I am looking at our lease from a couple different websites (aerial view) and I am not liking what I am getting. Is there some way that acreage is figured in the survey that I am not aware of? I was just measuring from the photo to get square milage and getting an estimate. Reason i did this, is I started walking the lease this weekend and I am having a hard time believing it is the size we were told. Any help would be appreciated.

Use the hybrid view http://acme.com/planimeter/

why not just go and look at the appraisal office or whatever, they will have a map that tells u the acreage, with no guess work.

Thats the same figure I keep gettin. Is this accurate? When acreage is measured, does it account for elevation change, or is it straight aerial?

Everything I've used it on has been within several acres...anything from 260 acres-20,000

How far off are you?

About 400-500acres

You shouldn't get a difference of a 100 acres, did the landowner say he had 500 and you are coming up with 400?

If that's the case you probably need to talk with the landowner.

pretty link tx defender, but i did a few places and it showed fewer acres than the actual each time, but close enough.

he said between 700-800. Im gettin closer to 300. This is about to ruin my week.

I just did the planimeter and came within 2 acres on our place. Cannot beat that.

elevation is not calculated in total acreage to my knowledge

I just did mine there real quick and came up with it off 4 ac. so I think it is right on, like I said I did it real quick so I know I was prolly off those 4 ac.

Well looks like I might have gotten screwed. It my fault. Thanks for the help. I'll check with the survey office, and if that shows to be the case. I'll have to go from there I guess.

Maybe he forgot to tell you about a pasture That's no good, I would talk with him and see what the deal is, is it a per gun or per acre lease?

98.4 acres on my 100 acre place. Can't get closer than that.

Also, it is good to realize these sort of things on a public forum.

Well it is per gun.

great site.. i just mapped mine to within 1/2 acre
thanks for sending

I just mapped my lease and it was within 2 acres. You were lied to.

It's lookin like it. However, I won't comment till I get a straight answer. I have messed up so much on this lease. It is my first...so I am learning a lot.

I use that tool and it works. Ours is 1,000 acres but it really is 1,098 using that tool so ours is a better deal than we started with. Price went from $10 to $9.15 an acre.

But I have been in your boat too. My first lease, the guy says it is 200+ acres. The next week I drive two sides and they are 1/2 mile so I am really on a 1/4 section. I tell him and he is like, landower wants that so price is the same. Sloppy sales is what it was since you can tell from an aerial map very easy.

Just tried it on my places. It is really close.

go to the courthouse and pull the deed, or go to the tax office and pull the appraisal, let me know if you need help, i can walk you through getting a legal description, then you will know what you have for sure...

Ok I just did mine, and that is really close on our place, you should not be off by that much

Wow, I did not know that tool existed. Thanks. I did a couple of our pastures, the first on is 1000 acres and using the tool came up with 998.4 the second one I did is 600 acres and came up with 600.1.