§ 45a. — Sequoia National Park; revision of boundaries.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC45a]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER VI--SEQUOIA AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKS
Sec. 45a. Sequoia National Park; revision of boundaries
The boundaries of the Sequoia National Park, California, are changed
as follows:
Beginning at the southwest corner of the present boundary of Sequoia
National Park, being the southwest corner of township 18 south, range 30
east of the Mount Diablo base and meridian, California, thence easterly
along the present south boundary of Sequoia National Park to its
intersection with the hydrographic divide between the headwaters of
South Fort \1\ Kaweah River and the headwaters of that branch of Little
Kern River known as Pecks Canyon; thence southerly and easterly along
the crest of the hydrographic divide between Pecks Canyon and Soda Creek
to its intersection with a lateral divide at approximately the east line
of section 2, township 19 south, range 31 east; thence northeasterly
along said lateral divide to its intersection with the township line
near the southeast corner of township 18 south, range 31 east of the
Mount Diablo base and meridian; thence north approximately thirty-five
degrees west to the summit of the butte next north of Soda Creek (United
States Geological Survey altitude eight thousand eight hundred and
eighty-eight feet); thence northerly and northwesterly along the crest
of the hydrographic divide to a junction with the crest of the main
hydrographic divide between the headwaters of the South Fork of the
Kaweah River and the headwaters of Little Kern River; thence northerly
along said divide now between Horse and Cow Creeks and the headwaters of
East Fork Kaweah River to its intersection with the present east
boundary of Sequoia National Park, approximately at Tar Gap, being the
east line of township 17 south, range 30 east; thence northerly along
said line to its intersection with the main hydrographic divide north of
East Fork Kaweah River; thence easterly following said divide, passing
through Timber Gap to the summit of Sawtooth Peak; thence southeasterly
along the crest of the Great Western Divide to the summit of Coyote
Peaks (United States Geological Survey bench mark, altitude ten thousand
nine hundred and nineteen feet); thence northeasterly following the main
hydrographic divide south of Coyote Creek to the junction of Coyote
Creek and Kern River; thence due east across Kern River to the east
bank; thence following said east bank of Kern River northerly to the
junction of Golden Trout Creek and Kern River; thence northeasterly
following the main hydrographic divide north of Golden Trout Creek, and
between the headwaters of Golden Trout Creek and Rock Creek to a
junction with the main crest of the Sierra Nevada, northwest of Cirque
Peak; thence northerly and westerly along said main crest of the Sierra
Nevada to Junction Peak (United States Geological Survey bench mark
thirteen thousand nine hundred and three feet); thence westerly along
the crest of the Kings-Kern Divide to a junction with the crest of the
Great Western Divide at Thunder Mountain (United States Geological
Survey bench mark thirteen thousand five hundred and seventy-eight
feet); thence southwesterly along the crest of the Great Western Divide
to Triple Divide Peak (United States Geological Survey altitude twelve
thousand six hundred and fifty-one feet); thence westerly and
northwesterly along the crest of the hydrographic divide between the
headwaters of Roaring River and the headwaters of the Middle and Marble
Forks of the Kaweah River to Kettle Peak (United States Geological
Survey altitude ten thousand and thirty-eight feet); thence westerly and
southwesterly along the crest of the main hydrographic divide next north
of Clover Creek and Dorst Creek to the Junction of Stony Creek and Dorst
Creek; thence following the west bank of the North Fork Kaweah River to
its junction with Cactus Creek; thence easterly along the first
hydrographic divide south of Cactus Creek to its intersection with the
present west boundary of Sequoia National Park, being the west line of
township 16 south, range 29 east; thence southerly along said west
boundary to the southwest corner of said township; thence easterly along
the present boundary of Sequoia National Park, being the north line of
township 17 south, range 29 east, to the northeast corner of said
township; thence southerly along the present boundary of Sequoia
National Park, being the west lines of townships 17 and 18 south, range
30 east, to the place of beginning; and all of those lands lying within
the boundary line above described are included in and made a part of the
Roosevelt-Sequoia National Park; and all of those lands excluded from
the present Sequoia National Park are included in and made a part of the
Sequoia National Forest, subject to all laws and regulations applicable
to the national forests.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``Fork''.
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(July 3, 1926, ch. 744, Sec. 1, 44 Stat. 818.)
Exclusion and Addition of Lands
Certain lands excluded from Kings Canyon National Park and added to
Sequoia National Forest, see section 80a-1 of this title.
Certain lands excluded from Sequoia National Forest and added to
Kings Canyon National Park, see section 80a-2 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 45e of this title.
