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- Land Clearing Services Available in Harris County
- Residential Land Clearing for New Homesites in Cypress and Tomball
- Forestry Mulching and Brush Clearing Across Harris County
- How Much Does Land Clearing Cost per Acre Here?
- Terrain, Soil and Vegetation on Harris County Acreage
- Harris County Flood Control District, FEMA Permits and Burn Bans Before Land Clearing
- Areas We Serve in Harris County: Houston, Katy, Cypress, Tomball
- Ready to Clear Your Lot? Get an Estimate
Land Clearing Services Available in Harris County
Six posted prices cover land clearing projects inside the Grand Parkway.
- Forestry mulching services on tallow and yaupon: $900 to $4,000 an acre by cover.
- Lot clearing: a half-acre lot is one skid steer day, $2,800.
- Clearing brush and underbrushing on drainage easements, by the day.
- Stump grinding: $4 per inch, $175 minimum per stump.
- Site prep and dirt work services: grubbing, rough grading, pad drainage at $160 an hour.
- Bush hogging on agricultural land: $60 to $90 an acre, $400 minimum.
Our crews carry the equipment to handle 8-inch stems on the skid steer and the 300-hp machine for pine and hardwood over that. Tree removal and storm cleanup go by the hour.
Residential Land Clearing for New Homesites in Cypress and Tomball
The county permitted 16,940 single-family homes in 2025 per the Census Building Permits Survey, and most residential jobs are half-acre to two-acre lots on the northwest edge under tallow and yaupon. The homeowner wants the undergrowth gone and the pad grubbed: one skid steer day, $2,800, trees and branches mulched in place. Small residential lots pay the same rate, and site preparation on clay adds a drainage swale.
Forestry Mulching and Brush Clearing Across Harris County
Forestry mulching leaves the wood as a two to four inch mulch layer that floats the machine on wet clay and slows erosion toward Buffalo Bayou. On our jobs in the county the mix is tallow, yaupon, hackberry and huisache, with stems over 8 inches sent to the 300-hp mulcher at $4,200 a day plus transport. Selective clearing keeps the live oaks and pines over a mulch floor. Tallow will overgrow a cleared lot in three years, so plan a bush hog pass.
How Much Does Land Clearing Cost per Acre Here?
Tallow and yaupon mulching runs $1,800 to $2,600 an acre at medium cover throughout Harris County, and full site clearing to dirt runs $2,000 to $4,500. Two rules first: wet gumbo clay adds a day, and transport from Johnson City is quoted before the day rate.
- Skid steer mulcher: $2,800 a day plus transport.
- 300-hp mulcher, 8 ft head: $4,200 a day plus transport.
- Pond site excavation: dozer at $160 an hour with operator.
The on-site estimate is free once the trip is booked, and the free quote goes in writing after I walk the property with you. Call (832) 987-3495 or fill out the form, and Teo will call back before the end of the business day.
Terrain, Soil and Vegetation on Harris County Acreage
The county's ground is flat gumbo clay that holds water for weeks, so the mulcher works where a dozer sinks. Lots near Lake Houston and along Buffalo Bayou and Cypress Creek sit in FEMA-mapped floodplain, and woodland there runs loblolly over yaupon and tallow. I read site conditions on the first pass: standing water, soil color, cover percent. Medium cover mulches at 2 to 3 acres a day.
Harris County Flood Control District, FEMA Permits and Burn Bans Before Land Clearing
No state permit covers clearing your own land in Texas, but Harris County's floodplain rules are the strictest we work under. The Harris County Flood Control District and the county floodplain office permit dirt work on FEMA-mapped land, and grading needs the permit even when mulching does not. Burn bans come from the county judge or commissioners court, and TCEQ outdoor burning rules govern piles. Mulching leaves no pile.
Areas We Serve in Harris County: Houston, Katy, Cypress, Tomball
No city pages sit under this county on the state site; the Houston metro site carries those cities in depth. Land clearing services in Harris County still run the same list: residential and commercial lots, commercial land clearing on commercial development pads along SH 99, corridor strips, property development tracts and first-phase master-planned communities. Houston, TX and the surrounding areas ride on one transport quote, and the service area follows the trip. Of the 254 counties in Texas, this is where tree clearing along a new fence line most often needs a floodplain permit. The Gulf Coast page covers the region.
Ready to Clear Your Lot? Get an Estimate
Send the form with the lot size and ZIP code, or call (832) 987-3495. Teo calls you back before the end of the business day with the transport figure. Serving Harris County from Johnson City, with insured crews and posted prices. Property owners who want to reclaim overgrown land or remove unwanted vegetation get this: a land clearing service removes trees and brush safely and efficiently, with experience and equipment matched to the lot. Expert land clearing is clearing land with the right machine, and removing vegetation with the equipment and expertise a lot calls for is what professional land clearing services do. Gumbo clay holds a footprint for a month and a dozer forever.
