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Why are dead people buried 6 feet below the earth surface.

I went to one burial in London in 1988 when it was found that although payment had been taken for a 4 person grave, number 3 had taken up more than expected. So they ‘buried’ the last coffin about 4″ (100mm) deep! I queried it and was assured it was ok as they use a concrete topping and a “topper” (a pre-cast concrete cover with a decorative top plus small monument).

A body left on the surface uncovered can decompose very quickly( less than a week), but not as fast as it can if immersed in water. It's dependent on oxygen and water content levels.

Buried, it will take considerably longer. Depth of burial has a direct correlation on decomposition time. The deeper the longer, in general, it takes.

What's the importance of that? Time is only relevant to those still alive. People who loved the deceased person/pet like to remember them as they were when alive. So the tendency is to want to keep their loved ones bodies as ‘lifelike’ as possible, for as long as possible.

As to why six feet? It's simply extremely difficult to make a hole that is deeper than that without special equipment.



Assaph Mehr

works at DocsCop said;

It's not an "optimal" depth, it's due to historical reasons. Read this article:
How Did 6 Feet Become the Standard Grave Depth?

TL;DR: 6' started with the plague in the 17th century London. Basically you don't want soil erosion or scavengers exposing the graves. These days, as before, the actual depth varies.



Misty Nuckolls

Licensed funeral director, embalmer, and crematory operator said;

It’s an arbitrary number dating back to the 1600’s and an outbreak of the Plague in London, you can find the first mention of “six feet deep” in “Orders conceived and published by the Lord Major and aldermen of the city of London, concerning the infection of the plague”. These days, there are places in the States and elsewhere that only require 18 inches of dirt atop the casket or vault, and many times that’s because of a high water table or bedrock very close to the surface.



R. Eric Sawyer

Texas Funeral Director for 30 years, but never worked as part of a cemetery said;
Matter for local and or State law, plus cemetery regulations.

In Texas, there is no regulation about the bottom of the grave. But the top must be covered by 2 feet of soil. 1.5 feet if the coffin is enclosed in a metal or concrete vault.

This will give a total depth of around 5 feet. I have worked with a few small rural cemeteries that required 6 feet, but it has been very rare.

The reason for specifying the top covering rather than the bottom death is, I believe, for enforcement.

To check if a grave is dug 6 feet deep, the inspector needs to be there at the time. And of course a shoddy operation will do that ONE correctly, before going back to their slipshod ways.

But if the law says how much soil is over the top, all the inspector needs is a metal rod and a hammer. He can very easily drive that rod down until it touches something, then check the depth. Easy to check many random graves to see that the crew has been doing right.

Of course, laws in other places will likely differ. Texas is the only place I have worked, and the only state in which I have been licensed.