Cubic yards

Physical unit
Unit name	Cubic yards
Unit symbol	${\displaystyle \mathrm {cyd.} }$
Physical quantity (s)	volume
Formula symbol	${\displaystyle V}$
dimension	${\displaystyle {\mathsf {L^{3}}}}$
system	Anglo-American system of measurement
In SI units	${\displaystyle \mathrm {1\,cyd.=0{,}764\,554\,857\,984\;m^{3}} }$
Derived from	yard

A cubic yard ( English cubic yard ) is an Anglo-American space dimension . It corresponds to the volume of a cube with an edge length of one yard .

1 cubic yard = 27 cubic foot = 46656 cubic inch = 764.554857984 cubic decimeters ( liters )

Conversions

• 1849463 cubic yard = 311040000 Imp.gallon
• 1 cubic yard ≈ 168.179 Imp.gallon

• 77 cubic yard = 15552 US fl.gallon
• 1 cubic yard ≈ 201.974 US fl.gallon

• 107521 cubic yard = 18662400 US dry gallon
• 1 cubic yard ≈ 173,570 US dry gallon

• 1 cubic mile = 3379200 acre-foot = 5451776000 cubic yard
• 1 acre-foot = 1,613 ¹ / ₃ cubic yard