Maps and Atlases
USGS Maps
Both topographic and thematic maps produced by the United States Geological
Survey are available at NCSU Libraries.
USGS Topographic Maps
| Scale |
Extent |
| 1:24,000 |
North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
and West Virginia. |
| 1:100,000 |
Partial coverage of the United States |
| 1:250,000 |
Regions of the United States |
Location: 1:24,000 scale topo maps for North Carolina
are available in D H Hill Library in the newspaper reading area and some are also available
at Natural
Resources Library. Older topographic maps for the state of North Carolina
are retained permanently. Topo maps in other scales and for other regions
are at the Satellite Shelving Facility.
Access: 1:24,000 scale maps are shelved alphabetically
by quadrangle names. Recent maps are listed in the online library catalog.
Topographic indexes online can be found at Mapsport.
USGS Thematic Series
Includes Coal Investigations, Geologic Quadrangles, Hydrologic Investigations,
Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations, Land Use and Land Cover, Miscellaneous
Field Studies, Mineral Investigations Resources, Oil and Gas Investigations,
Charts and Maps, Circum-Pacific maps, and State Hydrological Unit Maps.
Location: Satellite Shelving Facility. While
most thematic series maps are shelved in the Maps Collection, some series,
such as the Water Resources Investigations maps, are shelved with the
U.S. Government Documents. If you don't find what you need, ask
a librarian for assistance.
Access: Hydrologic Unit maps are filed by state. Other
maps are filed by their USGS number. You may use the online National
Geologic Map Database or the hardcopy index to obtain filing numbers
for these map series. Guide to USGS Publications - D.
H. Hill - Reference QE77 .G84 1996.
Online USGS maps
National Geological Map Database -- View selected
online maps produced by the USGS.
Digital Raster Graphics -- Digitized and
georeferenced USGS topographic maps are available in a number of different ways.
Contact
For more information, please ask at the D. H. Hill Reference Desk or contact:
- Jeff Essic
- Data Services Librarian
- (919) 515-5698
- jeff_essic@ncsu.edu
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