Dirt Work
We build house pads and gravel driveways with a finishing dozer and an excavator. We also level lots after a demolition and shape ground so rain drains off.
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Florida's Contracting and Land Services handles pond construction on acreage around Katy, Texas and the west side of Houston. We dig new stock ponds and small ponds, and we expand ponds that are already there. We work for farm and ranch owners and for homeowners on acreage. Our main line of work is land clearing in Katy and the towns around it.
If the pond site is grown up, land clearing comes first. After the dig, we shape and finish the banks. The clay and sand that come out can build a pad or raise low ground nearby. Tell us where you want the dirt when we look at the job.
Tell us about the land, the fence or the drainage problem and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
The land around Katy is flat coastal prairie. On level ground like this, a pond is dug out rather than dammed. The federal pond handbook calls these excavated ponds the simplest kind to build on flat land. Where the pond sits matters, since Texas law bars holding back runoff in a way that damages a neighbor's land.
We dig stock ponds for livestock and small ponds for homeowners on acreage. One customer started his own pond and found the job was more than he wanted. We came in and built it the way he asked.
We have also built a small bird watering area made to stand up to feral hogs that root around it. Around a new retention pond, we mulched the trees with the mulching head on our skid steer.
A pond holds water when the soil under it has enough clay. The federal pond handbook rates clays and silty clays as excellent for this. It calls coarse sand and sand-gravel mixes usually unsuitable.
The federal soil survey describes Katy fine sandy loam from a site near where FM 1093 meets FM 1463. It has 18 to 30 inches of sandy loam on top, with clay loam layers below. A dig there turns up sandy loam first, then clay loam.
Down US 90A west of Rosenberg, the survey describes Bernard clay loam, which water moves through very slowly. When you are unsure of your ground, the handbook suggests test holes across the pond site. Filling a test hole with water gives a rough read on seepage. Ponds nearby on the same soil are a good guide too.
Pond excavation turns up a lot of dirt, and it can go to work on your land. On one job, we built a pad with the clay and sand we pulled from the customer's pond. Pads and leveling are part of our dirt work across the area.
The federal pond handbook says to plan where the dirt goes before digging starts. Dirt left near the pond should not weigh down the banks or wash back in with rain. The handbook sets the foot of a dirt pile at least 12 feet back from the pond's edge.
The handbook calls full removal expensive and rarely worth it unless the dirt is needed nearby. When dirt does have to leave, we load it onto trucks and the trucking is arranged.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 80 miles around Katy across Fort Bend, Harris, Waller, Austin and Wharton Counties.
(979) 824-2296From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (979) 824-2296 and tell us what the land needs and where it is.
We come out to see the ground and how the machines get in. Point out any buried lines of your own, like the line to a water well or a barn.
You get the quote in writing. Once you say yes, we set a date for the work.
Brush gets mulched in place where that fits, and the digging follows the plan in the quote. Anything headed off the site gets loaded onto trucks we arrange.
We clean up when the machines are done. The ground is then ready for its next use, like a house pad or a new fence.
Common questions about pond construction around Katy and the west side of Houston. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We build house pads and gravel driveways with a finishing dozer and an excavator. We also level lots after a demolition and shape ground so rain drains off.
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We clear brush and small trees from lots and small acreage around Katy, Texas. Where it fits, the brush is mulched in place.
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The mulching head on our skid steer turns brush and small trees into chips where they stand. We use it to open trails and clean up overgrown land around Katy, Texas.
Learn MoreOur land clearing jobs run about 10 acres or smaller. That size covers most house lots and small farm tracts around Katy.
A skid steer runs the mulching head through brush and saplings. A midsize excavator and a finishing dozer handle the digging and the grading.
Every job gets a look before it gets a price. You see the work and the price in writing before we start.
Tell us about the land and the town it is in, and send photos by text if you have them. Call or text (979) 824-2296 or use the form, and we will get back to you.
Tell us about the land, the fence or the drainage problem and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.