Английская Википедия:Fourth principal meridian

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U.S. Bureau of Land Management map showing the principal meridians of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois

The fourth principal meridian, set in 1815,[1] is the principal meridian for land surveys in northwestern Illinois and west-central Illinois,[2] and its 1831[3] extension is the principal meridian for land surveys in Wisconsin and northeastern Minnesota.[1][2] It is part of the Public Land Survey System that covers most of the United States.

The fourth principal meridian begins at a point on the west bank of the Illinois River in Schuyler County, Illinois. The fourth principal meridian's baseline, sometimes called the Beardstown baseline,Шаблон:Citation needed runs west from this initial point.[1][2] The meridian and this baseline governs surveys in Illinois that are west of both the Illinois River and the third principal meridian.[2]

The Illinois Department of Transportation 2003 Survey Manual gives the point as Шаблон:Coord and notes that the meridian is an extension of the line north from the mouth of the Illinois River near Grafton, Illinois.[1]

Extended

The meridian was extended north in 1831, through Wisconsin and northeastern Minnesota.[3] The extension uses the Illinois–Wisconsin border as its baseline,[1][2] and is the basis of surveys in all of Wisconsin, as well as that part of Minnesota:

The initial point of the extended fourth principal meridian is located at Шаблон:Coord.

See also

References

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External links

Шаблон:Principal meridians of the United States