This calculator allows you to convert from Chain (US survey) to Rod and in a reverse direction. To convert from Chain (US survey) to Rod, enter the amount of Chain (US survey) into the first input and to convert from Rod to Chain (US survey), enter the amount of Rod into the second input.
500 Chain (US survey) = 2000.004000008 Rod
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Every 1 Chain (US survey) = 4.0000080000161 Rod and so, 500 Chain (US survey) = 500 multiplied by 4.0000080000161 = 2000.004000008 Rod.
What is rod?
The rod is a unit used to measure distance. It is an old English unit. Rod is the same length as a perch (pole). perch is measured using cordage or wood.
One rod equals to 16.5 feet (5.029 metres). The idiom "rod" is derived from the old English rodd.
Since 1965, rod has been legalized as a unit of measurement in the united kingdom.
Nowadays, the use of rod is not common but Some fields are still using it such as:
| 490 Chain (US survey) = 1960.0039200079 Rod |
| 491 Chain (US survey) = 1964.0039280079 Rod |
| 492 Chain (US survey) = 1968.0039360079 Rod |
| 493 Chain (US survey) = 1972.0039440079 Rod |
| 494 Chain (US survey) = 1976.0039520079 Rod |
| 495 Chain (US survey) = 1980.0039600079 Rod |
| 496 Chain (US survey) = 1984.003968008 Rod |
| 497 Chain (US survey) = 1988.003976008 Rod |
| 498 Chain (US survey) = 1992.003984008 Rod |
| 499 Chain (US survey) = 1996.003992008 Rod |
| 500 Chain (US survey) = 2000.004000008 Rod |
| 501 Chain (US survey) = 2004.004008008 Rod |
| 502 Chain (US survey) = 2008.0040160081 Rod |
| 503 Chain (US survey) = 2012.0040240081 Rod |
| 504 Chain (US survey) = 2016.0040320081 Rod |
| 505 Chain (US survey) = 2020.0040400081 Rod |
| 506 Chain (US survey) = 2024.0040480081 Rod |
| 507 Chain (US survey) = 2028.0040560081 Rod |
| 508 Chain (US survey) = 2032.0040640082 Rod |
| 509 Chain (US survey) = 2036.0040720082 Rod |
| 510 Chain (US survey) = 2040.0040800082 Rod |
