CHAPTER 3: VINEYARD FACILITY MAP SUMMARY
Contents
Introduction
Developing a Farm Map (ANR Publication 8062)
Table of Land Measurements
Map Scale and Equivalents
Creating a Farm Map with GPS and Google Earth
Creating a Soil Map in USDA’s Web Soil Survey
INTRODUCTION
Maps can provide information about locations of streams, roads, buildings, and natural features
located on the property as well as identifying locations of existing or planned conservation
practice and photo points. The subsequent resources may assist you in the development of
your Vineyard Facility Map.
DEVELOPING A FARM MAP (ANR PUBLICATION 8062)
Attached.
TABLE OF LAND MEASUREMENTS
Linear Measure
1 inch
=
.0833 ft.
7.92 inches
=
1 link
12 inches
=
1 foot
1 vara (approx.)
=
33 inches
2 ¾ feet (approx..)
=
1 vara
3 feet
=
1 yard
25 links
=
16 ½ feet
25 links
=
1 rod
100 links
=
1 chain
16 ½ feet
=
1 rod
5 ½ yards
=
1 rod
4 rods
=
100 links
66 feet
=
1 chain
80 chains
=
1 mile
320 rods
=
1 mile
5280 feet
=
1 mile
1760 yards
=
1 mile
An Acre is:43,560 sq. feet
165 feet x 264 feet
198 feet x 220 feet
5280 feet x 8.25 feet
2640 feet x 16.50 feet
1320 t x 33 feet
Square Measure
144 sq. inch
=
1 sq. foot
9 sq. feet
=
1 sq. yard
30 ¼ sq. yards
=
1 sq. rod
16 sq. rods
=
1 sq. chain
1 sq. rod
=
272 ¼ sq. feet
1 sq. ch.
=
4356 sq. feet
10 sq. chs.
=
1 acre
160 sq. rods
=
1 acre
4840 sq. yards
=
1 acre
43560 sq. feet
=
1 acre
640 acres
=
1 sq. mile
1 section
=
1 sq. mile
1 Twp.
=
36 sq. miles
1 Twp.
=
6 miles sq.
660 feet x 66 feet
330 feet x 132 feet
160 square rods
208’ 8 ½ “ square or
208.71033 feet square*
or any rectangular tract, the product of the length and width of which totals 43,560 sq. ft.
*(208.71033)2 = 43,560.002 sq. ft.
MAP SCALE AND EQUIVALENTS
Attached.
CREATING A FARM MAP WITH GPS AND GOOGLE EARTH
Things You’ll Need:
1. Portable GPS device
2. Access to Google Earth (free download)
Instructions
Get Your GPS Data
1. Walk around your farm and find all the important objects or locations you want on your
map. Look for outbuildings, fences, tractor roads, corners of fields, rocky areas, wooded
areas, lines of abrupt slope change, creeks and ponds, among other things.
2. Make a list of all the aspects of your farm that you want to locate on your map.
3. Expand your list by identifying the defining locations of these aspects of your farm. For
most things, like a field or barn, the four corners define the location. A straight road or
fence line is defined by its endpoints and one spot in the middle. A rocky area can be
defined by one point in the middle and an approximation of its diameter.
4. Walk to all the locations on your expanded list and write down the GPS coordinates next
to each item.
Create Your Map
5. Open Google Earth and navigate to the aerial image of your farm by typing your address
into the “Fly to” search.
6. Click the “Add Placemark” icon and enter the name and coordinates of the first location
on your list. Repeat this process for the remaining locations.
7. Use the “Add Polygon” icon to fill in the shapes between the placemarks. For example,
if you have the four corners of your barn entered, you can draw a rectangle that
connects those four dots in order to represent your barn.
8. Click the “Show Ruler” icon to measure distances between different items on your map.
CREATING A SOIL MAP FOR YOUR VINEYARD WITH USDA’S WEB SOIL SURVEY
Things You’ll Need:
1. Internet Access and a Printer
Instructions
Access the USDA Web Soil Survey Website
1. Open your web browser and enter in the following URL:
http://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/HomePage.htm
2.
3.
You can follow the instructions under the “Four Basic Steps” section on this webpage.
Click the Green button that says “Start WSS”. This will open a new web soil survey
webpage for you.
Make sure you are on the “Area of Interest” tab and enter in your vineyard address in
the appropriate address box. This will zoom into your vineyard property.
4. Now you can draw box or a polygon around your vineyard to define the area of
interest boundary. Click the red rectangle or the red polygon tool and click to trace
a line around your vineyard property. Double click to finish the outline.
5. Now that you have finished the area of interest for your property, you can click on
the “Soil Map” tab to see the soils on your property. You can click on each soil unit
to get more information about that particular soil type.
6. You can also print out this map with the soils descriptions by clicking on the
“Printable Version” button in the upper right hand corner. This will bring up a print
window where you can title the soil map appropriately (e.g. XYZ Vineyard Soil Map)
7. Lastly, you can click on the “Soils Data Explorer” to view other soil properties such as
Erosion Hazard Rating, or whether soils are suitable for structures or water storage,
among many other soil properties.
