i need help fast on how to figure acres

[Unregistered]

i have ten acres that i need to split into half a five acre peice i need to know how many feet to go down the fence line. the ten acre piece is retangular

[Robert Fogt]

You need to know one of the dimensions.

Unless the land is a perfect square, you need to know at least one dimension in addition to the area. Either the length or width, and you can calculate the other.

[searunner52]

An acre of land is 208' by 208'


A 10 acre piece 2 acres deep (416') would have a length of 5 acres (1040')

dividing it in half along its length would leave you two peices of land roughly 416' by 520'

[Unregistered]

The Property I Am Looking At Is Not Square But More Of A Triangle Area. The Footage On Each Side Is As Follows:

Side A= 1930 Feet
Side B= 1676 Feet
Side C= 2316 Feet

How Do You Figure Acreage?

[Mrs X]

Do you want ot end up with two triangles, or one triangle, and one triangle shape with the top chopped off? I can't remember what this shape is called, sorry. You might be best to draw the original, complete shape to scale on a peice of paper, with the correct dimensions and angles for each side, and then draw a line where you want the disecting line to be. You should then be able to measure the lengths off on your peice of paper. Good luck with this.

[Unregistered]

You need to know one of the dimensions.

Unless the land is a perfect square, you need to know at least one dimension in addition to the area. Either the length or width, and you can calculate the other.


i have some land 495' ft by 495', how many acres is this?

[Robert Fogt]

495 feet * 495 feet = 245025 square feet

245025 square foot / 43560 = 5.625 acre

[Unregistered]

You need to know one of the dimensions.

Unless the land is a perfect square, you need to know at least one dimension in addition to the area. Either the length or width, and you can calculate the other.



what is acreage for 162' x 269' ????

[Robert Fogt]

162 feet * 269 feet = 43578 square feet

Since 1 acre = 43,560 square feet, I would estimate the above and call it 1 acre, though technically its 1.0004 acre.

[Unregistered]

You need to know one of the dimensions.

Unless the land is a perfect square, you need to know at least one dimension in addition to the area. Either the length or width, and you can calculate the other.
i have 2.12 acres of land the road frontis 586 one side is 386 the other side is 386 how much road frontage do i need to have one acre

[Robert Fogt]

43,560 square feet / 386 feet = 112.85 feet

Though an area of land 586 feet by 386 feet is 5.19 acres, not 2.12 acres.

[crazy guy]

neat forum, maybe you guys can help me with something.
I figure since this string is about acres, i'll post my question here.
I do clearing with heavy equipment and on this certain job its paying "per acre" instead of by the job, or equipment hour, which is the norm for me.
anyway here is my question.
I know that an acre is 208.7 feet X 208.7 feet

I have 2 roadways to clear. One is 30' wide, and the other is 85' wide.

could I figure the acres as follows?

208.7' - 30' = 178.7' , then add the 178.7 from side "A" to the
208.7' on side "B" to equal 387.4' , simply making a "square" into a rectangle.
adding the subtracted footage off one side to the other side to figure the acreage of the cleared roadway?

[Robert Fogt]

Just multiply the width in feet by the length in feet to get the square feet. Then divide by 43560 to get acres.

So if you're clearing a road 30 feet wide that is 500 feet long:
30 feet * 500 feet = 15000 square feet
15000 square feet / 43560 = 0.3 acres

[littlejohn3532]

I have an oddball size piece of land.

side one measures: 378 feet
side two measures: 427 feet
side three measures: 152 feet
side four measures: 337 feet

What is the acrage and what is the formula for coverting to square feet?

Thanks so very much.

[Robert Fogt]

That's called an irregular polygon, and you cant calculate the area without additional information.

The easiest information to gather would be the length of at least one of the diagonals. Though if you could also measure the angles that would work too.

The way these odd shapes are calcuated is by splitting them up into two triangles and measuring the area of each. That is why you need to know the length of the diagonals.

[Unregistered]

[QUOTE=Unregistered]I have 3 acres how many feet is that?

[Robert Fogt]

3 acres * 43,560 = 130,680 square feet

[Unregistered]

i have ten acres that i need to split into half a five acre peice i need to know how many feet to go down the fence line. the ten acre piece is retangular
my property is 280 ft x 130 ft x 275 ft x 115 ft is that more or less an acre

[Unregistered]

how much acreage is in this amount of land?

The curved lake front part is 386.2 ft
The back is 300 ft. across
The left side appears to be 520 ft.
The right side or street side appears to be 279 ft. across.

