Land Measurement Conversions

Lots of conversions that surveyors use

• 1 Acre = 43,560 square feet
• 1 Acre = 160 square rods
• 1 Acre = 10 square chains
• 1 Acre = 160 square rods
• 1 Acre = 160 perches
• 1 Acre = 160 poles
• 1 Acre = .4047 hectare
• 1 Acre = 4047 square meters
• 1 Acre = is about 208 3/4 feet square
• 1 Centimeter = .3937 inches
• 1 Centimeter = .032808 feet
• 1 Chain = 66 feet
• 1 Chain = 4 rods
• 1 Chain = 4 perches
• 1 Chain = 4 poles
• 1 Chain = 100 links
• 1 Chain = 20.1168 meters
• 1 Foot = 12 inches
• 1 Furlong = 660 feet
• 1 Furlong = 40 rods
• 1 Foot = 0.3048006 meter
• 1 Hectare = 10,000 square meters
• 1 Hectare = 2.471 acres
• 1 Inch = .0254 meter
• 1 Kilometer = 3280.83 feet
• 1 Kilometer = .62 mile
• 1 Knot = 6080.2 feet
• 1 Link = 7.92 inches
• 1 Link = .66 feet
• 1 Link = .2017 meter
• 1 Meter = 3.280833 feet
• 1 Meter = 39.37 inches
• 1 Meter Square = 10.764 square feet
• 1 Mile = 5,280 feet
• 1 Mile = 8 furlongs
• 1 Mile = 320 rods
• 1 Mile = 80 chains
• 1 Mile = 1.60935 kilometers
• 1 Mile = 320 perches
• 1 Mile = 320 poles
• 1 Mile = 8000 links
• 1 Mile = 1,609.2655 meters
• 1 Mile Square = a regular Section of land
• 1 Mile Square = 27,878,400 square feet
• 1 Mile Square = 640 acres
• 1 Mile Square = 259 hectares
• 1 Mile Square = 2.59 square hectares
• 1 Perch = 1 Pole = 1 Rod = 16.5 feet
• 1 Perch = 1 Pole = 1 Rod = 25 links
• 1 Section = 1 mile long, by 1 mile wide
• 1 Section = 640 acres
• 1 Township = 6 miles long, by 6 miles wide
• 1 Township = 36 sections
• 1 Township = 36 square miles
• 1 Yard = 36 inches
• 1 Yard = 3 feet
• 1 Yard Square = 9 square feet

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