EPSG systems

EPSG:8529 NAD83(2011) / KS RCS zone 12

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

System record
CodeEPSG:8529
NameNAD83(2011) / KS RCS zone 12
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use USA - Kansas - Ulysses
United States (USA) - Kansas - counties of Grant; Greeley; Hamilton; Kearny; Morton; Stanton; Stevens; Wichita.
Bounds W -102,05° · S 36,99° · E -101,06° · N 38,71°
Countries United States
DatumNAD83 (National Spatial Reference System 2011)
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:6318 — NAD83(2011)
Unit US survey foot (X east, Y north)
Transformation to WGS 84 NAD83(2011) to WGS 84 (1) (EPSG:9774) — accuracy 2 m
ScopeHighway engineering.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin36.75degree
Longitude of natural origin-101.41666666666667degree
Scale factor at natural origin1.00014unity
False easting12500000US survey foot
False northing0US survey foot

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=36.75 +lon_0=-101.416666666667 +k=1.00014 +x_0=3810007.62001524 +y_0=0 +ellps=GRS80 +units=us-ft +towgs84=0,0,0 +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:8529.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["NAD_1983_2011_KS_RCS_Zone_12",GEOGCS["GCS_NAD_1983_2011",DATUM["D_NAD_1983_2011",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",12500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-101.416666666667],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.00014],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",36.75],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.