What is an acre-foot (US survey)?

An acre-foot (US survey) is the volume of water covering one acre to a depth of one US survey foot, equal to 43,560 cubic US survey feet.

Why convert acre-foot to deciliters?

Converting to deciliters allows expressing large water volumes in smaller units suitable for laboratory, culinary, or clinical measurements that require finer resolution.

Are deciliters commonly used for large water volumes?

No, deciliters are rarely used for very large volumes except in specialized fields where precise smaller units are needed.

Convert Acre-foot (US survey) to Deciliter [dL] Online

Easily convert volumes from acre-foot (US survey) to deciliter [dL] with this online volume unit converter. Ideal for water resource management, cooking, and laboratory measurements.

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What Is This Tool?

This tool converts volumes measured in acre-foot (US survey) into deciliters [dL], facilitating translation between large-scale water measurements and smaller volume units used in cooking, laboratories, and chemistry.

How to Use This Tool?

Enter the volume value you want to convert in acre-foot (US survey).
Select the source unit as acre-foot (US survey) if not pre-selected.
Choose deciliter [dL] as the target unit.
Click the convert button to get the equivalent volume in deciliters.
Use the results for volume planning, recipes, laboratory reports, or chemical formulations.

Key Features

Converts volume from acre-foot (US survey) to deciliter [dL].
Supports precise volume measurement translation between large and small units.
Browser-based and easy to use without any software installation.
Useful for water resource management, culinary, clinical, and chemical volume conversions.

Examples

2 acre-foot (US survey) equals approximately 24,669,784.77 deciliters.
0.5 acre-foot (US survey) converts to about 6,167,446.19 deciliters.

Common Use Cases

Measuring reservoir and dam water storage volumes in water resource management.
Allocating irrigation water for agricultural water rights and reporting deliveries.
Planning municipal or regional annual water supply and consumption quantities.
Converting volume measurements for cooking recipes and food labeling.
Reporting clinical laboratory analytes and concentrations using deciliter units.
Measuring small volumes in chemical reagent formulations and laboratory contexts.

Tips & Best Practices

Verify the input units correspond to US survey measurements for consistency.
Use this conversion for contexts requiring fine resolution of large water volumes.
Consider the scale of your application since deciliters produce large numbers from acre-foot volumes.
Cross-check results when using for legal water rights or detailed resource planning.

Limitations

Resulting values from converting acre-foot to deciliters are extremely large and may be impractical for some uses.
The acre-foot is based on the US survey foot, limiting precision in some international contexts.
Deciliters are uncommon for very large volume measurements outside specific fields requiring detailed scaling.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is an acre-foot (US survey)?: An acre-foot (US survey) is the volume of water covering one acre to a depth of one US survey foot, equal to 43,560 cubic US survey feet.
Why convert acre-foot to deciliters?: Converting to deciliters allows expressing large water volumes in smaller units suitable for laboratory, culinary, or clinical measurements that require finer resolution.
Are deciliters commonly used for large water volumes?: No, deciliters are rarely used for very large volumes except in specialized fields where precise smaller units are needed.

Key Terminology

Acre-foot (US survey): A volume unit equal to the amount of water covering one acre to a depth of one US survey foot, totaling 43,560 cubic US survey feet.
Deciliter [dL]: A volume unit equal to one-tenth of a liter, or 100 milliliters, used for intermediate volume measurements.
US survey foot: A unit of length used in the United States for surveying, which defines the acre-foot volume measurement.

Quick Knowledge Check

What does one acre-foot (US survey) represent?

Volume of water covering one square meter to one US survey foot depth

Volume of water covering one acre to one US survey foot depth

Volume of water covering one hectare to one meter depth

Which of these is equal to one deciliter [dL]?

One-tenth of a liter

One liter

One hundred liters

Why might converting acre-foot to deciliters produce impractical numbers?

Because acre-foot is a smaller unit than deciliter

Because acre-foot represents a very large volume compared to deciliters

Because deciliters measure weight, not volume

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