There ARE 640 Acres in a Square Mile.
Aug 18, 2015 20:38:30 #
Does the government think we are all FARMERS...!!!
Why do they tell us areas involved in Forest Fires in Acres.
There are 640 Acres in a square mile. If a Farmer has a 650 Acre farm he has just over a Square Mile in farm land.
Now that means something very concrete to me. It's more than just losing the farm. :shock: :shock: :shock:
Why do they tell us areas involved in Forest Fires in Acres.
There are 640 Acres in a square mile. If a Farmer has a 650 Acre farm he has just over a Square Mile in farm land.
Now that means something very concrete to me. It's more than just losing the farm. :shock: :shock: :shock:
Aug 19, 2015 05:56:43 #
Canonuser
Loc: UK and South Africa
So there you go, the next time you hear of a fire covering 325 acres, you'll know it's half a square mile. Spare a thought for those of us in the UK who not only have acres to understand but hectares and even kilometres, meters, centimetres and millimetres in addition to yards, feet and inches. 😢😫
Aug 19, 2015 06:48:19 #
Hopefully the proper amount of rainfall and fire prevention can preclude all of those measurements!
Aug 19, 2015 06:57:03 #
Aug 19, 2015 07:19:15 #
llamb wrote:
Are those square acres or cubic acres? ;-)
If you get kicked in the right place, you'll have a couple acres. :roll:
Aug 19, 2015 07:53:48 #
Jim McDonald
Loc: Ellsinore, Mo.
That equals a Section, which is further broken down to a quarter section or half section.
Kuzano wrote:
Does the government think we are all FARMERS...!!!
Why do they tell us areas involved in Forest Fires in Acres.
There are 640 Acres in a square mile. If a Farmer has a 650 Acre farm he has just over a Square Mile in farm land.
Now that means something very concrete to me. It's more than just losing the farm. :shock: :shock: :shock:
Why do they tell us areas involved in Forest Fires in Acres.
There are 640 Acres in a square mile. If a Farmer has a 650 Acre farm he has just over a Square Mile in farm land.
Now that means something very concrete to me. It's more than just losing the farm. :shock: :shock: :shock:
Aug 19, 2015 09:39:45 #
DaveO wrote:
If you get kicked in the right place, you'll have a couple acres. :roll:
Thanks for the cringe of the day Dave :shock: :shock:
Swede :thumbup: ;)
Aug 19, 2015 10:55:05 #
That works out to 2,590,080 square meters if anyone cares. Or precisely 27,880,301 square feet. That might get a little awkward however when speaking of a very large forest fire.
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