Land managers and air quality regulators need a tool to accurately and efficiently estimate the biomass and emissions from burning of hand-piled fuels as pile burning becomes a more widespread and common practice for treating high fire hazard areas with surface fuels in excess of desired levels. This data product contains dimensions, volume, and biomass measurements of hand-constructed piles of different types of debris, with a variety of shapes and sizes, in forest and woodland areas in Washington and California. Study sites include the Sequoia National Forest, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, and the Los Padres National Forest where sample sites were typical of hand-piling operations in the West. Data include measurements, taken in 2008, of 121 hand-constructed piles composed primarily of coniferous (n=63) and shrub/hardwood (n=58) material. [This data product is archived in the USFS Research Data Archive, number RDS-2015-0013.]