1 cubic foot per second (1 ft³/s)

1 cubic foot per second equals 1,699.0108 liters per minute, 448.83117 gallons per minute, 60 cubic feet per minute and 101.94065 cubic meters per hour.

1 cubic foot per second = 1,699.010796 liters per minute

What 1 cubic foot per second means in practice

1 cubic foot per second sits between a fire hose (0.706293 ft³/s) and Niagara Falls (84,755.2 ft³/s).

  • A low-flow showerhead: 0.00444965 ft³/s
  • A kitchen faucet: 0.00459091 ft³/s
  • A garden hose: 0.0176573 ft³/s
  • A fire hose: 0.706293 ft³/s
  • Niagara Falls: 84,755.2 ft³/s
  • The Mississippi River: 593,286 ft³/s
  • The Amazon River: 7,380,770 ft³/s

1 cubic foot per second in all flow rate units

UnitValueScientific notation
Liters per minute (L/min) 1,699.0107961.69901 × 103
Gallons per minute (gal/min) 448.83116884.48831 × 102
Cubic feet per minute (ft³/min) 606 × 101
Cubic meters per hour (m³/h) 101.94064771.01941 × 102
Liters per second (L/s) 28.316846592.83168 × 101
Liters per hour (L/h) 101,940.64771.01941 × 105
Cubic meters per second (m³/s) 0.028316846592.83168 × 10-2
Gallons per hour (gal/h) 26,929.870132.69299 × 104
Barrels per day (bbl/d) 15,388.497221.53885 × 104
Cubic meters per day (m³/d) 2,446.5755462.44658 × 103
Milliliters per minute (mL/min) 1,699,010.7961.69901 × 106
Cubic meters per minute (m³/min) 1.6990107961.69901 × 100
Gallons per day (gal/d) 646,316.88316.46317 × 105
Imperial gallons per minute (imp gal/min) 373.73012753.7373 × 102
Liters per day (L/d) 2,446,575.5462.44658 × 106
Milliliters per hour (mL/h) 101,940,647.71.01941 × 108
Cubic feet per hour (ft³/h) 3,6003.6 × 103
Imperial gallons per hour (imp gal/h) 22,423.807652.24238 × 104
Gallons per second (gal/s) 7.4805194817.48052 × 100
Milliliters per second (mL/s) 28,316.846592.83168 × 104
Million gallons per day (MGD) 0.64631688316.46317 × 10-1
Imperial gallons per day (imp gal/d) 538,171.38375.38171 × 105
Acre-feet per day (ac⋅ft/d) 1.9834710741.98347 × 100
Megaliters per day (ML/d) 2.4465755462.44658 × 100
Million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) 0.08648.64 × 10-2
Barrels per hour (bbl/h) 641.1873846.41187 × 102
Standard cubic centimeters per minute (sccm) 1,699,010.7961.69901 × 106
Thousand cubic feet per day (Mcf/d) 86.48.64 × 101
Cubic inches per minute (in³/min) 103,6801.0368 × 105

Other amounts of cubic feet per second

About the cubic foot per second

The cubic foot per second (cfs, ft³/s) is a flow of one cubic foot, about 28.3 liters, every second. Read more about cubic feet per second.