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CHAPTER 327 - NEVADA COORDINATE SYSTEM;
GEOGRAPHIC NAMES
NEVADA COORDINATE SYSTEM
NRS 327.005 Sole
coordinate system in Nevada for describing land.
NRS 327.010 Designation
of systems; division of State into three zones.
NRS 327.020 Names
of zones.
NRS 327.030 Plane
coordinates.
NRS 327.040 Reference
may be made to either zone when tract extends into another zone.
NRS 327.050 Definitions
of Nevada coordinate systems.
NRS 327.060 Limitations
on use of coordinates in documents to be recorded.
NRS 327.070 Limitation
on use of terms “Nevada Coordinate System of 1927” and “Nevada Coordinate
System of 1983.”
NRS 327.090 Purchaser
or mortgagee need not rely on description depending exclusively on coordinate
system.
GEOGRAPHIC NAMES
NRS 327.100 “Board”
defined.
NRS 327.110 Nevada
State Board on Geographic Names: Creation; purpose.
NRS 327.120 Nevada
State Board on Geographic Names: Composition.
NRS 327.130 Nevada
State Board on Geographic Names: Officers; rules; quorum; meetings;
compensation.
NRS 327.140 Nevada
State Board on Geographic Names: Powers and duties.
NRS 327.150 Changes
in or additions of geographic names: Submission of proposal; preliminary
consideration; final action and notice.
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NEVADA COORDINATE SYSTEM
NRS 327.005 Sole coordinate system in Nevada for describing land.
1. On and after publication of the North
American Datum of 1983 for Nevada by the National Geodetic Survey of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or the federal agency which
succeeds it, the Nevada Coordinate System of 1983, which is a transverse
Mercator projection of the North American Datum of 1983, is the sole coordinate
system in Nevada for describing land.
2. On and after that date of publication,
the Nevada Coordinate System of 1927 may be used only for purposes of
reference.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1338; A 1987, 392)
NRS 327.010 Designation of systems; division of State into three zones.
1. The system of plane coordinates which
has been established for defining and stating the positions or locations of
points on the surface of the earth within the State of Nevada:
(a) By the United States Coast and Geodetic
Survey is designated as the Nevada Coordinate System of 1927.
(b) By the National Geodetic Survey of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or the federal agency which
succeeds it, is designated as the Nevada Coordinate System of 1983.
2. For the purpose of the use of these
systems the State is divided into an East Zone, a Central Zone, and a West
Zone. The area now included in:
(a) Clark, Elko, Eureka, Lincoln and White Pine
counties constitutes the East Zone.
(b) Lander and Nye counties constitutes the
Central Zone.
(c) Carson City and Churchill, Douglas,
Esmeralda, Humboldt, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey and Washoe counties
constitutes the West Zone.
[1:84:1945; 1943 NCL § 5589]—(NRS A 1969, 329; 1983,
1339)
NRS 327.020 Names of zones.
1. As established for use in the East
Zone, the Nevada Coordinate System of 1927 or the Nevada Coordinate System of
1983 must be named, 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
Coordinate System of 1983, East Zone.”
2. As established for use in the Central
Zone, the Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, or the Nevada Coordinate System of
1983 must be named, and in any land description in which it is used it must be
designated, the “Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, Central Zone” or the “Nevada
Coordinate System of 1983, Central Zone.”
3. As established for use in the West
Zone, the Nevada Coordinate System of 1927 or the Nevada Coordinate System of
1983 must be named, 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
Coordinate System of 1983, West Zone.”
[2:84:1945; 1943 NCL § 5589.01]—(NRS A 1983, 1339)
NRS 327.030 Plane coordinates.
1. The plane coordinates of a point on the
earth’s surface, to be used in expressing the location of the point in the
appropriate zone, must consist of two distances, expressed in:
(a) Feet and decimals of a foot under the Nevada
Coordinate System of 1927; or
(b) Meters and decimals of a meter under the
Nevada Coordinate System of 1983.
Ê One of these
distances, to be known as the “x-coordinate,” must give the position in an
east-and-west direction; the other, to be known as the “y-coordinate,” must
give the position in a north-and-south direction.
2. These coordinates must be made to
conform to the values of the plane rectangular coordinates for the monumented
stations of the North American Horizontal Geodetic Control Network, as
published by the National Geodetic Survey of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration or the federal agency which succeeds it, and whose
plane coordinates have been computed on the systems defined in this chapter.
Any such station may be used for 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 Reference may be made to either zone when tract extends into
another zone. When any tract of
land to be defined by a single description extends from one into another of the
above coordinate zones, the positions of all points on its boundaries may be
referred to either of such zones, the zone which is used being specifically
named in the description.
[4:84:1945; 1943 NCL § 5589.03]
NRS 327.050 Definitions of Nevada coordinate systems.
1. For purposes of more specifically
defining the Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, the following definition by the
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey is adopted:
(a) The Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, East
Zone, is a transverse Mercator projection of the Clarke Spheroid of 1866,
having a central meridian 115°35¢ west of Greenwich, on which meridian the
scale is set at one part in 10,000 too small. The origin of coordinates is at
the intersection of the meridian 115°35¢ west of Greenwich and the parallel 34°45¢
north 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 a central meridian 116°40¢ west of Greenwich, on which meridian the
scale is set at one part in 10,000 too small. The origin of coordinates is at
the intersection of the meridian 116°40¢ west of Greenwich and the parallel 34°45¢
north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 500,000 feet and y =
0 feet.
(c) The Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, West
Zone, is a transverse Mercator projection of the Clarke Spheroid of 1866,
having a central meridian 118°35¢ west of Greenwich, on which meridian the
scale is set at one part in 10,000 too small. The origin of coordinates is at
the intersection of the meridian 118°35¢ west of Greenwich and the parallel 34°45¢
north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 500,000 feet and y =
0 feet.
