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Soil

Soil has an estimated weight of ≈1 tonnes. It ranks #16 of 128 in the Nature & Materials category.

Source excerpt: A cubic yard of soil weighs about 1000 kg , depending on the type of content — sand, gravel, or stone. Some can weigh as much as 1300 kg.

Position in category

128 Items in category 1,265,106,122 tonnes Category average 6 kilograms Category median 0.2 grams–161,932,476,090 tonnes Category span

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≈1 tonnes
2016 Chevy Spark ≈1 tonnes Elevator Weight Limit 1 tonnes Giant Eland 1 tonnes Medium Pontoon Boat ≈1 tonnes Soil This item ≈1 tonnes Tree ≈1 tonnes Wild Yak 1 tonnes Eunomia 1.02 tonnes Cows and Bulls 450 kilograms–1.59 tonnes

Weight details

Typical ≈1 tonnes
Minimum 1 tonnes
Maximum 1 tonnes
Value type Approximate
Weight reference text

A cubic yard of soil weighs about 1000 kg , depending on the type of content — sand, gravel, or stone.

Unit conversions

Kilograms1,000 kilograms
Pounds2,205 pounds
Metric tonnes1 tonnes
Grams1,000,000 grams
Ounces35,274 ounces
Stones157 stones

Source

1 sources
List of 13 Things That Weigh 1000 Kilograms (kg) weightofstuff.com · Everyday Objects · Section: 11. Soil (1000 kg per cubic yard) · Article updated 2024-05-16
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Frequently asked questions

How much does Soil weigh?

Soil typically weighs about ≈1 tonnes, within a recorded range of 1 tonnes.

Where does Soil rank among Nature & Materials?

It ranks #16 of 128 entries in Nature & Materials, heavier than 75% of items in the dataset.

Where do these weight figures come from?

The data comes from 1 source articles on weightofstuff.com, most recently updated on 2024-05-16.

Dataset information

Items indexed <built-in method items of dict object at 0x7fb433698140>
Source articles 430
Categories 11
Confidence Medium
Category Nature & Materials
Category rank #16 of 128
Weight position Heavier than 75% of items
Updated 2024-05-16
Measurement type Mass
Dataset ID soil
URL slug soil

Confidence reflects how explicit the source wording is: exact values are high, ranges or approximations are medium, and vague statements are low.