Convert US Survey Foot to Furlong
Convert us survey feet to furlongs instantly. 1 us survey foot = 0.0015151545 furlong — use the live calculator, the exact formula, a conversion table and worked examples. Also check the Furlong to US Survey Foot converter for the reverse conversion.
Units explained
US Survey Foot
The US Survey Foot is a legacy unit of length defined as exactly 1200/3937 meters (approximately 0.3048006 m). It differs from the modern international foot by about 2 parts per million.
Established in the United States by the Mendenhall Order of 1893, which defined the foot in terms of the meter as 1200/3937 m. The US continued using this value for surveying even after the 1959 International Yard and Pound Agreement standardized the international foot at exactly 0.3048 m.
Used in US land surveying, geodetic measurements, state plane coordinate systems, and legal land descriptions. The US Survey Foot was officially deprecated by NIST and NOAA effective December 31, 2022, with the international foot becoming the sole US standard. Legacy data and recorded land surveys still reference it.
Mendenhall Order of 1893 defined the foot as 1200/3937 m; persisted in US surveying after 1959; officially deprecated by NIST/NOAA as of December 31, 2022.
Furlong
A furlong is an Imperial unit of length equal to 660 feet, or exactly one eighth of a mile (about 201.17 m). It is the longest unit in the traditional English farm-and-survey system.
The furlong derives from Old English furh (furrow) + lang (long) — originally the length of a furrow in a typical medieval English open field. Standardised at 660 feet (= 10 chains = 220 yards = 1/8 mile) in medieval times.
Furlongs are the standard distance unit in horse racing (e.g., 'The race is 8 furlongs'), historical English farming and surveying, and occasional poetic or rhetorical usage. Modern racing courses worldwide list distances in furlongs.
Medieval English farming origin; standardised at 660 feet; remains the official distance unit in flat-racing thoroughbred horse races worldwide.
US Survey Foot to Furlong conversion formula
Note: this conversion uses a generally accepted modern value. Historical and regional definitions of this unit varied across times and places.
The relationship between us survey feet and furlongs:
To convert us survey feet to furlongs, multiply the value in us survey feet by 0.0015151545. To reverse, multiply furlongs by 659.99868.
How to use this converter
Type a value into the calculator. The result in furlongs updates as you type. Tap a quick value, copy the result with one click, or use the swap arrow to jump straight to the Furlong to US Survey Foot converter for the reverse direction.
Step-by-step: convert us survey feet to furlongs
- Write down the value in us survey feet (sft).
- Multiply that value by the factor 0.0015151545.
- The product is the equivalent value in furlongs (fur).
- To reverse, multiply the furlong value by 659.99868.
Worked examples
Example 1 — Convert 1 sft to fur:
1 × 0.0015151545 = 0.0015151545 fur
Example 2 — Convert 100 sft to fur:
100 × 0.0015151545 = 0.1515154545 fur
Real-world example — Maritime depth conversion
A 10-us survey foot sounding depth converts cleanly into furlongs. Recreational divers and sailors translate between the two units whenever they read legacy charts against modern depth-sounder displays.
10 sft × 0.0015151545 = 0.0151515455 fur
Real-world example — Reference scenario in case of fallback
Conversion between human-scale length units is the everyday workflow of architecture, athletics, and apparel design — three of the most common contexts that span metric and imperial systems.
1 sft × 0.0015151545 = 0.0015151545 fur
Real-world example — Adult height conversion
A 1.8-us survey foot-tall person measures a value in furlongs that converts the height to the unit favoured by American forms, schools, or driver's licences. This is daily routine for anyone living between metric and imperial systems.
1.8 sft × 0.0015151545 = 0.0027272782 fur
US Survey Foot to Furlong conversion table
Standard reference values for converting us survey feet to furlongs:
| US Survey Foot [sft] | Furlong [fur] |
|---|---|
| 0.01 | 1.515155e-5 |
| 0.1 | 0.0001515155 |
| 1 | 0.0015151545 |
| 2 | 0.0030303091 |
| 3 | 0.0045454636 |
| 4 | 0.0060606182 |
| 5 | 0.0075757727 |
| 10 | 0.0151515455 |
| 20 | 0.0303030909 |
| 30 | 0.0454546364 |
| 40 | 0.0606061818 |
| 50 | 0.0757577273 |
| 100 | 0.1515154545 |
| 500 | 0.7575772727 |
| 1000 | 1.5151545455 |
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Sources & references
Conversion factor (1 sft = 0.0015151545 fur) verified against the following authoritative sources:
- BIPM — The International System of Units (SI Brochure 9th ed.)
Official BIPM publication defining the seven SI base units (including the meter) and the rules for their use. The global authority on units of measurement.
- NIST — Guide to the SI
US National Institute of Standards and Technology reference covering the SI base and derived units with definitions and usage rules for US technical practice.
- NIST Special Publication 811 — Guide for the Use of the International System of Units
Detailed NIST guide covering exact conversion factors between SI and US customary units along with formatting and rounding conventions.
- NIST — Refinement of values for the yard and pound (Federal Register 1959)
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- International Hydrographic Organization — Resolution on the Nautical Mile
International authority that standardised the nautical mile at exactly 1852 m in 1929 — the value adopted worldwide for sea and air navigation.