Humboldt meridian explained

The Humboldt meridian in California, longitude 124° 07' 10" west from Greenwich, intersects the base line on the summit of Mount Pierce at latitude 40° 25' 02" north (co-ordinates in NAD27 datum),^[1] and governs the surveys in the northwestern corner of California, lying west of the Coast Range of mountains, and north of township 5 south, of the Humboldt meridian system.^[2] This principal meridian was established in 1853.^[3]

See also

• List of principal and guide meridians and base lines of the United States

External links

• Web site: California and Nevada . U.S. Bureau of Land Management . 2012-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110426033238/http://www.blm.gov/cadastral/meridians/Caleneva.htm . 2011-04-26 . dead .
• Web site: Cadastral Survey: Principal Meridians and Base Lines . U.S. Bureau of Land Management . 2012-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121018100501/http://www.blm.gov/cadastral/meridians/meridians.htm . 2012-10-18 . dead .
• Web site: Humboldt Meridian . The Center for Land Use Interpretation . 2012-09-28.
• Web site: Humboldt Principal Meridian, Scotia, CA . Principal Meridian Project . 2012-09-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130125061459/http://www.pmproject.org/Humbolt.htm . 2013-01-25 .

40.4172°N -124.1206°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: USDI/BLM Cadastral Survey Meridians – California . 2012-03-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110426033238/http://www.blm.gov/cadastral/meridians/Caleneva.htm . 2011-04-26 . dead .
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=68I3AAAAMAAJ&dq=humboldt+meridian&pg=PA458 Plane Surveying for Use in the Classroom and Field By William Galt Raymond
3. http://nationalmap.gov/standards/pdf/5seqm503.pdf Part 5: Public Land Survey System Standards for USGS and USDA Forest Service Single Edition Quadrangle Maps (5/03)