Matt Ure, a CAD technician, knows more about figuring acres than I do, so here are his calculations for a 30-mile 250-ft swath out of Malheur County, plus calculations for a 50-mile swath, which may be closer to what Idaho Power wants.
acre [ey-ker]noun 1. a common variable unit of land measure, now equal in the U.S. and Great Britain to 43,560 square feet or 1/640 square mile (4047 square meters).
How many Acres of EFU lands in Malheur County?
Below is how I calculated the total acres of EFU lands eaten up by I.P.’s 250 foot easement over 30 miles of Malheur County adversely affected if it should be built:
30 miles x 5,280 feet = 158,400 feet in length 158,400 feet x 250 ft wide = 39,600,000 sq.ft.One acre of land is = to 43,560 sq.ft.
Therefore . . . 39,600,000 sq.ft. / 43,560 sq.ft. = 909.1 acres of easement Idaho Power wants from Malheur County.That translates to 1.15 acres per 200 ft.
50 miles x 5,280 ft. = 264,000 ft.264,000 ft. x 250 ft. easement = 66,000,000 sq.ft.66,000,000 sq.ft. / 43,560 = 1,515.15 total acres of EFU lands taken out of ag. production for a 250 l.ft. power line easement.
