§ 80. — Establishment; boundaries; preservation of rights of citizens.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC80]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER VIII--KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 80. Establishment; boundaries; preservation of rights of
citizens
The tract of land in the State of California, particularly described
as follows, to wit: Beginning at the summit of Junction Peak, being a
point on the present north boundary of Sequoia National Park, also a
point on the Tulare and Inyo County line; thence westerly along said
north boundary of said park to the crest of the hydrographic divide
between Boulder Creek and Sugarloaf Creek; thence in a northerly
direction along the crest of the hydrographic divide between Boulder
Creek and Sugarloaf Creek to the intersection of said divide with the
section line between sections 3 and 4 of township 14 south, range 30
east, Mount Diablo base and meridian; thence northerly along the section
line between said sections 3 and 4 and between sections 33 and 34, and
sections 27 and 28 of township 13 south, range 30 east, to the northwest
corner of southwest quarter of section 27; thence northwesterly along
the ridge immediately adjacent to and lying northeast from the
headwaters of the east fork of Lightning Creek to the intersection of
said ridge with the section line between sections 21 and 28, township 13
south, range 30 east, which point lies on the said section line three
quarters of a mile more or less westerly from the northeast corner of
said section 28; thence in a northerly direction across the easterly
branch of the east fork of Lightning Creek at Summit Meadow to the ridge
north of said creek branch; thence northeasterly along said ridge to
Lookout Peak; thence in a northeasterly direction along the ridge from
said peak, being also the crest of the hydrographic divide between Sheep
Creek and Lightning Creek to the intersection of said ridge, with the
line between section 15 and 22, township 13 south, range 30 east, which
point lies one quarter of a mile more or less westerly of the northeast
corner of said section 22; thence easterly along said section line to
the corner of sections 14, 15, 22, and 23; thence north along the line
between sections 14 and 15 to the southwest corner of the northwest
quarter of the northwest quarter of section 14; thence east to the
southeast corner of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of
the said section; thence south to the southwest corner of the northeast
quarter of the said section; thence east to the southeast corner of the
southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of the said section; thence
south to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of the southeast
quarter of the said section; thence east to the northeast corner of the
southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of the said section; thence
south to the southwest corner of section 13; thence east on the line
between sections 13 and 24 to the southeast corner of section 13; thence
south to southwest corner of the northwest quarter of the northwest
quarter of section 19, township 13 south, range 31 east; thence east
along the north latitudinal one-sixteenth section line of sections 19,
20, and 21 to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of the
northwest quarter of said section 21; thence north to the quarter
section corner of sections 16 and 21; thence east along the line between
sections 16 and 21 to the southeast corner of said section 16; thence
north along the section line to the quarter section corner of sections
15 and 16; thence west along the latitudinal quarter section line of
sections 16, 17, and 18 to the northwest corner of the southeast quarter
of section 18; thence north to the northeast corner of the southeast
quarter of the northwest quarter of said section 18; thence west to the
northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of
said section 18; thence north along the range line between ranges 30 and
31 east, township 13 south to the northeast corner of section 13,
township 13 south, range 30 east; thence west along the line between
sections 12 and 13 to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of
the southwest quarter of section 12; thence north to the northeast
corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of said section
12; thence west to the northwest corner of the southeast quarter of the
southeast quarter of section 11; thence north to the northeast corner of
the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of said section 11;
thence west along the line between sections 2 and 11 to the northwest
corner of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of said section
11; thence south to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of the
northwest quarter of said section 11; thence west to the northwest
corner of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of said section
11; thence north along the line between sections 10 and 11 and 2 and 3
to the intersection with the ridge of southeast spur of Stag Dome;
thence in a northwesterly direction along the crest of said spur to the
summit of Stag Dome; thence in a northerly direction along the crest of
the hydrographic divide between Lewis Creek and Deer Cove and Grizzly
Creek to its intersection with Monarch Divide at Hog-Back Peak; thence
in a westerly direction along the crest of Monarch Divide, to its
junction with the northwesterly spur of Mount Harrington; thence
northwesterly along the crest of hydrographic divide on the southwest
