Material Gravel, dry (100 lb/ft3) Gravel, loose (as delivered) (95 lb/ft3) Gravel, wet (110 lb/ft3) Pea gravel / pebbles (95 lb/ft3) Crushed stone (100 lb/ft3) Stone or gravel (mixed) (97.5 lb/ft3) Limestone, crushed (87.5 lb/ft3) Granite, broken or crushed (97.5 lb/ft3) River rock / landscape rock, loose (95.2 lb/ft3) Rock, soft (105 lb/ft3) Sand, dry (100 lb/ft3) Sand, loose (as delivered) (90.4 lb/ft3) Sand, moist (105 lb/ft3) Sand, wet (120 lb/ft3) Quartz sand (play / silica sand) (75 lb/ft3) Topsoil / sandy loam, loose (88.6 lb/ft3) Earth / fill dirt, common dry (75 lb/ft3) Earth, loose (76 lb/ft3) Earth, moist, loose (78 lb/ft3) Earth, wet, containing clay (105 lb/ft3) Wood mulch / shredded wood chips (18.5 lb/ft3) Bark mulch (30 lb/ft3) Compost (40 lb/ft3) Compost, loose (as delivered) (17.2 lb/ft3) Pumice / lava rock (39 lb/ft3) Slag, crushed (74 lb/ft3) Recycled concrete, crushed (68.7 lb/ft3) Asphalt millings, crushed (51.1 lb/ft3) Other - I will enter the density Loose bulk densities from the US EPA Standard Volume-to-Weight Conversion Factors table.
Density from your supplier (lb/ft3) Overrides the table density. A supplier ticket in tons per cubic yard divides by 27 and multiplies by 2000 to give lb/ft3.
What you are starting from An area to cover to a given depth A tonnage I already know (convert tons to cubic yards) A pile already on the ground (measure the heap)
Weight you have or are buying (ton (US short)) Used when you are starting from a tonnage. The bulk density above converts it to a volume.
Shape of the pile Cone (tipped from one point) Windrow (a ridge with cone-shaped ends)
Base diameter / width of the pile
Height of the pile
Length of the straight ridge (windrow only)
Shape of the area Rectangle / square Circle Ring or border (circle with a hole) Triangle Trapezoid I already know the area
Length
Width
Diameter (outer, for a ring)
Inner diameter of the ring
Triangle base
Height between the parallel sides / triangle height
Trapezoid: first parallel side
Trapezoid: second parallel side
Known area (ft2)
Unit for the plan dimensions Feet Inches Yards Metres Centimetres Millimetres
Depth of the layer Typical spreads: 2-3 in of mulch, 3-4 in of decorative stone, 4-6 in of driveway gravel, 4-6 in of new topsoil.
Unit for the depth Feet Inches Yards Metres Centimetres Millimetres
How many identical areas
Extra for compaction, settlement and spillage (%) Loose delivered gravel loses roughly 10-20% of its volume when compacted into a base.
Second material blended in Gravel, dry (100 lb/ft3) Gravel, loose (as delivered) (95 lb/ft3) Gravel, wet (110 lb/ft3) Pea gravel / pebbles (95 lb/ft3) Crushed stone (100 lb/ft3) Stone or gravel (mixed) (97.5 lb/ft3) Limestone, crushed (87.5 lb/ft3) Granite, broken or crushed (97.5 lb/ft3) River rock / landscape rock, loose (95.2 lb/ft3) Rock, soft (105 lb/ft3) Sand, dry (100 lb/ft3) Sand, loose (as delivered) (90.4 lb/ft3) Sand, moist (105 lb/ft3) Sand, wet (120 lb/ft3) Quartz sand (play / silica sand) (75 lb/ft3) Topsoil / sandy loam, loose (88.6 lb/ft3) Earth / fill dirt, common dry (75 lb/ft3) Earth, loose (76 lb/ft3) Earth, moist, loose (78 lb/ft3) Earth, wet, containing clay (105 lb/ft3) Wood mulch / shredded wood chips (18.5 lb/ft3) Bark mulch (30 lb/ft3) Compost (40 lb/ft3) Compost, loose (as delivered) (17.2 lb/ft3) Pumice / lava rock (39 lb/ft3) Slag, crushed (74 lb/ft3) Recycled concrete, crushed (68.7 lb/ft3) Asphalt millings, crushed (51.1 lb/ft3) Other - I will enter the density Raised beds and garden beds are normally filled with a blend rather than one material. Set the share below.
Share of the fill that is the blended material (%) By volume. 0 means a single material. A common raised-bed fill is roughly a third compost by volume.
How bagged product is sold By volume (e.g. 2 cu ft bags of mulch) By weight (e.g. 50 lb bags of sand) Bulk only - skip bag count
Bag volume (ft3)
Bag weight (lb)
Price per cubic yard (USD/yd3)
Price per ton (USD/ton)
Price per bag (USD)
Delivery fee (USD)