EPSG systems

EPSG:32020 NAD27 / North Dakota North

Projected system (Lambert Conic Conformal (2SP)) in use: USA - North Dakota - SPCS - N. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:32020
NameNAD27 / North Dakota North
TypeProjected system — Lambert Conic Conformal (2SP)
Area of use USA - North Dakota - SPCS - N
United States (USA) - North Dakota - counties of Benson; Bottineau; Burke; Cavalier; Divide; Eddy; Foster; Grand Forks; Griggs; McHenry; McKenzie; McLean; Mountrial; Nelson; Pembina; Pierce; Ramsey; Renville; Rolette; Sheridan; Steele; Towner; Traill; Walsh; Ward; Wells; Williams.
Bounds W -104,07° · S 47,15° · E -96,83° · N 49,01°
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 (6) (EPSG:1175) — accuracy 7 m
ScopeEngineering survey, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of false origin47degree
Longitude of false origin-100.5degree
Latitude of 1st standard parallel47.43333333333333degree
Latitude of 2nd standard parallel48.733333333333334degree
Easting at false origin2000000US survey foot
Northing at false origin0US survey foot

proj4 definition

+proj=lcc +lat_0=47 +lon_0=-100.5 +lat_1=47.4333333333333 +lat_2=48.7333333333333 +x_0=609601.219202438 +y_0=0 +a=6378206.4000000004 +rf=294.9786982139 +units=us-ft +towgs84=-8,159,175 +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:32020.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["NAD_1927_StatePlane_North_Dakota_North_FIPS_3301",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["Lambert_Conformal_Conic"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",2000000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-100.5],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",47.4333333333333],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",48.7333333333333],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",47.0],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.