[Robert Fogt]

Those are irregular shapes and you would need more information to calculate the area. For example, you could measure the diagnals. You split the irregular polygon into multiple known shapes (triangles) which you are able to calculate the area of.

Though if the land is fairly rectangular in shape, I see nothing wrong with estimating. For example, turn a 280' x 115' x 275' x 120' irregular polygon into a 280' x 115' rectangle which requires nothing more to calcuate the area of.

[Unregistered]

The Property I Am Looking At Is Not Square But More Of A Triangle Area. The Footage On Each Side Is As Follows:

Side A= 445.5 Feet
Side B= 528 Feet
Side C= 247 Feet
Side D= 445.5 Feet
How Do You Figure Acreage?
I am having a big problem firguing out how many acres this is

[Unregistered]

I am having a big problem firguing out how many acres this isan yiou tell me how to firgure this

[Unregistered]

I am having a big problem firguing out how many acres this iscan you tell me how to firgure this

[Robert Fogt]

Will also need the length of the diagonals to calculate that.

[roro1]

can you please figure the acrage og this for me

side a-320.14
side b-170.42
side c-199.00
the vertical side is 206.73
thanks

[Robert Fogt]

Is this a triangle shape with the vertical side meaning the diagonal?

[Unregistered]

4 sides sorry!the diagonal side is 206.73

[Robert Fogt]

That's what we call an irregular polygon, and you need more information before being able to calculate the area. If you could measure the diagonals we could calculate.

Basically we have to break up the irregular shape into known shapes we can calculate, such as two triangles.

[Unregistered]

Hi,

My land is shapes liked a strange rectangle, getting skinnier on one end and I need to calculate the acreage. Can you help please?

172' x 578' x 44' x 578'

Thanks.

[Unregistered]

square foot / = 2.17 acre[/QUOTE]

[Kristine]

I have a lot that I am trying to figure out what size it is. The survey measurements are

Road side = R=175.00' A=75.77' N24 22'08' E
Left Side is N 89 33'45" E 123.56' AND N71 39'04" W 120.99'
Back is N 26 05'22" E 153.43'
Right Side is N 65 37'52"W 211.73'

I

[Unregistered]

I'm a farmer and I bought a GPS to help me figure out my acreage on some hay fields I tend to.

The GPS will draw a map of my travels and tell me the distance between points. Is there anyway to figure the acreage (w/in half an acre) using this map. (the fields tend to have lots of curves and aren't very rectangular.

The GPS is made by Garmin

Thanks for any helpful ideas you may have

[Robert Fogt]

I can calculate it, but you will have to draw it.

To calculate an irregular polygon, you have to break it up into known shapes and calculate each seperately.

If you can draw it out in a paint program, label all the side lengths, it would work. Or draw it on paper and scan it in.

[secondchance]

We have 8 acres in a pie or triangle shape. On the West side to the south point is 940 ft and the East side to the south point is 985 ft, but we don't know the footage on the northern side that runs west to east and is an easement road. Can you tell us how to figure the footage or what it would be?

[Robert Fogt]

There are many possible types of triangles. I have the formulas for them all, just need to know which to use.

If you can measure an angle, thats all I would need. If you can draw the shape and send it to me I could measure an angle.

[Unregistered]

I have a pond that I'd like to know the appro. acreage. It's odd shaped with coves and points except the dam, it straight. The dam measures about 440'. Its to grown up and snakey to walk aorund but if I walked around the pond I'd guess it would be 1600/1800'.

About how many acres would that be?

Thanks

[Robert Fogt]

To calculate the area of an irregular shape, you need to split the shape into smaller shape which you can calculate.

For example, to calculate something thats like an ice cream cone shape, you would split it into a triangle and a half circle, calculate the area of each then add together.

So you'll need to split up your pond into shapes like squares, circles, triangles, etc and measure each shape.

[Unregistered]

5 acres in feet in a rectangle how many feet on each side

[Robert Fogt]

You would need to know at least one dimension. Unless the area was a perfect square. You need to know to of three things, length/width/area. You can calculate the third knowing the other two.

[Unregistered]

I have a irregular lot that i have to figure the acreage on.
The pirameter dim. are
95' x 101' x 107' x 112'

[Robert Fogt]

You would also need to know the length of one of the diagonals.

You need to split the shape into two triangles and calculate the area of each.

[Unregistered]

square foot / = 2.17 acre[/QUOTE]
this property has five sides and i only know four measurements

[Don]

My measurements are ft on back side. ft on left side,ft dips down 255 ft then continues to the end with 238 ft .with the last side of 210 ft its shape has 6 sides I trying to come up with 3 acres. Can you help me?

