Haystack Rock, Colorado - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Zions National Park Scale: 1: 500

Scale: 1: 500

Place names may appear in 1900 that are absent on the current map

The quality information is the basis for this report on Utah's economic coal beds

This happened because until about 200 million years ago the area of present-day Millard County lay near sea level and was awash in shallow marine waters on a continental shelf upon which a stack of fossil-bearing strata more than 6 miles (10 km) thick slowly accumulated

the significant details of virtually all the trees native to western North America and many cultivated species

Haystack Rock, Colorado - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Zions National Park Scale: 1: 500The distinctive characteristic of a topographic map is that the shape of the Earth's surface is shown by contour lines. Contours are imaginary lines that join points of equal elevation on the surface of the land above or below a reference surface, such as mean sea level. Contours make it possible to measure the height of mountains, depths of the ocean bottom, and steepness of slopes. A topographic map shows more than contours. The map also includes