2005 Nevada Revised Statutes - Chapter 327 — Nevada Coordinate System; Geographic Names

CHAPTER 327 - NEVADA COORDINATE SYSTEM;GEOGRAPHIC NAMES

NEVADA COORDINATE SYSTEM

NRS 327.005 Solecoordinate system in Nevada for describing land.

NRS 327.010 Designationof systems; division of State into three zones.

NRS 327.020 Namesof zones.

NRS 327.030 Planecoordinates.

NRS 327.040 Referencemay be made to either zone when tract extends into another zone.

NRS 327.050 Definitionsof Nevada coordinate systems.

NRS 327.060 Limitationson use of coordinates in documents to be recorded.

NRS 327.070 Limitationon use of terms Nevada Coordinate System of 1927 and Nevada CoordinateSystem of 1983.

NRS 327.090 Purchaseror mortgagee need not rely on description depending exclusively on coordinatesystem.

GEOGRAPHIC NAMES

NRS 327.100 Boarddefined.

NRS 327.110 NevadaState Board on Geographic Names: Creation; purpose.

NRS 327.120 NevadaState Board on Geographic Names: Composition.

NRS 327.130 NevadaState Board on Geographic Names: Officers; rules; quorum; meetings;compensation.

NRS 327.140 NevadaState Board on Geographic Names: Powers and duties.

NRS 327.150 Changesin or additions of geographic names: Submission of proposal; preliminaryconsideration; final action and notice.

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NEVADA COORDINATE SYSTEM

NRS 327.005 Solecoordinate system in Nevada for describing land.

1. On and after publication of the North AmericanDatum of 1983 for Nevada by the National Geodetic Survey of the NationalOceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or the federal agency which succeedsit, the Nevada Coordinate System of 1983, which is a transverse Mercatorprojection of the North American Datum of 1983, is the sole coordinate systemin Nevada for describing land.

2. On and after that date of publication, the NevadaCoordinate System of 1927 may be used only for purposes of reference.

(Added to NRS by 1983, 1338; A 1987, 392)

NRS 327.010 Designationof systems; division of State into three zones.

1. The system of plane coordinates which has beenestablished for defining and stating the positions or locations of points onthe surface of the earth within the State of Nevada:

(a) By the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey isdesignated as the Nevada Coordinate System of 1927.

(b) By the National Geodetic Survey of the NationalOceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or the federal agency which succeedsit, is designated as the Nevada Coordinate System of 1983.

2. For the purpose of the use of these systems theState is divided into an East Zone, a Central Zone, and a West Zone. The areanow included in:

(a) Clark, Elko, Eureka, Lincoln and White Pinecounties constitutes the East Zone.

(b) Lander and Nye counties constitutes the CentralZone.

(c) Carson City and Churchill, Douglas, Esmeralda,Humboldt, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey and Washoe counties constitutes theWest Zone.

[1:84:1945; 1943 NCL 5589](NRS A 1969, 329; 1983,1339)

NRS 327.020 Namesof zones.

1. As established for use in the East Zone, the NevadaCoordinate System of 1927 or the Nevada Coordinate System of 1983 must benamed, and in any land description in which it is used it must be designated,the Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, East Zone or the Nevada CoordinateSystem of 1983, East Zone.

2. As established for use in the Central Zone, theNevada Coordinate System of 1927, or the Nevada Coordinate System of 1983 mustbe named, and in any land description in which it is used it must bedesignated, the Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, Central Zone or the NevadaCoordinate System of 1983, Central Zone.

3. As established for use in the West Zone, the NevadaCoordinate System of 1927 or the Nevada Coordinate System of 1983 must benamed, and in any land description in which it is used it must be designated,the Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, West Zone or the Nevada CoordinateSystem of 1983, West Zone.

[2:84:1945; 1943 NCL 5589.01](NRS A 1983, 1339)

NRS 327.030 Planecoordinates.

1. The plane coordinates of a point on the earthssurface, to be used in expressing the location of the point in the appropriatezone, must consist of two distances, expressed in:

(a) Feet and decimals of a foot under the NevadaCoordinate System of 1927; or

(b) Meters and decimals of a meter under the NevadaCoordinate System of 1983.

One of thesedistances, to be known as the x-coordinate, must give the position in aneast-and-west direction; the other, to be known as the y-coordinate, mustgive the position in a north-and-south direction.