[Robert Fogt]

Can you post an image of the shape with the sides labeled?

You cant directly calculate an irregular polygon without knowing the length of a diagonal or angle.

[Unregistered]

go halfway

[Unregistered]

i have ten acres that i need to split into half a five acre peice i need to know how many feet to go down the fence line. the ten acre piece is retangular
just divide it in half

[Robert Fogt]

just divide it in half

That will only work if the area is a rectangle or trapezoid shape. If the sides go off at angles, such as a parallelogram, it could be way off.

I would not recommend using that method unless the shape is close to rectangle.

[Unregistered]

had many square feet is in 0.52 acres

[bla1956]

I am having a big problem firguing out how many acres this is Lot Size: 102 by 96 by 225 by 105. Please give me the acreage

[Robert Fogt]

Lot Size: 102 by 96 by 225 by 105. Please give me the acreage

Would also need to know the length of one of the diagonals.

[Unregistered]

we are clearing land for sale and need to know how many square feet are in one half of an acre.

[Unregistered]

I need to know how many acres would be if I cut a 20 ft. right of way around 1700 acres. How many acres would that be.

[Sandra]

There are 43560 square feet in an acre, I hope this helps.

[Robert Fogt]

I need to know how many acres would be if I cut a 20 ft. right of way around 1700 acres. How many acres would that be.

Unless the land was a perfect square or perfect circle, we would need to know the dimensions.

[Unregistered]

i have ten acres that i need to split into half a five acre peice i need to know how many feet to go down the fence line. the ten acre piece is retangular


Can you tell me how many square feet are in .05 of an Acre?

my email address is laura.arizmendi@pinnaclemtg.com

thanks!!!

[Unregistered]

i have ten acres that i need to split into half a five acre peice i need to know how many feet to go down the fence line. the ten acre piece is retangular

I have 18 years experience working in a Land Title System. The approximate size of an acre is 600 by 400 feet or 240000 square feet. Since I don't know the overall shape and dimensions it is hard for me to go farther.

[Unregistered]

You need to know one of the dimensions.

Unless the land is a perfect square, you need to know at least one dimension in addition to the area. Either the length or width, and you can calculate the other.
3.09 Acres of property is how many feet or what is to total at $3.00/square feet?

Please advise. Thank you

[Robert Fogt]

3.09 acre = 134,600.4 square foot

134,600.4 square foot * 3.00 $/square foot = $403,801.20

[brenda]

I need to know how big this lot is using these meausurments>

Side A= 161.02 feet
Side B=222.67Feet
Side C= 100.00
Feet

How Do You Figure Acreage?
Please show me how to calculate these measurement for a lot that i have

[Unregistered]

rectangle of 269front by 421 on one side and 400 on the other side and 266 at the back you many acres is this

[Robert Fogt]

rectangle of 269front by 421 on one side and 400 on the other side and 266 at the back you many acres is this

Thats a irregular polygon shape, and you cant calculate the area without also knowing one of the diagonals.

You may want to post this question in a new thread for help. This thread is getting too big.

[Unregistered]

I need to know the acrage of a piece of land that is 320.1x141.4x306.2x116?

[Mrs X]

I need to know the acrage of a piece of land that is 320.1x141.4x306.2x116?

Hi,

If it is almost a rectangle, then you can just take an average of the ends and the sides to get an approximation.

i.e. you rectangle is about 315 x 130is approximately 40000units². If your original units are meters, then this is about 10 acres.

[Unregistered]

how many feet (not square feet) in one acre?

[Unregistered]

440 by 310 how many acres is this

[Unregistered Rob]

Property size is 120 x 90 157 x 118

[Not registered]

[I need to know how many feet there are to fence in 5 acres.

[Sandra]

how many feet (not square feet) in one acre?

An acre is a unit of measurement of area.
So it is 43560 square feet.
Are you asking about one of the dimensions of a square acre?
If the acre were a perfect square you would use the square root of 43560 and that would be approx. 208.71 for one of the sides.

[Sandra]

440 by 310 how many acres is this

assuming that you are giving your measurements in feet.

440 x 310 = 136400 square feet

since there a 43560 square feet in an acre

136400 / 43560 = 3.13 acre

[Sandra]

Property size is 120 x 90 157 x 118
Is there a possibility you could figure out how much is a rectangle
like using 120 x 90 = 10800 and then making a triangle out of the remaining
37 by 28. Then add the results together.

[Sandra]

[I need to know how many feet there are to fence in 5 acres.

there are 43560 sq. ft. per acre x 5 acres = 217800

to get one of the dimensions you need the sq. root of 217800

466.7 ft.

