Five cubic yards — a 20×20 patch is 400 sq ft, and at the standard 4-inch depth for new lawn areas, 400 × 4 ÷ 324 = 4.9, which rounds up to 5. That still fits in a single truckload, since loam ships up to 6 cubic yards per load. For weight planning, loam runs about 2,100 lbs per yard, so this patch is roughly five tons of soil — order it dumped close to the work.
Same patch, other depths
| 2 inches (thin build-up) | 2.5 yards |
| 3 inches | 4 yards |
| 4 inches (new lawn standard) | 5 yards |
| 6 inches (full rebuild) | 7.5 yards — two loads |
Order screened loam, and double-check your own dimensions with the material calculator before checkout.
