Cubic mile

For other uses, see MI-3 (disambiguation).

cubic mile
Unit system	Imperial and US customary
Unit of	Volume
Symbol	mi3, cu mi
Conversions
1 mi3 in ...	... is equal to ...
Imperial/US	1.4720×1011 ft3 5.4518×109 yd3
SI units	4.1682×109 m3 4.1682 km3

A cubic mile (abbreviation: cu mi or mi³) is an imperial and US customary (non-SI non-metric) unit of volume, used in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 mile (1.6 km) length, giving a volume of 1 cubic mile (4.2 km³).

Conversions

1 cubic mile	=	512	cubic furlongs
	≈	5.45 billion	cubic yards
	≈	147 billion	cubic feet
	≈	3.38 million	acre-feet
	≈	1.13 million	acre-yards
	=	640	acre-miles
	=	4.168181825440579584	cubic kilometres
	≈	917 billion	imperial gallons
	≈	1.1 trillion	US liquid gallons
	≈	115 billion	imperial bushels
	≈	118 billion	US bushels
	≈	26.2 billion	crude barrels
	≈	35 billion	US beer barrels

See also

• Square mile
• Orders of magnitude for a comparison with other volumes
• Conversion of units § Volume
• Cube (arithmetic)
  • Cube root
  • Cubic equation
  • Cubic function