survey math question

Kmac15 · #1 08/30/10, 04:34 AM

Say you have 15 acres
3 acres across by 5 acres deep

What would the dimensions be in feet?

Steve L. · #2 08/30/10, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by kmac15

say you have 15 acres
3 acres across by 5 acres deep

what would the dimensions be in feet?

627 x 1045.

blufford · #3 08/30/10, 05:29 AM

slightlymore than 300 X 2,000 ft, lols.

edit to add you might want to check that before planning your runway.

oneokie · #4 08/30/10, 07:42 AM

3x208.71=626.17'
5x208.71=1045.55'

Windy in Kansas · #5 08/30/10, 08:06 AM

Unless you are assuming that the acres are perfectly square there is no way to figure it. An acre is composed of any combination of 43,560 square feet.

**Cabin Fever** · #6 08/30/10, 08:08 AM

Traditionally, "unsurveyed" parcel sizes are general those given below. I realized that there are porbably more combinations:

1 section = 640 acres = 5280' x 5280'

1/2 section = 320 acres = 2640' x 5280'

1/4 section = 160 acres = 2640' x 2640' or 1320' x 5280'

1/4,1/4 section = 1320' x 1320'

20 acres = 660' x 1320'

10 acres = 660' x 660'

If you had a "traditional" 15 acre parcel, the dimensions would most likely be 660' x 990'

Kmac15 · #7 08/30/10, 09:25 AM

Wow, didn't know all the answers would be different LOL

and ya, the acres are pretty much square.

Windy in Kansas · #8 08/30/10, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Kmac15

Wow, didn't know all the answers would be different LOL

and ya, the acres are pretty much square.

With them square they can be figured. I've owned terraced land with curves and odd shapes which make for difficult figuring. One post over the weekend about Google Earth view showed a triangular piece.

My current small property is long and narrow, 545 feet along the front that borders a road but tapers to 525 at the back property line. The rest of the 16 acres is made of up about 1300 feet of distance. Not even any of the corners are at 90º angles, hence the taper.