diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 30d9a0815..a97c7d09d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 * catch omission of `new` keyword for `koop.Files`
 * Gracefully handle malformed esri geoms in geojson conversion
 * Revert Windows command line escaping, it was done improperly
+* Always tranform datum for NAD83 exports
 
 ## [2.8.4] - 2015-09-24
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/lib/Exporter.js b/lib/Exporter.js
index 160a5db01..29fd2e915 100644
--- a/lib/Exporter.js
+++ b/lib/Exporter.js
@@ -439,7 +439,13 @@ function moveFile (inFile, newFile, callback) {
     }
   })
 }
-
+/**
+ * Fixes incorrect WKT Strings
+ *
+ * @param {string} inWkt - The original well-known text for the projection
+ * @param {integer} wkid - The well-known id for the projection
+ * @private
+ */
 function fixWkt (inWkt, wkid) {
   // we have issue projecting this WKID w/o a datum xform
   // FYI there may be other proj codes needed here
@@ -448,19 +454,27 @@ function fixWkt (inWkt, wkid) {
     case 3078:
       wkt = '+proj=omerc +lat_0=45.30916666666666 +lonc=-86 +alpha=337.25556 +k=0.9996 +x_0=2546731.496 +y_0=-4354009.816 + ellps=GRS80 +datum=NAD83 +units=m +no_defs'
       break
-    case 2927:
-      wkt = 'PROJCS["NAD83(HARN) / Washington South (ftUS)",GEOGCS["NAD83(HARN)",DATUM["NAD83_High_Accuracy_Regional_Network",SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],TOWGS84[-0.9956,1.9013,0.5215,0.025915,0.009426,0.011599,-0.00062],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6152"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4152"]],UNIT["US survey foot",0.3048006096012192,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9003"]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP"],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",47.33333333333334],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_2",45.83333333333334],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",45.33333333333334],PARAMETER["central_meridian",-120.5],PARAMETER["false_easting",1640416.667],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],AUTHORITY["EPSG","2927"],AXIS["X",EAST],AXIS["Y",NORTH]]'
-      break
     case 28992:
       wkt = '+title=Amersfoort/Amersfoort +proj=sterea +lat_0=52.15616055555555 +lon_0=5.38763888888889 +k=0.999908 +x_0=155000 +y_0=463000 +ellps=bessel +units=m +no_defs +towgs84=565.2369,50.0087,465.658,-0.406857330322398,0.350732676542563,-1.8703473836068,4.0812'
       break
     default:
       wkt = inWkt
   }
+  // per Melita Kennedy @esri This is the correct datum transformation to NAD83 for the variant of WGS84 used in recent data. See also: http://www.epsg-registry.org/
+  if (wkt.match(/NAD83/)) return wkt.replace('TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0]', 'TOWGS84[-0.9956,1.9013,0.5215,0.025915,0.009426,0.011599,-0.00062]')
   if (wkt.match(/UTM/)) return wkt.replace('TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0]', 'TOWGS84[-0.9956,1.9013,0.5215,0.025915,0.009426,0.011599,-0.00062]')
   return wkt
 }
 
+/**
+ * Gets a set of OGR Paramters for an export
+
+ * @param {string} format - the output format
+ * @param {string} inFile - the geojson or vrt to use as a source
+ * @param {string} outFile - the file to write
+ * @param {object} geojson - a geojson object used in the xform
+ * @param {object} options - potentially contains a fields object
+ */
 function getOgrParams (format, inFile, outFile, geojson, options, callback) {
   // escape quotes in file names
   inFile = inFile.replace(/"/g, '"')
@@ -496,6 +510,14 @@ function getOgrParams (format, inFile, outFile, geojson, options, callback) {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Add parameters specific to a csv export
+ *
+ * @param {array} cmd - an array of OGR command parts to modify
+ * @param {object} options - may contain fields
+ * @return {array}
+ * @private
+ */
 function csvParams (cmd, options) {
   var hasPointGeom = options.geometryType === 'Point'
   var fields = options.fields.join('|').toLowerCase().split('|')
@@ -507,6 +529,14 @@ function csvParams (cmd, options) {
   return cmd
 }
 
+/**
+ * Add parameters specific to a csv export
+ *
+ * @param {string} cmd - an array of OGR command parts to modify
+ * @param {object} options - may contain a wkid or wkt
+ * @param {function} callback - calls back back with a modified command array or an error
+ * @private
+ */
 function shapefileParams (cmd, options, callback) {
   // make sure geometries are still written even if the first is null
   cmd.push('-nlt ' + options.geometryType.toUpperCase())
@@ -525,6 +555,11 @@ function shapefileParams (cmd, options, callback) {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Adds final parameters to the OGR function call
+ * @param {array} cmd - an array of OGR command parts to modify
+ * @return {string} the final OGR command
+ */
 function finishOgrParams (cmd) {
   cmd.push('-update')
   cmd.push('-append')
@@ -534,6 +569,12 @@ function finishOgrParams (cmd) {
   return cmd.join(' ')
 }
 
+/**
+ * Gets projection information for a shapefile exprot
+ * @param {object} options - contains info on spatial reference, wkid and wkt
+ * @param {function} callback - calls back with an error or wkt
+ * @private
+ */
 function addProjection (options, callback) {
   // if there is a passed in WKT just use that
   if (!options.sr) options.sr = {}
diff --git a/test/models/exporter-test.js b/test/models/exporter-test.js
index 181c33bca..9d45e38f3 100644
--- a/test/models/exporter-test.js
+++ b/test/models/exporter-test.js
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ describe('exporter Model', function () {
 
       exporter.getOgrParams(format, inFile, outFile, geojson, options, function (err, cmd) {
         should.not.exist(err)
-        cmd.should.equal('ogr2ogr --config SHAPE_ENCODING UTF-8 -f "ESRI Shapefile" outfile.shp infile.json -nlt POINT -t_srs \'PROJCS["NAD83 / California zone 6 (ftUS)",GEOGCS["NAD83",DATUM["North_American_Datum_1983",SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6269"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4269"]],UNIT["US survey foot",0.3048006096012192,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9003"]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP"],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",33.88333333333333],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_2",32.78333333333333],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",32.16666666666666],PARAMETER["central_meridian",-116.25],PARAMETER["false_easting",6561666.667],PARAMETER["false_northing",1640416.667],AUTHORITY["EPSG","2230"],AXIS["X",EAST],AXIS["Y",NORTH]]\' -fieldmap identity -update -append -skipfailures -lco ENCODING=UTF-8')
+        cmd.should.equal('ogr2ogr --config SHAPE_ENCODING UTF-8 -f "ESRI Shapefile" outfile.shp infile.json -nlt POINT -t_srs \'PROJCS["NAD83 / California zone 6 (ftUS)",GEOGCS["NAD83",DATUM["North_American_Datum_1983",SPHEROID["GRS 1980",6378137,298.257222101,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7019"]],TOWGS84[-0.9956,1.9013,0.5215,0.025915,0.009426,0.011599,-0.00062],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6269"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4269"]],UNIT["US survey foot",0.3048006096012192,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9003"]],PROJECTION["Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP"],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_1",33.88333333333333],PARAMETER["standard_parallel_2",32.78333333333333],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",32.16666666666666],PARAMETER["central_meridian",-116.25],PARAMETER["false_easting",6561666.667],PARAMETER["false_northing",1640416.667],AUTHORITY["EPSG","2230"],AXIS["X",EAST],AXIS["Y",NORTH]]\' -fieldmap identity -update -append -skipfailures -lco ENCODING=UTF-8')
         done()
       })
     })