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If it is exactly 40 acres square it will take one mile of fencing or 5,280 feet. However most tracts of land are 40 acres more or less meaning they are approximately 40 acres. 40 acres is one quarter mile long on each side more or less.
To determine the amount of fence needed to enclose 2 acres of land, we first need to convert acres to square feet. One acre is equal to 43,560 square feet, so 2 acres would be 87,120 square feet. Next, we need to calculate the perimeter of a square or rectangular area that is 87,120 square feet. Since we don't have the shape specified, we cannot determine the exact length of the fence needed without additional information about the dimensions of the land.
ok - I was just looking for the same thing for the same reason and think I have come up with the answer. Assuming your 5 acres is rectanguar (2 acres accross and 2.5 acres deep) the dimensions should roughly be 416' x 520' (based on an acre being 208' and not an Irish acre which is about 60% larger than a US acre). I calculated a perimeter of 1,872', and at the cheapest I have found white vinyl fencing at $4.81 per foot - this works out to be just over $9,000!!! Think I'll start saving now :-(
The US has 2,428,224,640 acres of land.
A square-shape plot of land that is five acres would have four sides each measuring 466.69 feet long.