| American standard (Am.std) | Timber/Lumber Volume | Timber/Lumber trade | 120 pieces - 2" x 12" x 12' = 1237½ bf | 1 American standard = 240 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 American standard = 6.796 cubic metres (m³) |
| Blodgett foot (Bl ft) | Timber/Lumber Volume | North America | log rule that was used in the Northeastern United States | 1 Blodgett foot (Bl ft) = 1.396 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Blodgett foot (Bl ft) = 0.0396 cubic metres (m³) |
| board foot (bf) | Timber/Lumber Volume | North America | 1 bf = 12" x 12" x 1" = 144 cubic inches | 1 board foot (bf) = 0.0833 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 board foot (bf) = 0.0024 cubic metres (m³) |
| carload (C/L) | Timber/Lumber Volume | North America | 15000 superficial feet B.M.of 1 inch . American hardwood lumber contract definition. carload (C/L) = rail car | 1 carload = 1250 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 carload = 35.394 cubic metres (m³) |
| centistere (cst) | Volume | metric unit (old) | 100 cst = one stere | 1 centistere (cst) = 0.353 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 centistere (cst) = 0.01 cubic metres (m³) |
| Christiana standard (Cri.std) | Timber/Lumber Volume | Timber/Lumber trade | 120 pieces - 1¼" x 9" x 11' = 1237½ bf | 1 Christiana standard (Cri.std) = 103.125 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Christiana standard (Cri.std) = 2.92 cubic metres (m³) |
| cord (cd) | Timber/Lumber Volume | North America | stack of firewood 4 ft wide, 8 ft long, and 4 ft high | 1 cord (cd) = 128 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 cord (cd) = 3.625 cubic metres (m³) |
| cord foot | Timber/Lumber Volume | North America | stack of firewood 4 ft wide x 1 ft long, 4 ft high = 1/8 of a cord | 1 cord foot (cd ft) = 16 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 cord foot (cd ft) = 0.453 cubic metres (m³) |
| cubic foot (ft³) | Volume | Imperial unit | Basic Imperial volume unit used for timber volume | 1 cubic foot (ft³) = 1 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 cubic foot (ft³) = 0.0283 cubic metres (m³) |
| cubic metre (m³) | Volume | Metric unit | cubic metre is a SI base unit | 1 cubic metre (m³) = 35.315 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 cubic metre (m³) = 1 cubic metres (m³) |
| cubic shaku (shaku³) | Volume | Japan | 1 cubic shaku = 12 boardfeet Brereton log scale | 1 cubic shaku (shaku³) = 0.9826 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 cubic shaku (shaku³) = 0.0278 cubic metres (m³) |
| cubic ton (t³) | Timber/Lumber Volume | Imperial unit | Also known as timber ton or measurement ton | 1 cubic ton (t³) = 40 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 cubic ton (t³) = 1.132 cubic metres (m³) |
| cunit (cunit) | Timber/Lumber Volume | Canadian | Used for wood intended as pulpwood or firewood. 100 ft³ solid wood, and also used for 100 ft³ of sawdust or 100 ft³ pulp chips | 1 cunit (cunit) = 100 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 cunit (cunit) = 2.83 cubic metres (m³) |
| Dantzig standards | Timber/Lumber Volume | Timber/Lumber trade | 120 pieces, 1½" x 12" x 12' | 1 Dantzig standard (Dan.std) = 180 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Dantzig standard (Dan.std) = 5.097 cubic metres (m³) |
| decastere (dast) | Volume | metric unit (old) | 1 dast = 10 st | 1 decastere (dast) = 353.147 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 decastere (dast) = 10 cubic metres (m³) |
| decistere (dst) | Volume | metric unit (old) | 10 dst = 1 stere | 1 decistere (dst) = 3.53 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 decistere (dst) = 0.1 cubic metres (m³) |
| Drammen standard (Drm.std) | Timber/Lumber Volume | Timber/Lumber trade | 120 pieces - 2½" x 6½" x 12' = 1462½ bf | 1 Drammen standard (Drm.std) = 121.875 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Drammen standard (Drm.std) = 3.45 cubic metres (m³) |
| Drontheim standard (round timber) | Timber/Lumber Volume | Timber/Lumber trade | 1728 board feet (bf) | 1 Drontheim standard (round timber) = 144 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Drontheim standard (round timber) = 4.078 cubic metres (m³) |
| Drontheim standard (sawn deals) | Timber/Lumber Volume | Timber/Lumber trade | 2376 board feet (bf) | 1 Drontheim standard (sawn deals) = 198 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Drontheim standard (sawn deals) = 5.6 cubic metres (m³) |
