How to convert feet (US survey) to nails (cloth)
1 foot (us survey) is equal to 5.333344 nails (cloth), and 1 nail (cloth) is equal to 0.187499625 feet (US survey). To convert, multiply by the conversion factor:
nails (cloth) = feet (US survey) × 5.333344
nails (cloth) = feet (US survey) ÷ 0.187499625Example: convert 15 ft (US) to nail: 15 × 5.333344 = 80.00016 nail.
Foot (US Survey) to Nail (cloth) conversion table
| Foot (US Survey) (ft (US)) | Nail (cloth) (nail) |
|---|---|
| 0.01 ft (US) | 0.05333344 nail |
| 0.1 ft (US) | 0.5333344 nail |
| 1 ft (US) | 5.333344 nail |
| 2 ft (US) | 10.666688 nail |
| 3 ft (US) | 16.000032 nail |
| 5 ft (US) | 26.66672 nail |
| 10 ft (US) | 53.33344 nail |
| 20 ft (US) | 106.66688 nail |
| 50 ft (US) | 266.6672 nail |
| 100 ft (US) | 533.3344 nail |
| 250 ft (US) | 1,333.336 nail |
| 500 ft (US) | 2,666.672 nail |
| 1,000 ft (US) | 5,333.344 nail |
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
About the nail (cloth)
The cloth nail is 2.25 inches (5.715 cm), one sixteenth of a yard, used historically in the cloth trade.
Symbol: nail · 1 nail = 0.05715 m · Category: Historical & cloth