2. These coordinates must be made to conform to thevalues of the plane rectangular coordinates for the monumented stations of theNorth American Horizontal Geodetic Control Network, as published by theNational Geodetic Survey of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationor the federal agency which succeeds it, and whose plane coordinates have beencomputed on the systems defined in this chapter. Any such station may be usedfor connecting a survey to either Nevada coordinate system.

3. As used in this section:

(a) Foot means the United States Survey Foot.

(b) Meter means exactly 39.37 inches.

[3:84:1945; 1943 NCL 5589.02](NRS A 1983, 1340;1987, 392)

NRS 327.040 Referencemay be made to either zone when tract extends into another zone. When any tract of land to be defined by a singledescription extends from one into another of the above coordinate zones, thepositions of all points on its boundaries may be referred to either of suchzones, the zone which is used being specifically named in the description.

[4:84:1945; 1943 NCL 5589.03]

NRS 327.050 Definitionsof Nevada coordinate systems.

1. For purposes of more specifically defining theNevada Coordinate System of 1927, the following definition by the United StatesCoast and Geodetic Survey is adopted:

(a) The Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, East Zone, isa transverse Mercator projection of the Clarke Spheroid of 1866, having acentral meridian 11535 west of Greenwich, on which meridian thescale is set at one part in 10,000 too small. The origin of coordinates is atthe intersection of the meridian 11535 west of Greenwich and the parallel 3445north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 500,000 feet and y =0 feet.

(b) The Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, Central Zone,is a transverse Mercator projection of the Clarke Spheroid of 1866, having acentral meridian 11640 west of Greenwich, on which meridian thescale is set at one part in 10,000 too small. The origin of coordinates is atthe intersection of the meridian 11640 west of Greenwich and the parallel 3445north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 500,000 feet and y =0 feet.

(c) The Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, West Zone, isa transverse Mercator projection of the Clarke Spheroid of 1866, having acentral meridian 11835 west of Greenwich, on which meridian thescale is set at one part in 10,000 too small. The origin of coordinates is atthe intersection of the meridian 11835 west of Greenwich and the parallel 3445north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 500,000 feet and y =0 feet.

2. For purposes of more specifically defining theNevada Coordinate System of 1983, the following definition by the NationalGeodetic Survey of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration isadopted:

(a) The Nevada Coordinate System of 1983, East Zone, isa transverse Mercator projection of the North American Datum of 1983, having acentral meridian 11535 west of Greenwich, on which meridian thescale is set at one part in 10,000 too small. The origin of coordinates is atthe intersection of the meridian 11535 west of Greenwich and the parallel 3445north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 200,000 meters and y= 8,000,000 meters.

(b) The Nevada Coordinate System of 1983, Central Zone,is a transverse Mercator projection of the North American Datum of 1983, havinga central meridian 11640 west of Greenwich, on which meridian thescale is set at one part in 10,000 too small. The origin of coordinates is atthe intersection of the meridian 11640 west of Greenwich and the parallel 3445north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 500,000 meters and y= 6,000,000 meters.

(c) The Nevada Coordinate System of 1983, West Zone, isa transverse Mercator projection of the North American Datum of 1983, having acentral meridian 11835 west of Greenwich, on which meridian thescale is set at one part in 10,000 too small. The origin of coordinates is atthe intersection of the meridian 11835 west of Greenwich and the parallel 3445north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 800,000 meters and y= 4,000,000 meters.

[5:84:1945; 1943 NCL 5589.04](NRS A 1983, 1340)

NRS 327.060 Limitationson use of coordinates in documents to be recorded. Nocoordinate based on either of the Nevada coordinate systems which purports todefine the position of a point on a land boundary may be presented to berecorded in any public land records or deed records unless the document to be recordedcontains:

1. A description of the monumented station or stationsfrom which the coordinates being recorded have been determined.

2. Annotations which accompany the values for stateplane coordinates and clearly describe the method and accuracy of thedeterminations.

[6:84:1945; 1943 NCL 5589.05](NRS A 1983, 1341;1987, 393)

NRS 327.070 Limitationon use of terms Nevada Coordinate System of 1927 and Nevada CoordinateSystem of 1983. The use of the term NevadaCoordinate System of 1927 or Nevada Coordinate System of 1983 on any map,report of survey, or other document is limited to use for coordinates based onthe system as defined in this chapter.

