What do Surveyors around New Orleans use for the conversion of Arpents to feet and to acres? It appears that there is maybe a slightly different answer in other areas. This is not a trick question. I just need to verify the common usage in the area.
1 arpent = .84625 acres
1 arpent = 191.994 us survey feet.
191.83 or 191.84 in New Orleans area and early New Orleans surveying
191.83 pops in my head. But I have known others using .84 but the need is very rare to use a conversiin
191.994 was a rural Arpent that subsequent GLO Surveyors used.
Thanks guys. I am not surprised that different definitions exist in the same state. Old timers use to say that an acre was 207.71' square in the City and 210' square in the country.
I am sure that if I had asked about a vara, the answer would have been to the McMillimeter.
lmbrls, post: 439821, member: 6823 wrote: Thanks guys. I am not surprised that different definitions exist in the same state. Old timers use to say that an acre was 207.71' square in the City and 210' square in the country.
I am sure that if I had asked about a vara, the answer would have been to the McMillimeter.
Sure it isnt 208.71 feet?
:zzz:Well of course that would even be true in Texas. Time for a nap.
Texas, most older deeds call an acre 75vrs x 75vrs
Robert Hill, post: 439820, member: 378 wrote: 191.83 or 191.84 in New Orleans area and early New Orleans surveying
191.83 pops in my head. But I have known others using .84 but the need is very rare to use a conversiin
191.994 was a rural Arpent that subsequent GLO Surveyors used.
Would the difference have anything to do with Spanish vs. French definitions? Which definition would be in use in the river parishes?
We're on the Westbank in New Orleans, and probably do a majority of the boundary work down river. For the most part, 192' will be sufficient, but it is 191.835. Depending on where you are down there, 1 arpent can be very much so plus or minus.
cordgrass, post: 439812, member: 11027 wrote: 1 arpent = .84625 acres
1 arpent = 191.994 us survey feet.
Here's a Cheat Sheet from when I got my LA license and also a note on datum's in New Orleans