Land Clearing
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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Land clearing in Waller starts with the ground under the brush. The town sits on flat prairie along US 290, on soil that drains slowly. In winter and spring, low spots can hold water for weeks. The federal soil survey notes that pines have spread into many areas of Hockley soil, the sandier ground around town.
Florida's Contracting and Land Services handles land clearing around Katy, Texas, and Waller is part of our service area. We clear lots and small acreage up to about 10 acres, with a mulching head on a skid steer. A midsize excavator and a finishing dozer handle digging and grading for drains, culverts, ponds and pads. Call or text (979) 824-2296, and we look at the job and put the quote in writing.
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.
Waller was laid out in 1884 on open prairie, and it grew up as a farm and cattle town. The soil survey still lists the main soils here as crop and pasture ground. Inside the city limits, a job may be an overgrown town lot. Past them, it may be pasture ground or a future house site.
We mulch brush and small trees in place where that fits, which is forestry mulching. The mulch stays on the ground as cover. Where material has to leave the site, we load it out, and the trucking is arranged.
On farm and ranch ground, fence line clearing opens a clean lane along the old fence. Then we can rebuild the fence on pipe posts and H-braces. We can also drive pipe for owners who want to string their own wire.
Most land inside the city maps as Wockley soil on the federal soil survey. It is nearly flat, with most slopes under half a percent, and it drains slowly. The ground can stay soaked from 4 to 33 inches down for 3 to 6 weeks in winter and spring.
Low spots of Tomball loam pond for long stretches from January to April. The survey's sample site for that soil is a pasture off Owens Road near Prairie View. Mound Creek runs southwest of town. The federal flood map puts some low ground inside the city in its high-risk zone.
State water law bars diverting runoff in a way that damages a neighbor's land. A French drain moves water out of a side yard or a gate area that holds it. For a lot in town, City Hall offers a flood zone check.
Waller sits on the line between Waller County and Harris County, and the city limits reach into both. Inside the city limits, the Permits and Inspections Department at City Hall issues permits. Its forms include a demolition permit and a driveway culvert permit.
For a culvert in town, the city checks the spot and sets the culvert size. Its form calls for reinforced concrete pipe and a driveway at least 16 feet wide. If Harris County maintains the road, the form says a Harris County permit is needed. On US 290 or another state highway, the state highway office handles driveway permits.
Outside the city in Waller County, the county Engineering Division in Hempstead handles permits. It wants a 911 address first, and its chart lists driveways off county roads and any floodplain work. On a county road, the county inspector sets the culvert size and grade, then checks the pipe before backfill. For culvert installation, we set the pipe at the size the office calls for, then backfill and shape the approach.
Waller had 2,326 people in the 2010 census and 2,682 in 2020. Waller County grew faster, from 43,205 people to 56,794. The city's history credits the US 290 bypass of the 1990s with a wave of growth in eastern Waller County.
Beacon Hill, a planned community off US 290 northwest of downtown, has brought new homes to the area. A new house site out in the county can need a pad, plus a gravel drive with a culvert entrance. Our dirt work covers house pads and gravel driveways.
About half the homes in town went up before 1990, by Census survey estimates. On older places, we handle privacy fence repair on wood fences that lean or rot. We also tear down old houses and barns, then level the ground once the debris is loaded out.
Communities and areas we serve around Waller: Main Street, Business 290, US 290, FM 362, FM 2920, Fields Store Road, Waller Tomball Road, Penick Road, Old Washington Road, Beacon Hill, Mound Creek, Prairie View.
Waller ZIP codes served: 77484.
Waller is part of our service area. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
(979) 824-2296 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.
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We clear brush and trees off farm and ranch fence lines. A skid steer with a mulching head leaves an open lane for fence repair or a new fence.
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We build and rebuild ranch fencing on farms and ranches around Katy, Texas. Pipe posts and H-braces carry barbed wire or field wire, stretched tight.
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We replace damaged and leaning sections of wood privacy fence in Katy-area neighborhoods. We also build new privacy fence with a rot board along the bottom.
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French drains for yards that hold water, including side yards and gates between close-set houses. We also run downspout drain lines and backfill washouts with crushed granite.
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We take down houses and barns up to about 5,300 square feet, plus sheds and old concrete. The debris gets loaded out, and the ground can be cut level after.
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Driveway culverts and entrances for new lots and farm gates, set to the county's or TxDOT's size and grade. We also grade the washboard out of gravel drives.
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We dig new stock ponds and expand old ones on acreage around Katy. The clay and sand that come out can build a pad nearby.
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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.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Waller. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
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.