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Figure 1. This BLM map depicts the principal meridians and baselines used for surveying states (colored) in the PLSS.. The following are the principal and guide meridians and base lines of the United States, with the year established and a brief summary of what areas' land surveys are based on each.
The Mount Diablo Meridian, established in 1851, is a principal meridian extending north and south from its initial point atop Mount Diablo in California at W 121° 54.845. Established under the U.S. Public Land Survey System , it is used to describe lands in most of northern California and all of Nevada . [ 1 ]
University of Nevada, Reno. Archived from the original (Background and maps of the San Bernardino and Mt. Diablo meridians) on 2012-10-18; Michael A. Duffy, PLS. "Three Monuments, One Initial Point" (Published in the September 2002 Issue #135 of the California Surveyor). Mount Diablo Surveyors Historical Society
This 1988 BLM map depicts the principal meridians and baselines used for surveying states (colored) in the Public Land Survey System. The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is the surveying method developed and used in the United States to plat, or divide, real property for sale and settling.
Meridians and baselines of California: Humboldt, Mt. Diablo, and San Bernardino 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 ...
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On USGS maps, the "Diablo Range" is shown as the ridgeline which runs between its namesake Mount Diablo southeastward past Mount Hamilton. However, the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) includes the East Bay Hills in its list of various GPS coordinates for the Diablo Range.
Mount Diablo Creek is a 14.3-mile-long (23.0 km) [2] northwest-flowing stream originating on the north flank of Mount Diablo.Its dozen small tributaries gather near Clayton before flowing through Concord and the Concord Naval Weapons Station, ultimately ending in tidelands on the southern shore of Suisun Bay in Contra Costa County.