EPSG systems

EPSG:26712 NAD27 / UTM zone 12N

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: North America - 114°W to 108°W and NAD27 by country. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:26712
NameNAD27 / UTM zone 12N
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use North America - 114°W to 108°W and NAD27 by country
North America - between 114°W and 108°W. Canada - Alberta; Northwest Territories; Nunavut; Saskatchewan. Mexico. United States (USA) - Arizona; Colorado; Idaho; Montana; New Mexico; Utah; Wyoming. Onshore for Mexican Pacific and Canadian Arctic coasts.
Bounds W -114,00° · S 18,66° · E -108,00° · N 78,81°
Countries Canada, Mexico, United States
DatumNorth American Datum 1927
Ellipsoid Clarke 1866 a = 6378206.4 m · 1/f = 294.978698214
Base geographic system EPSG:4267 — NAD27
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 NAD27 to WGS 84 (4) (EPSG:1173) — accuracy 10 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin-111degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting500000metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=utm +zone=12 +a=6378206.4000000004 +rf=294.9786982139 +units=m +towgs84=-8,160,176 +no_defs

Paste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:26712.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["NAD_1927_UTM_Zone_12N",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1927",DATUM["D_North_American_1927",SPHEROID["Clarke_1866",6378206.4,294.978698213898]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-111.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Canada

Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.