How thick is 1 gauge U.S. Standard?

1 gauge U.S. Standard is 0.2813 in thick, which is 7.144 mm. A square foot weighs 11.25 lb (54.93 kg/m²).

What is 1 gauge U.S. Standard in mm?

7.144 mm. The gauge number is an index into the USG system rather than a measurement, so it converts to a fixed thickness rather than a round metric figure.

Is 1 gauge U.S. Standard thicker than 0 gauge?

No — a lower gauge number is thicker sheet. 0 gauge us standard is 0.3125 in (7.938 mm) against 0.2813 in (7.144 mm) for 1 gauge U.S. Standard, a difference of 0.0312 in.

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1 Gauge U.S. Standard Thickness in Inches and Millimetres

https://shopmath.org/gauges/us-standard/1 · data verified August 1, 2026

1 gauge U.S. Standard sheet is 0.2813 in thick — 7.144 mm. A square foot weighs 11.25 lb (54.93 kg/m²). The gauge number indexes the USG system, so the same number is a different thickness in another material — the comparison is below. Thicknesses are nominal, before mill tolerance.

Gauge: 1 ga
Material: U.S. Standard Gauge
Inch: 0.2813
mm: 7.144
System: USG

1 Gauge U.S. Standard · nominal thickness

0.2813 in

Millimetre: 7.144mm
Weight: 11.25lb/ft²
Weight: 54.93kg/m²

Nominal thickness on the USG system. Gauge numbers are material-specific — "1 gauge" on its own does not name a thickness.

1 Gauge U.S. Standard Sheet Thickness

1 Gauge U.S. Standard is defined by the 15 U.S.C. 206 (wrought iron basis), not by a measurement — the gauge number is an index into that system, which is why the same number means a different thickness in another material.

1 Gauge U.S. Standard — thickness and weight
Property	Value
Thickness, decimal inch	0.2813 in
Thickness, millimetre	7.144 mm
Weight per square foot	11.25 lb/ft²
Weight per square metre	54.93 kg/m²
Gauge system	USG

Nominal thickness. Mill tolerance on sheet is typically a few thousandths of an inch either way and varies with width and process; measure the stock when the fit matters.

Gauges Either Side of 1 Gauge U.S. Standard

A higher gauge number is thinner sheet. The steps are not equal — the gauge systems are geometric, so the difference between two gauges shrinks as the sheet gets thinner.

U.S. Standard Gauge gauges adjacent to 1 gauge
Property	Thickness
Gauge	in	mm
00 ga	0.3438	8.731
0 ga	0.3125	7.938
1 ga	0.2813	7.144
2 ga	0.2656	6.747
3 ga	0.2500	6.350

Sources and Method for 1 Gauge U.S. Standard Thickness

1 Gauge U.S. Standard thicknesscomputed

15 U.S.C. 206 (Act of Mar. 3, 1893, ch. 221, 27 Stat. 746) — U.S. Standard Gauge for sheet and plate iron and steel; 15 U.S.C. 206 statutory weights; MSG (41.82 lb/ft2 per inch), galvanized zinc allowance, and Brown & Sharpe formula per docs/research/data-sourcing.md §3.7

Verified against Wikipedia Sheet metal, Standard sheet metal gauges table (CC BY-SA 4.0) — 137/137 checks passed at 0.05 mil

Computed from the standard's formulas, then checked against published tables.

Formula

Weight per square foot, sheet steel

lb/ft²  =  thickness (in) × 41.82

  0.2813 × 41.82  =  11.25 lb/ft²

41.82 lb/ft² per inch of thickness is the Manufacturers' Standard Gauge basis for steel. The U.S. Standard Gauge of 1893 uses a wrought-iron basis of 40 lb/ft² per inch, which is why the two systems differ.

Assumptions

Thicknesses are nominal. Mill tolerance varies with width, process and material and is not part of the gauge definition.
Gauge is an index into a material-specific system, not a unit. A gauge number without a material is ambiguous by construction.
Dataset scope: EXCLUDED: stainless steel (genuinely ambiguous convention, only one source in hand), zinc, copper, brass, steel tube wall.

Data last verified

August 1, 2026

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How to Cite This 1 Gauge U.S. Standard Reference

Citation

ShopMath. "1 Gauge U.S. Standard Thickness in Inches and Millimetres." ShopMath, verified August 1, 2026, https://shopmath.org/gauges/us-standard/1

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@misc{shopmath-gauges-us-standard-1,
  title        = {1 Gauge U.S. Standard Thickness in Inches and Millimetres},
  author       = {{ShopMath}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://shopmath.org/gauges/us-standard/1}},
  note         = {Data verified 2026-08-01}
}

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Common Questions About 1 Gauge U.S. Standard

How thick is 1 gauge U.S. Standard?: 1 gauge U.S. Standard is 0.2813 in thick, which is 7.144 mm. A square foot weighs 11.25 lb (54.93 kg/m²).
What is 1 gauge U.S. Standard in mm?: 7.144 mm. The gauge number is an index into the USG system rather than a measurement, so it converts to a fixed thickness rather than a round metric figure.
Is 1 gauge U.S. Standard thicker than 0 gauge?: No — a lower gauge number is thicker sheet. 0 gauge us standard is 0.3125 in (7.938 mm) against 0.2813 in (7.144 mm) for 1 gauge U.S. Standard, a difference of 0.0312 in.

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