2. For purposes of more specifically
defining the Nevada Coordinate System of 1983, the following definition by the
National Geodetic Survey of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
is adopted:
(a) The Nevada Coordinate System of 1983, East Zone,
is a transverse Mercator projection of the North American Datum of 1983, having
a central meridian 115°35¢ west of Greenwich, on which meridian the
scale is set at one part in 10,000 too small. The origin of coordinates is at
the intersection of the meridian 115°35¢ west of Greenwich and the parallel 34°45¢
north 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,
having a central meridian 116°40¢ west of Greenwich, on which meridian the
scale is set at one part in 10,000 too small. The origin of coordinates is at
the intersection of the meridian 116°40¢ west of Greenwich and the parallel 34°45¢
north 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, is a transverse Mercator projection of the North American Datum of 1983,
having a central meridian 118°35¢ west of Greenwich, on which meridian the
scale is set at one part in 10,000 too small. The origin of coordinates is at
the intersection of the meridian 118°35¢ west of Greenwich and the parallel 34°45¢
north 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 Limitations on use of coordinates in documents to be recorded. No coordinate based on either of the Nevada
coordinate systems which purports to define the position of a point on a land
boundary may be presented to be recorded in any public land records or deed
records unless the document to be recorded contains:
1. A description of the monumented station
or stations from which the coordinates being recorded have been determined.
2. Annotations which accompany the values
for state plane coordinates and clearly describe the method and accuracy of the
determinations.
[6:84:1945; 1943 NCL § 5589.05]—(NRS A 1983, 1341; 1987, 393)
NRS 327.070 Limitation on use of terms “Nevada Coordinate System of 1927”
and “Nevada Coordinate System of 1983.” The
use of the term “Nevada Coordinate 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 on the system as defined in this chapter.
[7:84:1945; 1943 NCL § 5589.06]—(NRS A 1983, 1342)
NRS 327.090 Purchaser or mortgagee need not rely on description depending
exclusively on coordinate system. Nothing
contained in this chapter requires any purchaser or mortgagee of real property
to rely on a land description, any part of which depends exclusively upon
either of the systems established by this chapter.
[9:84:1945; 1943 NCL § 5589.08]—(NRS A 1983, 1342)
GEOGRAPHIC NAMES
NRS 327.100 “Board” defined. As
used in NRS 327.110 to 327.150,
inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Board” means the
Nevada State Board on Geographic Names.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 588)
NRS 327.110 Nevada State Board on Geographic Names: Creation; purpose. The Nevada State Board on Geographic Names is
hereby created to coordinate and approve geographic names within the State for
official recommendation to the United States Board on Geographic Names.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 588)
NRS 327.120 Nevada State Board on Geographic Names: Composition. The Board consists of:
1. One representative of each of the
following agencies 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 Natural
Resources.
(g) Nevada Historical Society.
(h) United States Bureau of Land Management.
(i) United States Forest Service.
(j) Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada, Inc.
Ê Each agency
or organization shall designate a representative and one alternative
representative for this purpose.
2. An Executive Secretary who is a
nonvoting member of the Board. The State Resident Cartographer shall serve in
this position. If there is not such a cartographer, the voting members of the
Board shall select the Executive Secretary.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 588; A 1993, 507)
NRS 327.130 Nevada State Board on Geographic Names: Officers; rules; quorum;
meetings; compensation.
1. The Board shall designate from among
its members a Chair and a Vice Chair and shall adopt rules for its own
management.
2. A majority of the voting members of the
Board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
3. The Board shall meet at such times and
places as are specified by the Chair, but may not hold more than four meetings
in any 1 year.
4. Members of the Board shall serve
without compensation, travel expenses or subsistence allowances except as they
may be provided by the members’ respective agencies and organizations.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 588)
NRS 327.140 Nevada State Board on Geographic Names: Powers and duties.
1. The Board shall:
(a) Receive and evaluate all proposals for
changes in or additions to names of geographic features and places in the State
to determine the most appropriate and acceptable names for use in maps and
official documents of all levels of government.
(b) Make official recommendations on behalf of
the State with respect to each proposal.
(c) Assist and cooperate with the United States
Board on Geographic Names in matters relating to names of geographic features
and places in Nevada.
(d) Maintain a list of advisers who have special
knowledge of or expertise in Nevada history, geography or culture and consult
with those advisers on a regular basis in the course of its work.
2. The Board may:
(a) Adopt regulations to assist in carrying out
the functions and duties assigned to it by law.
(b) Initiate proposals for changes in or
additions to geographic names in the State. Any proposal initiated by the Board
must be evaluated in accordance with the same procedures prescribed for the consideration
of other proposals.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 588)
NRS 327.150 Changes in or additions of geographic names: Submission of
proposal; preliminary consideration; final action and notice.
1. Any person, group or agency of federal,
state or local government may propose a change in or the addition of any
geographic name within the State by submitting it to the Board for evaluation
and recommendation.
2. Upon receipt of any such proposal,
together with sufficient supporting information, the Board shall:
(a) Place the proposal on the agenda for
preliminary consideration at its next meeting.
(b) Give appropriate notice to persons and groups
who are affected by the proposal or might have an interest in it.
(c) Provide opportunities for public comment.
(d) Conduct such research and field
investigations as it deems necessary.
3. The Board may not take final action on
any proposal until it has been given preliminary consideration at one or more
previous meetings.
4. Whenever the Board takes final action
on a proposal, it shall notify the person, group or agency who submitted the
proposal and shall transmit the official recommendation to the United States
Board on Geographic Names.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 589)
