EPSG systems

EPSG:4413 NAD27 / BLM 13N (ftUS)

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: USA - 108°W to 102°W. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:4413
NameNAD27 / BLM 13N (ftUS)
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use USA - 108°W to 102°W
United States (USA) - between 108°W and 102°W - Colorado; Montana; Nebraska; New Mexico; North Dakota; Oklahoma; South Dakota; Texas; Wyoming.
Bounds W -108,00° · S 28,98° · E -102,00° · 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
ScopeNo official usage.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin0degree
Longitude of natural origin-105degree
Scale factor at natural origin0.9996unity
False easting1640416.67US survey foot
False northing0US survey foot

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=-105 +k=0.9996 +x_0=500000.001016002 +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:4413.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["NAD_1927_BLM_Zone_13N",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",1640416.67],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-105.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],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.