| Drontheim standard (square timber) | Timber/Lumber Volume | Timber/Lumber trade | 2160 board feet (bf) | 1 Drontheim standard (square timber) = 180 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Drontheim standard (square timber) = 5.097 cubic metres (m³) |
| face cord (f.cd) | Timber/Lumber Volume | North America | stack of firewood 16 in wide, 8 ft long, and 4 ft high. We use a value of 16 inches for the width, but the width can be anything from 12" to 36" | 1 face cord (f cd) = 42.667 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 face cord (f cd) = 1.208 cubic metres (m³) |
| fathom (pftm) | Timber/Lumber Volume | Imperial unit | 1 fathom = 6 feet. A piled fathom = 6' x 6' x 6' | 1 fathom (pftm) = 216 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 fathom (pftm) = 6.116 cubic metres (m³) |
| fathom (pftm) Russian | Timber/Lumber Volume | Russian unit | 1 Russian fathom = 7 feet. A piled Russian fathom = 7' x 7' x7' | 1 Russian fathom (Rus.pftm) = 343 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Russian fathom (Rus.pftm) = 9.71cubic metres (m³) |
| Francon cubic metre (fr.m³) | Timber/Lumber Volume | Imperial unit | Hoppus using metric units | 1 Francon cubic metre (fr.m³) = 44.964 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Francon cubic metre (fr.m³) = 1.273 cubic metres (m³) |
| French cord (cd) French | Timber/Lumber Volume | Canada, Quebec | 8 French feet long, 4 French feet high and 3 English feet wide. A french foot = 12.789 inches | 1 French cord (cd) French = 109.039014 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 French cord (cd) French = 4.0925 cubic metres (m³) |
| Gefle standard (Gef.std) | Timber/Lumber Volume | Timber/Lumber trade | Used for telegraph post | 1 Gefle standard (Gef.std) = 100 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Gefle standard (Gef.std) = 2.8 cubic metres (m³) |
| Gothenburg standard (Got.std) | Timber/Lumber Volume | Timber/Lumber trade | Used for pit props, pile of round wood 6 ft x 6 ft x 5 ft = 180 ft³ or as sawn lumber | 1 Gothenburg standard (Got.std) = 180 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Gothenburg standard (Got.std) = 5.097 cubic metres (m³) |
| Haakondahl superficial foot (Hdf) | Timber/Lumber Volume | New Zealand | used in New Zealand. Same as Hoppus board foot | 1 Haakondahl superficial foot (Hdf) = 0.106 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Haakondahl superficial foot (Hdf) = 0.003 cubic metres (m³) |
| hectostere (hst) | Volume | metric unit (old) | 1 hectostre = 100 steres | 1 hectostere (hst) = 3531.47 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 hectostere (hst) = 100 cubic metres (m³) |
| Hoppus foot (h ft) | Timber/Lumber Volume | Imperial unit | quarter girth formula | 1 Hoppus foot (h ft)1 = 0.273 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Hoppus foot (h ft) = 0.0360541289 cubic metres (m³) |
| Hoppus superficial foot (hs ft) | Timber/Lumber Volume | Imperial unit | Hoppus foot = 12 Hoppus superficial foot | 1 Hoppus superficial foot (hs ft) = 0.106 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Hoppus superficial foot (hs ft) = 0.003 cubic metres (m³) |
| Hoppus ton (h tn) | Timber/Lumber Volume | Imperial unit | Shipments of tropical hardwoods from Southeast Asia, still used in Burma | 1 Hoppus ton (h tn) = 63.66 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Hoppus ton (h tn) = 1.8 cubic metres (m³) |
| kilostere (kst) | Volume | metric unit (old) | 1 kilosteres = 1000 steres | 1 kilostere (kst) = 35314.7 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 kilostere (kst) = 1000 cubic metres (m³) |
| koku | Volume | Japan | 1 koku = 120 board feet, Breteon log scale | 1 koku = 9.826 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 koku = 0.278 cubic metres (m³) |
| lathwood | Timber/Lumber Volume | Timber/Lumber trade | 1 cubic fathom (pftm) lathwood contains about 180 - 200 pieces = 288 cubic feet | 1 Lathwood = 288 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Lathwood = 8.155 cubic metres (m³) |
| load (Ld) | Timber/Lumber Volume | shipping, freight | Load of hewn goods. (1 load = 600 board feet | 1 load (Ld) = 50 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 load (Ld) = 1.416 cubic metres (m³) |
| London standard (Lon.std) | Timber/Lumber Volume | Timber/Lumber trade | Irish/London standard. 120 pieces - 3" x 9" x 12' = 3240 bf | 1 London standard (Lon.std) = 270 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 London standard (Lon.std) = 7.646 cubic metres (m³) |
