I used to work with CDF. Wildfires are measured in chains, not acres. Property lots in the US are located by range and township. It's a system where the origin moves from place to place. I was told the founding fathers invented it to make it purposely hard for a central government to find things.
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 3:56 PM, WarrenS <[email protected]> wrote: > Jim > Silly question, You must not live in California. > Of course it is 1/640 of a square mile > or was it 1/460 of a square something else? > In any case, everyone in California knows it is 1/50,000 of what an average > wild fire burns. > ws > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
