Cubic yard

A cubic yard (symbol yd³)^[1] is an imperial / U.S. customary (non-SI non-metric) unit of volume used in Canada and the United States. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 yard (3 feet, 36 inches, 0.9144 meters) in length.

Cubic yard
A GRW ballast wagon with a volume of 8 cubic yards
General information
Unit system	Imperial and US customary
Unit of	Volume
Symbol	yd3, cu yd
Conversions
1 yd3 in ...	... is equal to ...
SI units	0.764554857984 m3
Imperial and US customary	27 ft3

Symbols and abbreviations

The IEEE symbol for the cubic yard is yd³.^[1] A non-standard abbreviation is cu yd.

Cubic yard per second

One cubic yard per second (1 yd³/s) is a unit of volume flow rate. It corresponds to one cubic yard passing through a specified area every second.

Cubic yard per minute

One cubic yard per minute (1 yd³/min) is a unit of volume flow rate. It corresponds to one cubic yard passing through a specified area every minute.

• 1 yd³/s = 60 yd³/min

Conversions

1 cubic yard
	≡ 27 cubic feet
	≡ 46656 cubic inches
	≡ 764.554857984 litres
	≈ 21.0223197 imperial bushels
	≡ ⁠21+74859/107521⁠ US bushels
	≈ 168.1785574 imperial gallons
	≡ ⁠201+75/77⁠ US gallons
	≡ ⁠4+436/539⁠ oil barrels

See also

• cubic foot
• cubic inch
• Square yard
• Orders of magnitude (volume)
• Conversion of units
• Cube (arithmetic), cube root
  • Cubic equation, cubic function