466.7 x 4 for the four outer dimensions to get total feet of fence

1866.8 feet of fence

This is basically an estimate and would work well for a square or rectange because the dimensions would work out to about the same in total.
If the shape is unusual you would need to allow extra fencing.

[Unregistered]

i have property that is 330x1000 deep want to sellthe back 4 acers how many feet do i measure up for 4 acers

[Unregistered]

I have a plat that is 221.54 across back 42.75 across the front
the left side is 403.76 and the right side is 363.28 Can anyone tell me the acreage of this?

[Unregistered]

i m looking to buy some land i have 2877.95 ltft as my perimeter what is my acreage and how did you figure it

[JohnS]

i m looking to buy some land i have 2877.95 ltft as my perimeter what is my acreage and how did you figure it

The perimeter doesn't help much unless you know the shape.

If it is square (all sides equal, all corners 90°), each side is 719.4875 ft, and the area 517662 ft² or 11.88 acres.

However, it could be an absurd shape, like a rectangle 1437.975 ft long, 1 ft wide, and area 1437.98 ft².

You really need to know all the sides (in order) and their bearing angles, or the angles in all the corners.

A circle has the highest ratio of area to perimeter, so by assuming a circle, you can set an upper bound to the area from the perimeter, but it can be ANY smaller number, down to and including zero, so the perimeter just doesn't tell you much useful. I guarentee it is LESS THAN 659108 ft²

[Unregistered]

The Property I Am Looking At Is Not Square But More Of A Triangle Area. The Footage On Each Side Is As Follows:

Side A= 1930 Feet
Side B= 1676 Feet
Side C= 2316 Feet

How Do You Figure Acreage?
figure the old 3,4,5 therom in geometry 3=1676, 4=1930, and 5=2316. now draw as if an isosoles triangle. You come to the conclision that the diagonal does not matter with this formula. It's as simple as base times height only divide the sum by 2. take 1930 x 1676 it should come to just over 3.2 mil sq ft. divide that by 2 and get approx 1.6 mil sq ft. now take what ever an acre sq ft. is 43,000-45,000 and do the math. the answer is approx 37acres

[Unregistered]

i need the acrage for a lot A=225ft. B=65ft. C=252ft. D=160ft.

[Unregistered]

i have ten acres that i need to split into half a five acre peice i need to know how many feet to go down the fence line. the ten acre piece is retangularI need to know how many acres are in this triangle that measures 1,574 feet by 1,175feet by 1,983 feet

[JohnS]

I need to know how many acres are in this triangle that measures 1,574 feet by 1,175feet by 1,983 feet

We have a calculator for that:
http://www.onlineconversion.com/shape_area_scalene_triangle.htm

It is 924539 ft² or 21.2 acres.

[Unregistered]

I have a reverse problem, I know the acreage and only one measurement, how do I figure out the other measurements? The acreage is 0.53, and the frontage is 98.46 feet. What is the length of the property assuming it is somewhat rectangular?

[JohnS]

I have a reverse problem, I know the acreage and only one measurement, how do I figure out the other measurements? The acreage is 0.53, and the frontage is 98.46 feet. What is the length of the property assuming it is somewhat rectangular?

1 acre is 43560 ft², so 0.53 acre is 23087 ft². If one dimension is 98.46 ft, and rectangular shape, the other dimension is 234.5 ft.

If acreage has been rounded to 2 digits, the answer is too, so 230 ft approx.

[Unregistered]

my lot size is 104X179.62X115X158 can ayone tell me how many acres is that

[Unregistered]

the land deminsons are in four sides the 1st side is 150' the 2nd is 125' the 3rd is 179' and the 4th is 137

[oiluvgoodbeer]

in need of help on how many acres i have im going to write it like it is on the paper i have . commencing on the south side of the highway from point A to point B at the northeast corner of the land formerly owner or occupied by Mr X , thence running south on said X east line to a juniper tree;thence running easterly seven (7) rods and seven (7) links; trench running south on said X east line to said X southeast corner;thence running east on Mrs A and Mr B north line to Mr C southwest corner;thence running north on said Mr C west line to the southwest corner of land owned or occupied by Mr D; thence running north on said Mr E west line to southeast corner of land of the land owned by Mr F thence running west on said Mr F south line to southwest corner;thence running north on Mr F west line to the south line of the said highway ; thence running west on the south line of said highway to the point of beginning so the measurements i have is 1200' x2812.5' x 872.5'x 1500' x 62.5 x1000' please help me figure this out

[coolnice]

You cant directly calculate an irregular polygon without knowing the length of a diagonal or angle.