| million board feet (mmbf) | Timber/Lumber Volume | North America | Mmbf = 1000000 board feet | 1 million board foot (mmbf) = 83333.3 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 million board foot (mmbf) = 2359.74 cubic metres (m³) |
| millistere (mst) | Volume | metric unit (old) | one millistere is equivalent to one litre | 1 millistere (mst) = 0.0353147 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 millistere (mst) = 0.001 cubic metres (m³) |
| Norway standards | Timber/Lumber Volume | Timber/Lumber trade | 120 pieces, 3" x 9" x 12' | 1 Norway standard (Nor.std) = 270 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Norway standard (Nor.std) = 7.646 cubic metres (m³) |
| Petrograd standard (Ptg.std) | Timber/Lumber Volume | Timber/Lumber trade | Petrograd Standard Hundred (PSH). 120 pieces - 1½" x 11" x 12' = 1980 bf | 1 Petrograd standard (Ptg.std) = 165 cubic feet (ft³). | 1 Petrograd standard (Ptg.std) = 4.672 cubic metres (m³) |
| Quebec standard (Que.std) | Timber/Lumber Volume | Timber/Lumber trade | 100 pieces - 2½" x 11" x 12' = 2750 bf | 1 Quebec standard (Que.std) = 229.167 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Quebec standard (Que.std) = 6.489 cubic metres (m³) |
| Riga last (Rl round timber) | Timber/Lumber Volume | British timber measure | Last is an old North European measurement used for measuring large quantities. | 1 Riga last (Rl round timber) = 65 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Riga last (Rl round timber) = 1.841 cubic metres (m³) |
| Riga last (Rl square timber) | Timber/Lumber Volume | British timber measure | Last is a German word for load. | 1 Riga last (Rl square timber) = 80 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Riga last (Rl square timber) = 2.265 cubic metres (m³) |
| rully | Timber/Lumber Volume | Danube lumber measurement | 12 ft x 6 ft x 3ft = one fathom | 1 rully = 216 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 rully = 6.116 cubic metres (m³) |
| stack of wood | Timber/Lumber Volume | North America | old English measure of fuel wood. Cut firewood 1 stack = 4 cubic yards | 1 stack of wood = 108 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 stack of wood = 3.058 cubic metres (m³) |
| stere (st) | Timber/Lumber Volume | metric unit (old) | used to measure stacked timber/firewood | 1 stere (st) = 35.3147 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 stere (st) = 1 cubic metres (m³) |
| Sweden standards | Timber/Lumber Volume | Timber/Lumber trade | 120 pieces, 3" x 9" x 14' | 1 Sweden standard (Swe.std) = 315 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Sweden standard (Swe.std) = 8.92 cubic metres (m³) |
| thousand board feet (mbf) | Timber/Lumber Volume | North America | mbf = 1000 * 1 bf | 1 thousand board foot (mbf) = 83.333 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 thousand board foot (mbf) = 2.36 cubic metres (m³) |
| Upper Gulf hewn balks | Timber/Lumber Volume | Timber/Lumber trade | a roughly hewn piece of timber. | 1 Upper Gulf hewn balks = 150 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Upper Gulf hewn balks = 4.25 cubic metres (m³) |
| volumetric unit (vu) | Timber/Lumber Volume | North America | measurement used for woodchips equal to a volume of 200 cubic feet | 1 volumetric unit (vu) = 200 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 volumetric unit (vu) = 5.66 cubic metres (m³) |
| wagon load | Timber/Lumber Volume | Danube lumber measurement | 1 wagon load = 22 cubic metres with an approximate weight of 10 tons | 1 wagon load = 776.9 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 wagon load = 22 cubic metres (m³) |
| Wyburg standard (square timber) | Timber/Lumber Volume | Timber/Lumber trade | 1963 board feet (bf) | 1 Wyburg standard (square timber) = 163.667 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Wyburg standard (square timber) = 4.635 cubic metres (m³) |
| Wyburg standard (round timber) | Timber/Lumber Volume | Timber/Lumber trade | 1560 board feet (bf) | 1 Wyburg standard (round timber) = 130 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Wyburg standard (round timber) = 3.68 cubic metres (m³) |
| Wyburg standard (sawn deals) | Timber/Lumber Volume | Timber/Lumber trade | 2160 board feet (bf) | 1 Wyburg standard (sawn deals) = 180 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Wyburg standard (sawn deals) = 5.097 cubic metres (m³) |
| Standard | Timber/Lumber Volume | Timber/Lumber trade | Unit of volume used for the measurement of timber/lumber. | 1 standard (std) = 1980 board feet (bf) 1 Standard (std) = 165 cubic feet (ft³) | 1 Standard = 4.67 3.68 cubic metres (m³) |
