EPSG systems

EPSG:8159 NAD83(HARN) / WISCRS Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee and Racine (m)

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: USA - Wisconsin - Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee and Racine. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

System record
CodeEPSG:8159
NameNAD83(HARN) / WISCRS Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee and Racine (m)
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use USA - Wisconsin - Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee and Racine
United States (USA) - Wisconsin - counties of Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee and Racine.
Bounds W -88,31° · S 42,49° · E -87,75° · N 43,55°
Countries United States
DatumNAD83 (High Accuracy Reference Network)
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:4152 — NAD83(HARN)
Unit metre (X east, Y north)
Transformation to WGS 84 NAD83(HARN) to WGS 84 (3) (EPSG:1901) — accuracy 1 m
ScopeEngineering survey.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin42.21666666666667degree
Longitude of natural origin-87.89444444444445degree
Scale factor at natural origin1.0000260649unity
False easting185928.3728metre
False northing0.0009metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=42.2166666666667 +lon_0=-87.8944444444444 +k=1.0000260649 +x_0=185928.3728 +y_0=0.0009 +ellps=GRS80 +units=m +towgs84=-0.991,1.9072,0.5129,0.02579,0.00965,0.01166,0 +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:8159.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["NAD_1983_HARN_WISCRS_Kenosha_Milwaukee_Ozaukee_and_Racine_Meters",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983_HARN",DATUM["D_North_American_1983_HARN",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",185928.3728],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0009],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-87.8944444444444],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0000260649],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",42.2166666666667],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — United States

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