side of the Gorge of Despair to the intersection with the line between
sections 12 and 13, township 12 south, range 29 east; thence continuing
west along the line between sections 12 and 13, 11 and 14 to the
southwest corner of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of
said section 11; thence northerly to the southwest corner of the
southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of said section 11; thence
east to the quarter section corner of sections 11 and 12; thence north
to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast
quarter of said section 11; thence east to the southeast corner of the
northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 12; thence north
to the northeast corner of the northwest quarter of the northwest
quarter of said section 12; thence east to the quarter section corner of
sections 1 and 12; thence north to the northeast corner of the southeast
quarter of the southwest quarter of said section 1; thence east to the
southeast corner of the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of
said section 1; thence north to the northeast corner of the northwest
quarter of the southeast quarter of said section 1; thence east to the
quarter section corner of sections 1 and 6; thence north along the range
line between the ranges 29 and 30 east, township 12 south, to the
northeast corner of said section 1, township 12 south, range 29 east;
thence east along the township line between townships 11 and 12 south
range 30 east to the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of the
southwest quarter of section 31, township 11 south, range 30 east;
thence north to the northeast corner of the southwest quarter of the
southwest quarter of said section 31; thence west to the northwest
corner of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 36,
township 11 south, range 29 east; thence south to the quarter section
corner of sections 1 and 36; thence west along the township line between
townships 11 and 12 south, range 29 east to the northwest corner of
section 1, township 12 south, range 29 east; thence south to the
southwest corner of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of
said section 1; thence west to the northwest corner of the southwest
quarter of the northwest quarter of section 2; thence south to the
northwest corner of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of
said section 2; thence west to the northwest corner of the southeast
quarter of the southeast quarter of section 3; thence south to the
southwest corner of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of
section 3; thence continuing south to the intersection with the four
thousand four hundred contour; thence along the four thousand four
hundred-foot contour in a southwesterly direction to its intersection
with Tombstone Ridge; thence in a northwesterly direction along the
crest of the Tombstone Ridge to the summit of the Obelisk; thence in a
straight line in a northeasterly direction crossing Crown Creek to the
summit of Kettle Dome; thence in a northeasterly direction along the
crest of Kettle Ridge to the summit of Finger Peak in the White Divide;
thence northwesterly along the crest of the said White Divide and the Le
Conte Divide, passing over the summits of Mount Reinstein and Red
Mountain to the summit of Mount Henry; thence in a northerly direction
along the crest of the north spur of Mount Henry to the junction of the
South Fork San Joaquin River and Piute Creek; thence across the South
Fork San Joaquin River and in a northeasterly direction along the
hydrographic divide between Piute Creek and the South Fork San Joaquin
River to the summit of Pavillion Dome; thence in an easterly direction
along the crest of said hydrographic divide to its intersection with
Glacier Divide; thence continuing southeasterly along the crest of said
Glacier Divide to a point of intersection with the crest of the Sierra
Nevada Range, also the boundary line between Inyo County and Fresno
County; thence continuing southeasterly along the crest of said Sierra
Nevada Range, passing over the summits of Mount Lamarack, Mount Darwin,
Mount Haeckel, Mount Wallace, Mount Powell, Mount Thompson, Mount
Gilbert, Mount Johnson, Mount Goode, Mount Winchell, North Palisade, The
Thumb, Mount Bolton Brown, Split Mountain, Cardinal Mountain, Striped
Mountain, Mount Perkins, Colosseum Mountain, Mount Baxter, Diamond Peak,
Black Mountain, Dragon Peak, Mount Bixford, Mount Gould, University
Peak, Mount Bradley, and Mount Keith to the summit of Junction Peak,
being the point of beginning; is reserved and withdrawn from settlement,
occupancy, or disposal under the laws of the United States and dedicated
and set apart as a public park, to be known as the Kings Canyon National
Park, for the benefit and enjoyment of the people: Provided, That
nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to affect or abridge any
right acquired by any citizen of the United States in the above-
described area: And provided further, That no grazing permits heretofore
issued and in effect on January 15, 1939, affecting the area described
in this section, for whose renewal an application is made before the
date of expiration shall be affected by this subchapter, except that
they shall be subject to such terms and conditions to insure protection
of the lands and for other purposes as may be prescribed by the
Secretary of the Interior.
(Mar. 4, 1940, ch. 40, Sec. 1, 54 Stat. 41.)
Additions to Kings Canyon National Park
The following provision authorized the addition of lands to Kings
Canyon National Park: Pub. L. 98-425, title I, Sec. 105(a)(1), Sept. 28,
1984, 98 Stat. 1626.
