Land Clearing
Wooded lots, overgrown acreage and future homesites cleared with our own dozer — trees and brush out, clean workable dirt left behind.
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We do land clearing in Nederland, TX, to get overgrown lots and small tracts ready to build on. Nederland sits on State Highway 347 and US 69/96/287, seven miles southeast of Beaumont in eastern Jefferson County. Dutch settlers came here in 1897, and in time the town grew into a city of homes. Our company has worked out of Buna since 1990, and the Beaumont side of Southeast Texas is ground we work.
The dozer does the lot clearing, and the forestry mulcher handles brush clearing along fence lines and ditch banks. Then we build house pads and mobile home pads up out of the wet with fill that is brought in. The fill goes down in layers, gets packed with the tracks and is crowned so rain runs off the pad. Every job starts with a free on-site estimate, where we come look at your ground and plan the work.
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Nederland is part of Jefferson County Drainage District No. 7, or DD7, with Port Arthur, Groves and Port Neches. DD7 says two thirds of the district sits below five feet above sea level. It also says 60 to 70 percent of the district drains to Taylor's Bayou. On ground that low, rain needs a clear path off each lot, or it stands in the yard.
NOAA normals for the Port Arthur airport station show 62.13 inches of rain in a normal year. August is the wettest month there at 6.89 inches, and February is the driest at 3.09 inches. USDA first described Beaumont clay from a Jefferson County site, and it runs 42 to 60 percent clay. It is poorly drained, so on that clay we grade the yard to move water off across the top.
Nederland takes part in the National Flood Insurance Program, and its Inspection Department is the floodplain administrator. In a mapped flood hazard area, a new home's lowest floor must sit 18 inches above base flood elevation. Two elevation certificates from a licensed surveyor prove it, and the department checks the flood map for people who ask. Ask about your lot first, and we build the dirt pad to the height your plan calls for.
A new home permit needs a drainage plan that sends roof and surface water to the city's drainage system. It must do that without draining onto adjacent property, and our guide explains Texas law on water between lots. Construction sites of 5 acres or more need a city storm water permit and a TCEQ Notice of Intent. Those sites also need silt fencing and a rock entrance, or another method the building official approves.
The dozer clears the lot, pushes up the pad and shapes a gravel drive in from the street. The excavator digs and cleans ditches on your land and sets culverts under drives. Before a culvert goes in a street ditch, check with the city's Public Works. The tracked forestry mulcher grinds brush and small trees along lot lines, and the keeper trees stay.
We do not pull permits, survey, engineer or do elevation certificates. A licensed surveyor does the certificates, your builder sets the floor height, and we build the dirt to that plan. A licensed installer sets a mobile home, and we do not pour slabs or run utilities. Texas law calls for a one-call notice at least 48 hours before digging, not counting weekends and legal holidays.
Communities & areas we serve around Nederland: Port Neches, Groves, the Highway 347 corridor, the US 69/96/287 corridor, the FM 365 and 366 corridors.
Nederland ZIP codes served: 77627.
Free, no-obligation estimates throughout Jefferson County.
(409) 289-0802 Wooded lots, overgrown acreage and future homesites cleared with our own dozer — trees and brush out, clean workable dirt left behind.
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Yaupon, briar and underbrush cleaned out of lots, woods and fence lines — the growth goes, the trees you want stay.
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Brush and small trees ground into mulch right where they stand — no burn piles, no haul-off, and the topsoil stays put.
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House pads, barn pads, site prep and fill: dirt hauled, placed, shaped and packed so what you build on it stays put.
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Site dig-outs, soft-spot removal, pond and basin digging and cleanup work with our own excavator.
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Rough, rutted or washed-out ground graded smooth and sloped to drain — pastures, yards, building sites and everything between.
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Land to clear, a pad to build, brush that's won too many summers, or a pond you've been thinking about for years? Call or send the form and we'll come look at your ground with you and hand you a free estimate from the family that's worked this dirt since 1990.
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