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Land Area Calculator

Rectangle arithmetic for lots: square feet, square meters, acres, and hectares. A surveyor is required for a legal area. This is not a GIS map and not a plat.

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Results

How to estimate lot area

  1. Pick the unit on the deed sketch or tape: feet, yards, or meters.
  2. Enter one rectangle, or list several rectangles as length and width per line.
  3. Read acres and hectares as well as square feet and square meters.
  4. Hire a surveyor for a legal area. This page is not GIS and not a plat.

Lot area

Sum of rectangles, not a legal survey

Rectanglelength × width
Acresm² / 4046.8564224
Hectaresm² / 10,000
Legal areaRequires a surveyor
Not GISNo shapefile, bearing, or curve
Note rowThe engine states a surveyor is required

How lot rectangles convert to acres

The same meter product as floor area, then acres and hectares. A note row reminds you that a surveyor is required for a legal area. Curves and gores are not modeled.

Acre, hectare, and plat

An acre and a hectare are land units. A plat is a recorded drawing. This page does not read a GIS layer. Interior floor takeoff is square footage. Unit conversion only: sqft to sqm. Generic area units: area converter.

Not a survey and not GIS

Boundaries, easements, and flood lines live on official maps. Typing 150 by 80 ft does not replace a field crew. Estimate only, not code approval for a setback.

Use cases

A back-of-envelope lot, comparing a rectangular pasture to acres, or summing two fenced rectangles. Metes and bounds need a surveyor.

Limits

Positive lengths only. The legal area is not this output. CZNull does not receive the numbers.

Land area questions

Does this page upload my numbers?
No. The formula runs in the page you opened. CZNull does not receive the values.
Is this a survey?
No. A surveyor is required for a legal area.
Is this GIS?
No. There is no map, shapefile, or coordinate system.
How is this different from square footage?
Same rectangle math, plus a legal-area warning aimed at lots rather than rooms.
How many square feet are in an acre?
43,560. The page also reports acres from metric area.
Can I treat the result as official?
No. Recorded plats and surveys control. Use the page to check the arithmetic.