Yard Material Coverage Data

Dataset version 1.1.0. Package and widget version 1.3.0.

Open planning data for common yard and landscape materials:

• square feet covered by one cubic yard at common depths;
• typical tons per cubic yard by material;
• common bag counts per cubic yard.

The files are intended for calculators, supplier resource pages, garden-planning worksheets, and educational examples. Values are planning estimates; moisture, gradation, compaction, bag fill, and supplier measurements vary.

Install

npm install @demi-valerith/yard-material-coverage-data

import coverageData, {
  cubicYardsRequired,
  findMaterialDensity,
  squareFeetPerCubicYard,
} from "@demi-valerith/yard-material-coverage-data";

squareFeetPerCubicYard(3); // 108
cubicYardsRequired(500, 3); // 4.6296...
findMaterialDensity("pea gravel"); // { minimum: 1.25, maximum: 1.4, ... }
console.log(coverageData.bagsPerCubicYard);

The package is an ESM module and includes TypeScript declarations. The versioned JSON file is also available without installation from jsDelivr:

https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@demi-valerith/yard-material-coverage-data@1.1.0/coverage.json

Embeddable coverage widget

Add the calculator to a supplier resource page, landscaping article, or project guide:

<script
  type="module"
  src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@demi-valerith/yard-material-coverage-data@1.3.0/widget.js"
></script>
<yard-material-coverage
  material="Pea gravel"
  materials="Pea gravel,Crushed stone,River rock"
  area="500"
  depth="3"
  unit="imperial"
  accent="#ab4c29"
  attribution="visible"
  utm-source="supplier_site"
  utm-campaign="coverage_widget"
></yard-material-coverage>

The widget is responsive, dependency-free, and supports:

• material: initial material name or hyphenated slug;
• materials: comma-separated material allowlist;
• area and depth: initial positive numeric values;
• unit: imperial for square feet, inches, cubic yards, and short tons, or metric for square meters, centimeters, cubic meters, and metric tonnes;
• accent: six-digit hexadecimal result accent color;
• attribution: visible by default or hidden;
• utm-source and utm-campaign: bounded identifiers added to the optional source link.

See the runnable plain HTML, React, Astro, and WordPress examples.

Privacy and attribution

The package performs no analytics, storage, cookies, or background network requests. When attribution is visible, UTM parameters are transmitted only if a visitor clicks the source link.

The source link is optional for the MIT-licensed widget code. Republishing the CC BY 4.0 dataset or its documentation still requires appropriate credit and a link to the source chart. The WordPress plugin keeps public attribution opt-in to comply with WordPress.org directory rules.

Files

• coverage.json - structured coverage, density, and bag-size data
• coverage.csv - cubic-yard coverage by depth
• material-density.csv - typical tons-per-cubic-yard planning ranges
• bag-conversions.csv - common bag counts per cubic yard
• DATA_DICTIONARY.md - field definitions and units
• METHODOLOGY.md - formulas, provenance, rounding, and limitations
• CHECKSUMS.txt - SHA-256 checksums for release files
• index.html - public reference page for GitHub Pages

Formula

square feet covered by 1 cubic yard = 324 / depth in inches
cubic yards required = square feet * depth in inches / 324

Source and calculators

Full tables, printable assets, assumptions, and project calculators are available from the Yard Material Coverage Chart.

Useful project tools:

• Gravel calculator
• Topsoil calculator
• Mulch calculator
• Cubic yards to tons calculator

License

Data and documentation are available under CC BY 4.0. JavaScript, TypeScript declarations, tests, and examples are available under MIT. See LICENSE.md.

Citation

Use the repository's CITATION.cff metadata when citing a specific release.

• Version 1.1.0 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21370505
• All-version concept DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21370504

Suggested citation:

Yard Material Tools. (2026). Yard Material Coverage Data (Version 1.1.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21370505