Convert cubic yard to acre-foot
cubic yard
Definition: A cubic yard (symbol: yd3) is an imperial and United States Customary unit of volume defined as the volume of a cube with measurements 1 yd × 1 yd × 1 yd. It is equal to 27 cubic feet, 0.7645549 cubic meters, and 764.5549 liters.
History/origin: The cubic yard is based on the international yard, which was adopted in the 1950s and 1960s, and is equal to 0.9144 meters.
Current use: The cubic yard is used to some degree in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. All of these countries also use metric or SI (International System of Units) measurements for volume such as liters, milliliters, and cubic meters.
acre-foot
Definition: Acre-foot is a measure of volume or capacity. For conversion purposes, its value is 1233.4818375475 times the reference unit, cubic meter.
cubic yard to acre-foot Conversion Table
| cubic yard [yd^3] | acre-foot [ac*ft] |
|---|---|
| 0.01 cubic yard | 0.000006 acre-foot |
| 0.10 cubic yard | 0.000062 acre-foot |
| 1 cubic yard | 0.000620 acre-foot |
| 2 cubic yard | 0.001240 acre-foot |
| 3 cubic yard | 0.001860 acre-foot |
| 5 cubic yard | 0.003099 acre-foot |
| 10 cubic yard | 0.006198 acre-foot |
| 20 cubic yard | 0.0124 acre-foot |
| 50 cubic yard | 0.0310 acre-foot |
| 100 cubic yard | 0.0620 acre-foot |
| 1000 cubic yard | 0.6198 acre-foot |
How to Convert cubic yard to acre-foot
1 cubic yard = 0.000620 acre-foot
1 acre-foot = 1613 cubic yard
Example
Convert 15 cubic yard to acre-foot:
15 cubic yard = 15 × 0.000620 acre-foot = 0.009298 acre-foot
