Calculate full cords, face cords (ricks), cubic feet, and weight of stacked firewood logs.
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A cord wood calculator measures the volume of a stacked pile of split logs to determine whether it meets legal legal trade standards for a cord. A standard full cord equals exactly 128 cubic feet of neatly ranked and stacked wood.
\text{Full Cords} = \frac{\text{Length (ft)} \times \text{Height (ft)} \times \left(\frac{\text{Log Length (in)}}{12}\right)}{128}One standard full cord is defined by statute as a stack 4 feet high, 4 feet wide, and 8 feet long (4 × 4 × 8 = 128 cubic feet).
Scenario: Measuring a wood pile 16 feet long, 4 feet high, stacked with 16-inch logs.
Depth in feet: 16 inches ÷ 12 = 1.333 ft.
Volume: 16 ft × 4 ft × 1.333 ft = 85.33 cubic feet.
Cords: 85.33 ÷ 128 = 0.67 full cords.
Face cords: 85.33 ÷ 42.67 = exactly 2.0 face cords (ricks).
A standard full cord measures 4 feet high, 4 feet deep, and 8 feet long, totaling 128 cubic feet of stacked wood and air space.
A full cord is 4 feet deep (128 cu ft). A face cord (rick) is only one log deep (typically 16 inches deep), measuring 4 ft high by 8 ft long (~43 cu ft), which equals one-third of a full cord.
A full cord of seasoned hardwood (like oak, maple, or ash) weighs between 3,500 and 4,200 pounds (approx 2 tons). Dry softwood (pine/cedar) weighs 2,200 to 2,600 lbs.
A full cord typically contains between 600 and 800 pieces of split firewood, depending on how finely the logs were split.
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= 1 Face Cords (Ricks)