EPSG systems

EPSG:26771 NAD27 / Illinois East

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: USA - Illinois - SPCS - E. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:26771
NameNAD27 / Illinois East
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use USA - Illinois - SPCS - E
United States (USA) - Illinois - counties of Boone; Champaign; Clark; Clay; Coles; Cook; Crawford; Cumberland; De Kalb; De Witt; Douglas; Du Page; Edgar; Edwards; Effingham; Fayette; Ford; Franklin; Gallatin; Grundy; Hamilton; Hardin; Iroquois; Jasper; Jefferson; Johnson; Kane; Kankakee; Kendall; La Salle; Lake; Lawrence; Livingston; Macon; Marion; Massac; McHenry; McLean; Moultrie; Piatt; Pope; Richland; Saline; Shelby; Vermilion; Wabash; Wayne; White; Will; Williamson.
Bounds W -89,27° · S 37,06° · E -87,02° · N 42,50°
Countries United States
DatumNorth American Datum 1927
Ellipsoid Clarke 1866 a = 6378206.4 m · 1/f = 294.978698214
Base geographic system EPSG:4267 — NAD27
Unit US survey foot (X east, Y 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 origin36.666666666666664degree
Longitude of natural origin-88.33333333333333degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.999975unity
False easting500000US survey foot
False northing0US survey foot

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=36.6666666666667 +lon_0=-88.3333333333333 +k=0.999975 +x_0=152400.30480061 +y_0=0 +a=6378206.4000000004 +rf=294.9786982139 +units=us-ft +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:26771.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["NAD_1927_StatePlane_Illinois_East_FIPS_1201",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",-88.3333333333333],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.999975],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",36.6666666666667],UNIT["US survey foot",0.304800609601219]]

All systems — United States

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