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Square Foot (US Survey)


The square foot (US survey) is a unit of area based on the US survey foot, which is slightly longer than the international foot. It is mainly used in land surveying and mapping in the United States.



  • 1 US survey foot = 1200โ„3937 meters (approximately 0.3048006096 m)



  • 1 square foot (US survey) โ‰ˆ 0.0929034116 mยฒ



This unit helps maintain consistency in US land measurements, especially in legal and cadastral contexts.


Section


A section is a land measurement unit used in the United States Public Land Survey System (PLSS). It refers to a square area that is 1 mile on each side, covering:



  • 1 square mile



  • 640 acres



  • Approximately 2.59 square kilometers



Sections are the basic units within a township (which contains 36 sections) and are commonly used for legal land descriptions and property boundaries.



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