Sarah Underwood

Chapter 9 HW

1. How many counties in the United States are named for Abraham Lincoln? 3 counties
2. How many cities in the United States contain the word City? How many end with the word City?
105 contain the word city and 101 end with city
3. What percentage of state capitals lies within 25 miles of a river? About 19%
4. How many states contain at least one volcano? 12 states
5. Congress has awarded FEMA 100 million dollars to help large cities prepare for earthquakes. The
cities that qualify for the funding must have more than 500,000 people and be less than 50 miles
from one or more earthquakes exceeding 6.0 in magnitude. How many cities are eligible? Which
eligible cities are NOT in California? 7 are eligible and 2 are not in CA
6. The first step is to target counties that are within the Great Plains states (the stack of states
from North Dakota to Texas) or within 100 miles of the Great Plains states. These counties also
need to have a population density less than 10 people per square mile. Capture a map showing
these target counties.

7. The next step is to exclude areas in the target counties that are less than 30 miles from an
interstate highway or 30 miles from a city. Capture a map showing the remaining areas under
consideration.
8. Next, the best area would be within 50 miles of a major river. Determine the areas that also
meet this requirement and capture a map of them.

9. The preserve must be on private lands. Find the ArcGIS Online feature layer
Federal_and_Tribal_Land and use it to exclude such areas. Capture a map of the remaining land.

10. With so much area still remaining, the group decides to target areas with an even lower
population density, less than two people per square mile. Capture a map of the final target
areas.