Kansas Statutes

Chapter 58: Personal And Real Property

Part 6.--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Article 20a: State Plane Coordinate System

Statutes:

• 58-20a01: Kansas coordinate system of 1983.
• 58-20a02: Same; use in land descriptions.
• 58-20a03: Same; plane coordinate values.
• 58-20a04: Same; describing land tracts, use of coordinate system.
• 58-20a05: Same; tracts in more than one zone.
• 58-20a06: Same; coordinate system, defined.
• 58-20a07: Same; limitation.

• 58-20a01: Kansas coordinate system of 1983. The system of plane coordinates which has been established by the national ocean survey/national geodetic survey (formerly the United States coast and geodetic survey) or its successors for defining and stating the geographic positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth within the state of Kansas shall be known as the Kansas coordinate system of 1983.

        For the purpose of the use of this system, the state is divided into a north zone and a south zone.

        The area now included north of the south line of the following counties shall constitute the north zone: Wallace, Logan, Gove, Trego, Ellis, Russell, Ellsworth, Saline, Dickinson, Morris, Wabaunsee, Shawnee, Douglas and Johnson.

        The area now included south of the north line of the following counties shall constitute the south zone: Greeley, Wichita, Scott, Lane, Ness, Rush, Barton, Rice, McPherson, Marion, Chase, Lyon, Osage, Franklin and Miami.

        History:   L. 1995, ch. 80, § 1; July 1.

• 58-20a02: Same; use in land descriptions. As established for use in the north zone, the Kansas coordinate system of 1983 shall be named. In any land description in which it is used, it shall be designated the "Kansas coordinate system 1983 north zone."

        As established for use in the south zone, the Kansas coordinate system of 1983 shall be named. In any land description in which it is used, it shall be designated the "Kansas coordinate system 1983 south zone."

        History:   L. 1995, ch. 80, § 2; July 1.

• 58-20a03: Same; plane coordinate values. The plane coordinate values for a point on the earth's surface used to express the geographic position or location of such point in the appropriate zone of this system, shall consist of two distances expressed in meters and decimals of a meter when using the Kansas coordinate system of 1983. One of the distances, to be known as the "Northing" or "N" shall give the position in a north-and-south direction; the other, to be known as the "Easting" or "E" shall give the position in an east-and-west direction. These coordinates shall be made to depend upon and conform to plane rectangular coordinate values for the monumented points of the North American national geodetic horizontal network as published by the national ocean survey/national geodetic survey (formerly the United States coast and geodetic survey), or its successors, and whose plane coordinates have been computed on the system defined in the act. Any such station or point may be used for establishing a survey connection to the Kansas coordinate system of 1983.

        History:   L. 1995, ch. 80, § 3; July 1.

• 58-20a04: Same; describing land tracts, use of coordinate system. Descriptions of tracts of land by reference to subdivisions, lines or corners of the United States public land survey, or other original pertinent surveys, are hereby recognized as the basic and prevailing method for describing such tracts. Whenever coordinates of the Kansas coordinate system are used in such descriptions they shall be construed as being supplementary to descriptions of such subdivisions, lines or corners contained in official plats and field notes of record; and, in the event of any conflict, the descriptions by reference to the subdivisions, lines or corners of the United States public land surveys, or other original pertinent surveys shall prevail over the description by coordinates.

        History:   L. 1995, ch. 80, § 4; July 1.

• 58-20a05: Same; tracts in more than one zone. When any tract of land to be defined by a single description extends from one into the other of the above coordinate zones, the position of all points on its boundaries may be referred to either of the two zones, the zone which is used being specifically named in the description.

        History:   L. 1995, ch. 80, § 5; July 1.

• 58-20a06: Same; coordinate system, defined. For purposes of more precisely defining the Kansas coordinate system of 1983, the following definition by the national ocean survey/national geodetic survey is adopted:

        The "Kansas coordinate system of 1983 north zone (zone code 1501)" is a Lambert conformal conic projection of the North American datum of 1983, having standard parallels at north latitudes 38 degrees 43 minutes and 39 degrees 47 minutes along which parallels the scale shall be exact. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian 98 degrees zero minutes west of Greenwich and the parallel 38 degrees 20 minutes north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: N = 0 meters and E = 400,000 meters.

        The "Kansas coordinate system of 1983 south zone (zone code 1502)" is a Lambert conformal conic projection of the North American datum of 1983, having standard parallels at north latitudes 37 degrees 16 minutes and 38 degrees 34 minutes along which parallels the scale shall be exact. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian 98 degrees 30 minutes west of Greenwich and the parallel 36 degrees 40 minutes north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: N = 400,000 meters and E = 400,000 meters.

        History:   L. 1995, ch. 80, § 6; July 1.

• 58-20a07: Same; limitation. The use of the term "Kansas coordinate system of 1983 north zone" or "Kansas coordinate system of 1983 south zone" on any map, report of survey, or other document shall be limited to coordinates based on the Kansas coordinate system as defined in this act.

        History:   L. 1995, ch. 80, § 7; July 1.