How to convert barleycorns to feet (US survey)
1 barleycorn is equal to 0.02777772222 feet (US survey), and 1 foot (us survey) is equal to 36.000072 barleycorns. To convert, multiply by the conversion factor:
feet (US survey) = barleycorns × 0.02777772222
feet (US survey) = barleycorns ÷ 36.000072Example: convert 15 barleycorn to ft (US): 15 × 0.02777772222 = 0.4166658333 ft (US).
Barleycorn to Foot (US Survey) conversion table
| Barleycorn (barleycorn) | Foot (US Survey) (ft (US)) |
|---|---|
| 0.01 barleycorn | 0.0002777772222 ft (US) |
| 0.1 barleycorn | 0.002777772222 ft (US) |
| 1 barleycorn | 0.02777772222 ft (US) |
| 2 barleycorn | 0.05555544444 ft (US) |
| 3 barleycorn | 0.08333316667 ft (US) |
| 5 barleycorn | 0.1388886111 ft (US) |
| 10 barleycorn | 0.2777772222 ft (US) |
| 20 barleycorn | 0.5555544444 ft (US) |
| 50 barleycorn | 1.388886111 ft (US) |
| 100 barleycorn | 2.777772222 ft (US) |
| 250 barleycorn | 6.944430556 ft (US) |
| 500 barleycorn | 13.88886111 ft (US) |
| 1,000 barleycorn | 27.77772222 ft (US) |
About the barleycorn
The barleycorn is one third of an inch (about 8.47 mm). It's still the basis of UK and US shoe sizes, where one size step is one barleycorn.
Symbol: barleycorn · 1 barleycorn = 0.008466666667 m · Category: Historical & cloth
About the foot (us survey)
The US survey foot is exactly 1200/3937 m (about 0.3048006 m), two parts per million longer than the international foot. It was officially retired at the end of 2022 but remains in older land records and state plane coordinates.
Symbol: ft (US) · 1 ft (US) = 0.3048006096 m · Category: US survey units