Acreage Calculator

Being able to calculate your plot of land for how many acres it is can be difficult. If you know your land or plot's length and width, our free acreage calculator will tell you how many acres it is equal to.

Required Information

Length:

Width:

Acres:

What it is

Understanding the Acre

Create Date: July 1, 2024

Last Modified Date: November 22, 2024

An acre is a unit of area that is commonly used in the United States and the UK for measuring large tracts of land. Historically, an acre was understood to be the amount of land tillable by a yoke of oxen in one day. Traditionally, it was defined as a strip of land 660 feet long and 66 feet wide or 43,560 square feet in total. Today, the acre remains a standard measurement in many national and local governments around the world, particularly in Anglophone countries. Despite the modern metric system, the acre is still widely used in real estate, agriculture, and land management to describe the size of plots.

How do you Calculate Acres?

Acreage can be calculated with two variables:

Plot length

Plot width

We can then use these values in the following formula to find the acreage of that plot:

An image showing the formula for calculating the acreage of a plot of land.

Where:

A = Acreage

AP = Area of the plot of land

Understanding Your Results

Your result will be very simple and easy to understand. You will be given the exact number of acres your specific plot of land is based on your entries.

How to Use the Acreage Tool

We want to make every tool we offer simple and efficient. This calculator is exactly that, simple and easy to use. The steps include:

Enter the length of the land.

Enter the width of the land.

Ensure your entries are correct and the units selected are the correct ones.

Hit calculate and get your answer instantly!

Example Calculation

Let's say we are out riding quads in the middle of a huge slab of land. We want to get a better idea of its acreage so we measure its length and width. We find the length to be 5,000 feet and the width to be 47,750 feet. We can use this tool to find the total acreage of this plot of land.

After plugging in the values into each field we hit calculate and get a total acreage of about 5,480.95 acres.

Acres - Frequently Asked Questions

An acre is a unit of area used primarily in the United States and the UK. Historically, an acre was defined as the amount of land that could be plowed by a yoke of oxen in one day. Today, it is precisely defined as 43,560 square feet.

There are about 2.471 acres in a hectare. To convert hectares to acres, multiply the number of hectares by 2.471.

For irregularly shaped plots, you can divide the land into a combination of triangles and rectangles, measure each part separately, then sum up the areas. Tools like GPS land mapping or online mapping services can also help measure irregular plots.

Topography can significantly affect land measurement as it influences the actual surface area. Measurements taken solely from maps or overhead may not account for the undulating nature of the terrain, which can lead to inaccuracies in flat-area calculations.

If there is a discrepancy between calculated acreage and existing records, it is advisable to have a professional surveyor conduct a comprehensive survey. Discrepancies can arise from changes in land use, unclear boundaries, or errors in previous measurements.

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