Groundlane

Landscaping & Materials Calculators

Gravel, dirt, topsoil, sand and stone.

Bulk landscaping material — gravel, dirt, topsoil, sand, mulch, and stone — is estimated the same way (area × depth, converted to cubic yards or tons), but the material you pick changes the density used for that conversion. A cubic yard of mulch weighs a fraction of what a cubic yard of crushed stone weighs, so using the wrong material preset can throw off a tonnage order significantly even when the volume math is correct.