Convert foot to chain (US survey)
Please provide values below to convert foot [ft] to chain (US survey) [ch (US)], or Convert chain (US survey) to foot.
How to Convert Foot to Chain (Us Survey)
1 ft = 0.0151514848484701 ch (US)
Example: convert 15 ft to ch (US):
15 ft = 15 × 0.0151514848484701 ch (US) = 0.227272272727052 ch (US)
Foot to Chain (Us Survey) Conversion Table
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Foot
A foot is a unit of length in the imperial and US customary systems of measurement. A foot was defined as exactly 0.3048 meters in 1959. One foot contains 12 inches, and one yard is comprised of three feet.
History/Origin
The foot has been used as a unit of measurement in many different cultures, including Ancient Greece and Rome, and the length has varied from country to country and even from city to city. The name is said to be based on the average length of a man's foot.
Current Use
The foot is a primary unit of length in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada for many everyday applications. In the US, feet and inches are commonly used to measure height, shorter distances, field length (sometimes in the form of yards), etc.
Chain (Us Survey)
A U.S. survey chain is a unit of length equal to 66 U.S. survey feet.
History/Origin
The U.S. survey chain is based on the U.S. survey foot, which was slightly different from the international foot. The use of survey units was officially phased out in 2022.
Current Use
The U.S. survey chain was used for land surveying in the United States.