Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The cubic yard (symbols yd³, cu. yd.) is a nonmetric unit of volume, used in the United States. It is defined as the volume of a cube with edges one yard in length. 1 cubic yard is equal to: 46,656 cubic inches 27 cubic feet 201.974 gallons 764.555 litres 0.764555 cubic metres See 1 E-1 m³ for a comparison with other volumes, also orders of magnitude (volume). External link Conversion Calculator for Units of VOLUME This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.