacier or permanent snowfield
1. contours and limits
2. formlines
3. glacial advance
4. glacial retreat
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Gravel beach or glacial moraine
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Gravel, sand, clay, or borrow pit
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Highway or road tunnel
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Horizontal contour, third order or better permanent mark
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Horizontal Control, unmonumented
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Horizontal control with checked spot elevation
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Horizontal corner coincident with found section corner
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Index contour
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Intermittent lake or pond
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Intermittent river
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Index contour
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Intermittent stream
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Land subject to inundation
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Light duty road
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masonry dam
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Mine dump
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mine shaft
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mine tailings
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mine tunnel or cave entrance
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orchard
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perennial lake or pond
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perennial river
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perennial stream
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picnic area
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power lines
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primary highway
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prospect
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quarry or open mine pit
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railroad tunnel
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railroads
standard guage single track
stnadard guage multi track
narrow guage single track
narrow guage multi track
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Range or township line
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Ranger station or office
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sand or mud
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school or house of worship
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Secondary highway
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shrubland
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spring or seep
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submerged marsh or swamp
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tailings pond
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tanks
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tanks
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unimproved road
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UTM grid (full grid)
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UTM grid ticks
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Vertical control third-order or better elevation with tablet
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Vertical control third-order or better elevation recoverable mark no tablet
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vineyard
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water well, geyser, fumarole, or mud pot
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wide wash
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woodland
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forest headquarters
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gaging station
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Gate on road
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highway or road bridge/drawbridge
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highway or road tunnel
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highway or road underpass/overpass
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highway or road with median strip
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mangrove
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oil or gas well/platform
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road block, berm, barrier
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trail
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trailhead
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well (other than water), windmill, or wind generator
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