Gravel Calculator

Turn a length, width, and depth into cubic yards and tons. Gravel, sand, and topsoil are editable densities.

Smart Tips

• Cubic yards are length × width × depth, in feet, divided by 27.

• Tons are cubic yards times the density in the field.

• Gravel, dry, starts at 105 lb/ft³, or 1.4175 ton per cubic yard.

• Sand, dry, is 97 lb/ft³, or 1.3095 ton per cubic yard.

• The topsoil preset uses loose dry dirt at 76 lb/ft³, or 1.026 ton per cubic yard.

• A depth of 0 is 0 tons. Mulch bags are a different page.

The Formula

tons = cubic feet × pounds per cubic foot ÷ 2,000

105Gravel, dry, pounds per cubic foot.

97Sand, dry, pounds per cubic foot.

76Loose dry dirt, used as the topsoil preset.

2,000Pounds in one US ton.

A 10 ft × 10 ft area at 3 inches is 25 cubic feet. At 105 lb/ft³ that is 1.3125 tons. The density field shows the same materials as tons per cubic yard so you can type over them.

Key Insights

Yards and tons

You get both. The density converts one into the other.

Three presets

Gravel, sand, and topsoil share this page. They are not separate URLs.

Editable

A scale ticket beats the preset. Type the tons per cubic yard you were given.

Dry bulk figures

The defaults are loose dry densities. Wet material weighs more.

Frequently Asked Questions

Convert length, width, and depth to feet, multiply them, and divide by 27. A 10 by 10 foot area at 3 inches deep is 25 cubic feet, or 25/27 cubic yards.

The gravel preset is 105 pounds per cubic foot, dry, which is 1.4175 US tons per cubic yard. Ten by ten feet at 3 inches is then 1.3125 tons. You can replace the density.

They are presets on this page, not new calculators. Sand, dry, is 97 lb/ft³ (1.3095 ton/yd³). The topsoil preset uses the loose dry dirt figure of 76 lb/ft³ (1.026 ton/yd³).

The Engineering ToolBox figures used here are dry bulk densities. Wet gravel and wet sand are heavier. Type the density from your supplier if you have it.

Cubic yards, cubic feet, and tons are all 0.

Cubic yards are length times width times depth in feet, divided by 27. Tons use the density in the form. The presets are Engineering ToolBox dry bulk densities: gravel 105 lb/ft³ (1.4175 ton/yd³), sand 97 lb/ft³ (1.3095 ton/yd³), and loose dry dirt 76 lb/ft³ (1.026 ton/yd³) for the topsoil preset. www.engineeringtoolbox.com/dirt-mud-densities-d_1727.html

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Cubic yards

Enter length, width, and depth

Tons

Cubic feet

Note:Tons use the density in the form. Defaults from Engineering ToolBox dry bulk densities: gravel 105 lb/ft³ (1.4175 ton/yd³), sand 97 lb/ft³ (1.3095 ton/yd³), and loose dry dirt 76 lb/ft³ (1.026 ton/yd³) as the topsoil preset.