Fractional
Scale
Feet Per
Inch
Inches Per
1000 Ft
1:500
1:600
1:1000
1:1200
1:1500
1:2000
1:2400
1:2500
1:3000
1:3600
1:4000
1:4800
1:5000
1:6000
1:7000
1:7200
1:7920
1:8000
1:8400
1:9000
1:9600
1:10000
1:10800
1:12000
1:13200
1:14400
1:15000
1:15600
1:15840
1:16000
1:16800
1:18000
1:19200
1:20000
1:20400
1:21120
1:21600
1:22800
1:24000
1:25000
1:31680
1:48000
1:62500
1:63360
1:96000
1:125000
1:126720
1:250000
1:253440
1:500000
1:1000000
Formulas
41.667
50.00
83.333
100.00
125.00
166.667
200.00
208.333
250.00
300.00
333.333
400.00
416.667
500.00
583.333
600.00
660.00
666.667
700.00
750.00
800.00
833.333
900.00
1000.00
1100.00
1200.00
1250.00
1300.00
1320.00
1333.333
1400.0000
1500.0000
1600.0000
1666.6670
1700.0000
1760.0000
1800.0000
1900.0000
2000.0000
2083.3330
2640.0000
4000.0000
5208.3330
5280.0000
8000.0000
10416.6670
10560.0000
20833.3330
21120.0000
41666.6670
83333.3330
Scale
12
24.00
20.00
12.00
10.00
8.00
6.00
5.00
4.80
4.00
3.333
3.00
2.50
2.40
2.00
1.714
1.667
1.515
1.500
1.429
1.333
1.250
1.200
1.111
1.0
0.909
0.833
0.80
0.769
0.758
0.750
0.714
0.667
0.625
0.60
0.588
0.568
0.556
0.526
0.50
0.480
0.379
0.250
0.192
0.189
0.125
0.096
0.095
0.048
0.047
0.024
0.012
12000
Scale
MAP SCALE AND EQUIVALENTS
Inches Per Miles Per Meters Per Acres Per Sq. In. Per
Mile
Inch
Inch
Square Inch
Acre
126.70
105.60
63.36
52.80
42.24
31.68
26.40
25.344
21.12
17.60
15.84
13.20
12.672
10.56
9.051
8.80
8.00
7.92
7.543
7.041
6.60
6.336
5.867
5.280
4.800
4.400
4.224
4.062
4.00
3.96
3.771
3.52
3.30
3.168
3.106
3.00
2.933
2.779
2.640
2.534
2.000
1.320
1.014
1.000
0.660
0.507
0.500
0.253
0.250
0.127
0.063
63360
Scale
0.008
0.009
0.016
0.019
0.024
0.032
0.038
0.039
0.047
0.057
0.063
0.076
0.079
0.095
0.110
0.114
0.125
0.126
0.133
0.142
0.152
0.158
0.170
0.189
0.208
0.227
0.237
0.246
0.250
0.253
0.265
0.284
0.303
0.316
0.322
0.333
0.341
0.360
0.379
0.395
0.500
0.758
0.986
1.000
1.515
1.973
2.00
3.946
4.00
7.891
15.783
Scale
63360
12.700
0.0399
25.091
15.240
0.0574
17.424
25.400
0.1594
6.273
30.480
0.2296
4.356
38.100
0.3587
2.788
50.800
0.6377
1.568
60.960
0.9183
1.089
63.500
0.9964
1.004
76.200
1.4348
0.697
91.440
2.0661
0.484
101.600
2.5508
0.392
121.920
3.6731
0.272
127.000
3.9856
0.251
152.400
5.7392
0.174
177.800
7.8117
0.128
182.880
8.2645
0.121
201.168
10.00
0.100
203.200
10.203
0.098
213.360
11.249
0.089
228.600
12.913
0.077
243.840
14.692
0.068
254.000
15.942
0.063
274.321
18.595
0.054
304.801
22.957
0.044
335.281
27.778
0.036
365.761
33.058
0.030
381.001
35.870
0.028
396.241
38.797
0.026
402.337
40.000
0.025
406.400
40.812
0.024
426.721
44.995
0.022
457.201
51.653
0.019
487.681
58.770
0.017
508.002
63.769
0.016
518.161
66.345
0.015
536.449
71.111
0.014
548.641
74.380
0.013
579.121
82.874
0.012
609.601
91.827
0.011
635.001
99.639
0.010
804.674
160.000
0.006
1219.202
367.309
0.003
1587.503
622.744
0.0016
1609.347
640.00
0.0016
2438.405
1469.24
0.0007
3175.006
2490.98
0.0004
3218.694
2560.00
0.0004
6350.012
9963.907
0.0001
6437.389
10244.202
0.0001
0.ч 25
12700.025 39855.627
0.5 62
25400.050 159422.507
Ft./Inch X
(Scale²)
43560x144
0.3048006 43560x144
(Scale²)
Sq. Mi. Per
Square Inch
0.00006
0.00009
0.00025
0.00036
0.00056
0.00100
0.0014
0.0016
0.0022
0.0032
0.0040
0.0057
0.0062
0.0090
0.0122
0.0129
0.0156
0.0159
0.0176
0.0202
0.0230
0.0249
0.0291
0.0359
0.0434
0.0517
0.0560
0.0606
0.0625
0.0638
0.0703
0.0807
0.0918
0.0996
0.1037
0.1111
0.1162
0.1295
0.1435
0.1557
0.2500
0.5739
0.9730
1.0000
2.2957
3.8922
4.0000
15.5686
16.0000
62.2744
249.0977
(Ft/In.)²
(5280)²
LandSmart™ Mapping Symbols Legend
(Source: USDA–SCS Portland, Oregon. 1965 Publication #M-3534)
(Source: California Salmonid Habitat Stream Restoration Manual – March 2006)