68 Pa. Stat. § 951

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
Section 951 - "Pennsylvania Coordinate System" adopted; "zones" for state

The system of plane rectangular coordinates which has been established and adopted by the National Ocean Service/National Geodetic Survey (formerly the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey) or its successors for defining and stating the positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is hereafter known and designated as the "Pennsylvania Coordinate System."

For the purpose of the use of this system, the Commonwealth is divided into two zones: the "North Zone," and the "South Zone."

The area now included in the following counties shall constitute the North Zone:

Bradford, Cameron, Carbon, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Lycoming, McKean, Mercer, Monroe, Montour, Northumberland, Pike, Potter, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Venango, Warren, Wayne, and Wyoming.

The area now included in the following counties shall constitute the South Zone:

Adams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Berks, Blair, Bucks, Butler, Cambria, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Juniata, Lancaster, Lawrence, Lebanon, Lehigh, Mifflin, Montgomery, Northampton, Perry, Philadelphia, Schuylkill, Snyder, Somerset, Washington, Westmoreland, and York.

68 P.S. § 951

1937, June 2, P.L. 1208, §1 imd. effective. Editorially renumbered from 76 P.S. § 145 in 1978. Amended 1992, Dec. 16, P.L. 1224, No. 161, § 1, effective in 60 days.