Raised Relief Maps

Online Information

See http://mac.usgs.gov/mac/isb/pubs/forms/rrmaps.html for information about raised relief maps, and for a list of companies that produce or sell raised-relief maps.

Map Case Maps
The map cases are on the third floor of the library, down one floor from the main floor. As you descend the main stairwell, bear left.

Case 1
Drawers 6 - 11
Raised Relief Series
1:250,000 Horizontal Scale
*These plastic relief maps were prepared by the Army Map Service, revised and molded from the Western United States 1:250,000 Series V502 and the Eastern United States 1:250,000 Series V501 editions. Raised Relief Maps are a superior visual reference. Fully three-dimensional, these vacuum-formed USGS vinyl maps use shaded relief to represent altitude gradation and topographic diversity.There is no index available for these maps, but the maps we presently have are listed below:

Alabama quads:
Birmingham
Gadsden

Arizona quads:
Grand Canyon
Harrison
Marble Canyon
Tuscon

Arkansas quads:
Fort Smith
Little Rock
Russellville

California quads:
Death Valley
Fresno
Mariposa
San Jose
Santa Cruz

Colorado quads:
Craig
Greeley
Leadville
Trinidad

Georgia quads:
Atlanta
Rome

Kentucky quads:
Jenkins
Winchester

Maine quads:
Bangor
Lewiston
Millinocket
Portland
Presque Isle

Maryland quads:
Cumberland

Michigan quads:
Iron River
Marquette

Montana quads:
Cut Bank

Nevada quads:
Caliente
Goldfield
Las Vegas

New Mexico quads:
Aztec
Las Crues
Raton
Shiprock
Silver City

New York quads:
Binghampton

North Carolina quads:
Greensboro
Winston-Salem

Oklahoma quads:
McAlester

Oregon quads:
Bend
Salem
The Dalles

South Dakota quads:
Hot Springs
Rapid City

Tennessee quads:
Chattanooga
Columbia
Johnson City
Knoxville

Texas quads:
Del Rio
Fort Stockton
San Antonio

Utah quads:
Cedar City

Virginia quads:
Roanoke
Charlottesville

Washington quads:
Spokane
Vancouver
Walla Walla

West Virginia quads:
Bluefield
Charleston
Clarksburg
Huntington

Wyoming quads:
Cheyenne
Gillette
Newcastle
Thermopolis

Non-U.S. quads:
Fuji-San, Honshu
Odda, Norway
Tokyo, Honshu

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