2016 North Dakota Century Code Title 47 Property Chapter 47-20.2 Plane Coordinates
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CHAPTER 47-20.2
PLANE COORDINATES
47-20.2-01. North Dakota coordinate system zones defined.
The systems of plane coordinates which have been established by the national oceanic and
atmospheric administration national ocean survey/national geodetic survey or its successors for
defining and stating the geographic positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth
within this state are, as of July 1, 1989, to be known and designated as the North Dakota
coordinate system of 1927 and the North Dakota coordinate system of 1983. For the purpose of
the use of these systems, the state is divided into a north zone and a south zone:
1. The area now included in the following counties constitutes the north zone: Divide,
Williams, McKenzie, Mountrail, Burke, Renville, Ward, McLean, Bottineau, McHenry,
Sheridan, Pierce, Rolette, Towner, Benson, Wells, Foster, Eddy, Ramsey, Cavalier,
Pembina, Walsh, Nelson, Grand Forks, Griggs, Steele, Traill.
2. The area now included in the following counties constitutes the south zone: Dunn,
Golden Valley, Slope, Bowman, Adams, Hettinger, Stark, Mercer, Oliver, Morton,
Grant, Sioux, Emmons, Burleigh, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman, Barnes,
LaMoure, Dickey, Cass, Ransom, Sargent, Richland.
47-20.2-02. North Dakota coordinate system names defined.
As established for use in the north zone, the North Dakota coordinate system of 1927 or the
North Dakota coordinate system of 1983 is named, and in any land description in which it is
used it must be designated the North Dakota coordinate system of 1927, north zone, or the
North Dakota coordinate system of 1983, north zone. As established for use in the south zone,
the North Dakota coordinate system of 1927 or the North Dakota coordinate system of 1983 is
named, and in any land description in which it is used it must be designated the North Dakota
coordinate system of 1927, south zone, or the North Dakota coordinate system of 1983, south
zone.
47-20.2-03. North Dakota coordinate system defined.
The plane coordinate values for a point on the earth's surface, used in expressing the
geographic position or location of such point in the appropriate zone of this system, shall consist
of two distances, expressed in United States survey feet [meters] and decimals of a foot [meter]
when using the North Dakota coordinate system of 1927. One of these distances, to be known
as the X-coordinate, shall give the position in an east-west direction; the other, to be known as
the Y-coordinate, shall give the position in a north-south direction. These coordinates shall be
made to depend upon and conform to plane rectangular coordinate values for the monumented
points of the North American horizontal geodetic control network as published by the national
ocean survey/national geodetic survey, or its successors, and the plane coordinates which have
been computed on the systems defined in this chapter. Any such station may be used for
establishing a survey connection to either North Dakota coordinate system. For the purposes of
converting coordinates of the North Dakota coordinate system of 1983 from meters to feet, the
international survey foot must be used. The conversion factor is: one foot equals 0.3048 meter
exactly.
47-20.2-04. Federal and state coordinate description same tract - Federal precedence.
Whenever coordinates based on the North Dakota coordinate system are used to describe
any tract of land which in the same document is also described by reference to any subdivision,
line, or corner of the United States public land surveys, the description by coordinates must be
construed as supplemental to the basic description of each subdivision, line, or corner contained
in the official plats and field notes filed of record, and, in the event of any conflict, the description
by reference to the subdivision, line, or corner of the United States public land surveys prevails
over the description by coordinates, unless the coordinates are upheld by adjudication, at which
time the coordinate description will prevail. This chapter does not require any purchaser or
mortgagee to rely on a description, any part of which depends exclusively upon the North
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Dakota coordinate system, unless the description has been adjudicated as provided in this
section.
47-20.2-05. North Dakota coordinate system origins defined.
1. For the purposes of more precisely defining the North Dakota coordinate system of
1927, the following definitions by the United States coast and geodetic survey are
adopted:
a. The North Dakota coordinate system of 1927, north zone, is a Lambert conformal
conic projection of the Clarke spheroid of 1866, having standard parallels at north
latitudes, forty-seven degrees twenty-six minutes and forty-eight degrees
forty-four minutes along which parallels the scale shall be exact. The origin of
coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian one hundred degrees thirty
minutes west of Greenwich and the parallel forty-seven degrees zero minutes
north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 2,000,000 feet [609.6
kilometers], and y = 0 feet [0 kilometers].
b. The North Dakota coordinate system of 1927, south zone, is a Lambert conformal
conic projection of the Clarke spheroid of 1866, having standard parallels at north
latitudes forty-six degrees eleven minutes and forty-seven degrees twenty-nine
minutes along which parallels the scale shall be exact. The origin of coordinates
is at the intersection of the meridian one hundred degrees thirty minutes west of
Greenwich and the parallel forty-five degrees forty minutes north latitude. This
origin is given the coordinates: x = 2,000,000 feet [609.6 kilometers], and y = 0
feet [0 kilometers].
2. For the purposes of more precisely defining the North Dakota coordinate system of
1983, the following definition by the national ocean survey/national geodetic survey is
adopted:
a. The North Dakota coordinate system of 1983, north zone, is a Lambert conformal
conic projection of the North American datum of 1983, having standard parallels
at north latitude of forty-seven degrees twenty-six minutes and forty-eight
degrees forty-four minutes along which parallels the scale shall be exact. The
origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian one hundred degrees
thirty minutes west of Greenwich and the parallel forty-seven degrees zero
minutes north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 600,000.0000
meters, and y = 00.0000 meters.
b. The North Dakota coordinate system of 1983, south zone, is a Lambert conformal
conic projection of the North American datum of 1983, having standard parallels
at north latitude of forty-six degrees eleven minutes and forty-seven degrees
twenty-nine minutes along which parallels the scale shall be exact. The origin of
coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian one hundred degrees thirty
minutes west of Greenwich and the parallel forty-five degrees forty minutes north
latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 600,000.0000 meters, and y =
00.0000 meters.
47-20.2-06. North Dakota coordinate system - Use of term.
The use of the North Dakota coordinate system of 1927 north zone or south zone or the
North Dakota coordinate system of 1983 north zone or south zone on any map, report of survey,
or other document must be limited to coordinates based on the North Dakota coordinate
systems as defined in this chapter. The map, report, or document must include a statement
describing the standard of accuracy, as defined by the national ocean survey/national geodetic
survey, maintained in developing the coordinates shown therein. The coordinates must be
established in conformity with these standards:
1. No coordinates based on the North Dakota coordinate system, purporting to define the
position of a point on a land boundary, may be presented to be recorded in any public
records or deed records unless the point is connected to a triangulation or traverse
station established in conformity with the standards prescribed in this chapter.
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2.
Coordinate values used in land descriptions under this section must be certified by a
duly registered land surveyor under the laws of this state.
47-20.2-07. Use of the term North Dakota coordinate system - Limitation.
Repealed by S.L. 1989, ch. 555, § 7.
47-20.2-08. Federal and state coordinates describing same tracts - Federal
precedence.
Repealed by S.L. 1989, ch. 555, § 7.
47-20.2-09. Reliance on description of North Dakota coordinate system.
Repealed by S.L. 1989, ch. 555, § 7.
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