A least 6 foot

Interestingly enough, there's no minimum safe depth at which a body must be planted – burial depth can vary from 1.5 to 12 feet, sometimes even deeper. Individual jurisdictions specify their own minimum depths, but most are nowhere near six feet. In California, for example, the coffin must be covered by a minimum of 18 inches of dirt and turf; Quebec's Burial Act orders that “the coffin shall be deposited in a grave and covered with at least 1 m of earth, but the Minister of Health and Social Services may, in special cases, dispense with the application of this section.” (It's common today, too, for couples to be buried in the same grave, with one casket below the other.) In low-lying wetland areas like New Orleans, a grave dug six feet deep would likely fill with water. Graves in such locales are typically less than two feet deep, reducing (but not eliminating) the coffin's chances of gradually floating toward the surface. Early New Orleanians tried to keep the dead safely out of the way by weighing caskets down with rocks, but even so the airtight coffins would sometimes come popping up out of the soil. Today, in areas well above the water table and generally considered safe from flooding, heavy rains will still dislodge the occasional coffin. That settled, where did the famed figure come from? Historians believe it dates to London's Great Plague of 1665. In Daniel Defoe's fictionalized account A Journal of the Plague Year, the diarist-narrator reports on an edict issued by the city's lord mayor in June 1665 requiring that all graves be made at least six feet deep to limit the spread of the outbreak. Even if Defoe's research wasn't perfect (his firsthand knowledge may have been less than reliable, as he was only five at the time of the epidemic), other sources largely back up his version of events; in any case, his book likely popularized the notion that proper burial entailed putting the body six feet under. Contrary to popular belief, there is nothing in the Bible instructing the deceased be buried under 6 feet of soil. http://straightdope.com/mailbag/mburial.html

depends on how long you want to dig... I am not helping with that part.

5 feet under right?

So's they don't come up.

Just bury them facing down. Then if they try to escape, they will only go deeper. haha

That totally depends on how many people will be looking for them...

I don't think too deep, but deep enough to not get dig up from animals. I want to replenish the earth, but not being eaten by animals.

I heard that the recommended depth was 6 feeet, because at that depth smells don't attract animals.....but then if you're cremated.....

deep enough

sec 185 of the health & safety code book state: not less than 6ft for the grave for adults and not less than 5 ft for a child under 10. the 18" is the amount of dirt that can be over the top and that reads not less than that amount. creamtions are to go 18" deep if they are in the ground this is for CA this is for NY : There is no state requirement specifying the depth of a grave, although there may be local regulations that apply. For example, the City of New York requires that "when human remains are buried in the ground, without a concrete vault, the top of the coffin or casket shall be at least 3' below the level of the ground."(two feet in the case of a concrete vault) this is for TX Chapter 714 establishes the depth of graves, which varies based on the type of container. Interestingly, graves do not have to be six feet deep (§ 714.001) The requirement is that the top of the "container of the body" must be at least two feet below the surface if the container is not made of "impermeable" material and at least 1-1/2 feet below the surface if the container is impermeable. so you can see the laws change from state to state yet pretty close here in the USA I've worked in and around a cemetery for almost 33yr now so have seen my share of burials

Deeper than the dog can dig.

At least up to the neck.

deeep.

No law I know of specifies that depth. Years ago, six feet to the bottom of the grave was the usual depth; keeping animals out was the prime consideration. Nowadays, with vaults and caskets, four feet is the norm.