[7:84:1945; 1943 NCL 5589.06](NRS A 1983, 1342)

NRS 327.090 Purchaseror mortgagee need not rely on description depending exclusively on coordinatesystem. Nothing contained in this chapter requiresany purchaser or mortgagee of real property to rely on a land description, anypart of which depends exclusively upon either of the systems established bythis chapter.

[9:84:1945; 1943 NCL 5589.08](NRS A 1983, 1342)

GEOGRAPHIC NAMES

NRS 327.100 Boarddefined. As used in NRS 327.110 to 327.150, inclusive, unless the contextotherwise requires, the term Board means the Nevada State Board on GeographicNames.

(Added to NRS by 1985, 588)

NRS 327.110 NevadaState Board on Geographic Names: Creation; purpose. TheNevada State Board on Geographic Names is hereby created to coordinate andapprove geographic names within the State for official recommendation to theUnited States Board on Geographic Names.

(Added to NRS by 1985, 588)

NRS 327.120 NevadaState Board on Geographic Names: Composition. TheBoard consists of:

1. One representative of each of the followingagencies or organizations:

(a) Bureau of Mines and Geology of the State of Nevada.

(b) Faculty of the University of Nevada, Reno.

(c) Faculty of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

(d) State Library and Archives.

(e) Department of Transportation of the State.

(f) State Department of Conservation and NaturalResources.

(g) Nevada Historical Society.

(h) United States Bureau of Land Management.

(i) United States Forest Service.

(j) Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada, Inc.

Each agencyor organization shall designate a representative and one alternativerepresentative for this purpose.

2. An Executive Secretary who is a nonvoting member ofthe Board. The State Resident Cartographer shall serve in this position. Ifthere is not such a cartographer, the voting members of the Board shall selectthe Executive Secretary.

(Added to NRS by 1985, 588; A 1993, 507)

NRS 327.130 NevadaState Board on Geographic Names: Officers; rules; quorum; meetings;compensation.

1. The Board shall designate from among its members aChairman and a Vice Chairman and shall adopt rules for its own management.

2. A majority of the voting members of the Boardconstitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.

3. The Board shall meet at such times and places asare specified by the Chairman, but may not hold more than four meetings in any1 year.

4. Members of the Board shall serve withoutcompensation, travel expenses or subsistence allowances except as they may beprovided by the members respective agencies and organizations.

(Added to NRS by 1985, 588)

NRS 327.140 NevadaState Board on Geographic Names: Powers and duties.

1. The Board shall:

(a) Receive and evaluate all proposals for changes inor additions to names of geographic features and places in the State todetermine the most appropriate and acceptable names for use in maps andofficial documents of all levels of government.

(b) Make official recommendations on behalf of theState with respect to each proposal.

(c) Assist and cooperate with the United States Boardon Geographic Names in matters relating to names of geographic features andplaces in Nevada.

(d) Maintain a list of advisers who have specialknowledge of or expertise in Nevada history, geography or culture and consultwith those advisers on a regular basis in the course of its work.

2. The Board may:

(a) Adopt regulations to assist in carrying out thefunctions and duties assigned to it by law.

(b) Initiate proposals for changes in or additions togeographic names in the State. Any proposal initiated by the Board must beevaluated in accordance with the same procedures prescribed for theconsideration of other proposals.

(Added to NRS by 1985, 588)

NRS 327.150 Changesin or additions of geographic names: Submission of proposal; preliminaryconsideration; final action and notice.

1. Any person, group or agency of federal, state orlocal government may propose a change in or the addition of any geographic namewithin the State by submitting it to the Board for evaluation andrecommendation.

2. Upon receipt of any such proposal, together withsufficient supporting information, the Board shall:

(a) Place the proposal on the agenda for preliminaryconsideration at its next meeting.

(b) Give appropriate notice to persons and groups whoare affected by the proposal or might have an interest in it.

(c) Provide opportunities for public comment.

(d) Conduct such research and field investigations asit deems necessary.

3. The Board may not take final action on any proposaluntil it has been given preliminary consideration at one or more previousmeetings.

4. Whenever the Board takes final action on aproposal, it shall notify the person, group or agency who submitted theproposal and shall transmit the official recommendation to the United StatesBoard on Geographic Names.

(Added to NRS by 1985, 589)