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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 ]
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.
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.
In 2007 Save Mount Diablo published Mount Diablo, Los Vaqueros & Surrounding Parks, Featuring the Diablo Trail, the most accurate and up-to-date map of Mount Diablo's more than 90,000 acres (36,000 ha) of protected lands. It includes 100 access points, 520 miles (840 km) of trail, and 400 miles (640 km) of private fire roads.
A U.S. Bureau of Land Management map showing all of the principal meridians and baselines in the U.S. Public Land Survey System. In surveying, an initial point is a datum (a specific point on the surface of the earth) that marks the beginning point for a cadastral survey.
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 BLM map depicts the principal meridians and baselines used for surveying states (colored) in the PLSS.. In the United States Public Land Survey System, a principal meridian is the principal north–south line used for survey control in a large region, and which divides townships between east and west.
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 ...