Section in other units
| m² | sq ft | acres | hectares |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,589,988.11 | 27,878,400 | 640 | 258.9988 |
- = 1 square mile = 640 acres
About the section
The US Public Land Survey System divides land into townships about 6 miles square, each made of 36 sections of nominally one square mile, or 640 acres (about 259 hectares). Canada’s Dominion Lands Survey uses the same idea in the western provinces. Texas and the original thirteen states are among the areas the system does not cover.
Legal descriptions split sections into aliquot parts: a quarter section is 160 acres (the size of a standard Homestead Act claim) and a quarter-quarter section is 40 acres, as in “NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 12”. Actual sections differ from the nominal size because of the Earth’s curvature and survey corrections, so the recorded survey governs.
Related measures
- 1 section = 640 acres = 1 sq mi
- 1 quarter section = 160 acres
- 1 quarter-quarter section = 40 acres
- 36 sections = 1 township
Quick table
| Section | Square feet | Square meters | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27,878,400 | 2,589,988.11 | 640 |
| 2 | 55,756,800 | 5,179,976.22 | 1,280 |
| 5 | 139,392,000 | 12,949,940.55 | 3,200 |
| 10 | 278,784,000 | 25,899,881.1 | 6,400 |
| 20 | 557,568,000 | 51,799,762.21 | 12,800 |
| 50 | 1,393,920,000 | 129,499,405.52 | 32,000 |
| 100 | 2,787,840,000 | 258,998,811.03 | 64,000 |
Sources
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