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How Many Gallons Are in a Cubic Yard?

One cubic yard holds 201.97 US gallons — about 202. That is 27 cubic feet × 7.48052 gallons per cubic foot, or 764.55 liters.

By Kumar Baniya, MEng in Structural Engineering (University of Leeds) · Published

How many gallons are in a cubic yard?

201.97 US gallons. A cubic yard is 27 cubic feet (46,656 cubic inches), and a US gallon is defined as exactly 231 cubic inches, so 46,656 ÷ 231 = 201.974. In imperial (UK) gallons it is 168.18, and in liters 764.55.

How many gallons is a given number of cubic yards?

Cubic yardsUS gallonsLiters
0.2550.5191
0.5101.0382
1202.0765
2403.91,529
3605.92,294
51,009.93,823
102,019.77,646

How do I convert gallons to cubic yards?

Divide US gallons by 201.974. For example 500 gallons ÷ 201.974 = 2.476 yd³, and 1,000 gallons is 4.95 yd³.

How many 5-gallon buckets are in a cubic yard?

201.97 ÷ 5 = 40.4, so it takes 41 full 5-gallon buckets to move a cubic yard. Buckets are rarely filled exactly to 5 gallons, so real trips are usually more.

How much does a cubic yard of water weigh?

About 1,686 lb (about 765 kg). Fresh water is close to 1,000 kg per cubic meter, and a cubic yard is 0.7646 m³. That is roughly 8.34 lb for each of its 202 gallons; the exact weight changes slightly with temperature.

One cubic foot holds 7.481 US gallons (1,728 ÷ 231). A cubic yard is 27 of them, which is where 27 × 7.481 = 201.97 comes from.

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