LARE - SECTION 4 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Slope generally considered to not be buildable - Answers - Slope >15%
HPS stands for - Answers - High Point of Swale
Hardscape slope min/max - Answers - 1-5%
Softscape slope - Answers - 2% to maximum 3:1
General depth of swale - Answers - 1 foot
Surface drainage formula - Answers - Q=CIA
Q:runoff in cubic ft per sec
C: runoff coefficient - pervious to impervious
I:intensity of storm
A: area in acres
Other than Mean Sea Level, other points of beginning are... - Answers - Coast and
Geodetic Survey Bench Marks, which are derived from the MSL
Contours for swales, valleys, etc point in which direction - Answers - Uphill
Contours for ridges, road crowns, etc point in what direction - Answers - downhill
Latitude - Answers - -Lines run horizontally around earth
-0-90 degrees north and south
The equator is at what latitude - Answers - 0 degrees
Longitude - Answers - -Converge at poles
-Called meridians
-Prime Meridian in Greenwich, England 0 degrees
-continue east and west 180 degrees and meet at the international dateline in the pacific
ocean
Magnetic Declination - Answers - the angle between magnetic north and true north
Bearing - Answers - horizontal angle measured from north to east or north to west,
south to east or south to west
Northing/easting - Answers - Geographic coordinate for a point
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Slope generally considered to not be buildable - Answers - Slope >15%
HPS stands for - Answers - High Point of Swale
Hardscape slope min/max - Answers - 1-5%
Softscape slope - Answers - 2% to maximum 3:1
General depth of swale - Answers - 1 foot
Surface drainage formula - Answers - Q=CIA
Q:runoff in cubic ft per sec
C: runoff coefficient - pervious to impervious
I:intensity of storm
A: area in acres
Other than Mean Sea Level, other points of beginning are... - Answers - Coast and
Geodetic Survey Bench Marks, which are derived from the MSL
Contours for swales, valleys, etc point in which direction - Answers - Uphill
Contours for ridges, road crowns, etc point in what direction - Answers - downhill
Latitude - Answers - -Lines run horizontally around earth
-0-90 degrees north and south
The equator is at what latitude - Answers - 0 degrees
Longitude - Answers - -Converge at poles
-Called meridians
-Prime Meridian in Greenwich, England 0 degrees
-continue east and west 180 degrees and meet at the international dateline in the pacific
ocean
Magnetic Declination - Answers - the angle between magnetic north and true north
Bearing - Answers - horizontal angle measured from north to east or north to west,
south to east or south to west
Northing/easting - Answers - Geographic coordinate for a point