Black Hills meridian

The Black Hills meridian, longitude 104°03′ west from Greenwich, with the baseline in latitude 44° north, is the principal meridian that governs surveys in the state of South Dakota north and west of White River, and west of the Missouri River (between latitudes 45°55′20″ and 44°1′30″), the north and west boundaries of the Lower Brule Indian Reservation, and the west boundary of range 79 west, of the Fifth Principal Meridian system. It is named for the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming.

References

Raymond, William Galt (1914). Plane Surveying for Use in the Classroom and Field (via Google Books). New York: American Book Company.

External links

"Cadastral Survey, 5th Principal Meridian North Detail". U.S Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
"Black Hills Principal Meridian". Principal Meridian Project. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
"Black Hills Principal Meridian". The Center for Land Use Interpretation. Retrieved 2012-09-21.

Principal meridians of the United States

Numbered meridians	First Second Third Fourth Fourth (extended) Fifth Sixth

Named meridians	Black Hills Boise Chickasaw Choctaw Cimarron Copper River Gila and Salt River Humboldt Huntsville Indian Louisiana Michigan Mount Diablo Navajo New Mexico Montana St. Helena meridian St. Stephens Salt Lake San Bernardino Tallahassee Uintah Umiat Ute Washington Willamette Wind River

List of principal and guide meridians and base lines of the United States

Coordinates: 43°59′44″N 104°03′16″W / 43.99556°N 104.05444°W / 43.99556; -104.05444

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Black Hills meridian

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