How to convert nails (cloth) to feet (US survey)
1 nail (cloth) is equal to 0.187499625 feet (US survey), and 1 foot (us survey) is equal to 5.333344 nails (cloth). To convert, multiply by the conversion factor:
feet (US survey) = nails (cloth) × 0.187499625
feet (US survey) = nails (cloth) ÷ 5.333344Example: convert 15 nail to ft (US): 15 × 0.187499625 = 2.812494375 ft (US).
Nail (cloth) to Foot (US Survey) conversion table
| Nail (cloth) (nail) | Foot (US Survey) (ft (US)) |
|---|---|
| 0.01 nail | 0.00187499625 ft (US) |
| 0.1 nail | 0.0187499625 ft (US) |
| 1 nail | 0.187499625 ft (US) |
| 2 nail | 0.37499925 ft (US) |
| 3 nail | 0.562498875 ft (US) |
| 5 nail | 0.937498125 ft (US) |
| 10 nail | 1.87499625 ft (US) |
| 20 nail | 3.7499925 ft (US) |
| 50 nail | 9.37498125 ft (US) |
| 100 nail | 18.7499625 ft (US) |
| 250 nail | 46.87490625 ft (US) |
| 500 nail | 93.7498125 ft (US) |
| 1,000 nail | 187.499625 ft (US) |
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
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