Wonderful experience! They put the mulch exactly where we wanted. This mulch spread very easily and didn’t have the usual “mulch smell.” We will definitely use again!
Thanks! We received your request.
Something went wrong. Please try again.
One cubic yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, which is the minimum working depth for most fill jobs. If you are backfilling a foundation or filling a low spot 8 to 12 inches deep, plan on roughly 27 to 40 square feet per yard instead. Measure the low area, decide your depth based on what is going on top, and order by the cubic yard from there.
Estimate fill dirt with our free topsoil calculator
Couldn't load pickup availability
We can't take orders for this right now. Tell us what you need and we'll get back to you.
We hand-pick and partner with the best yards in your region, keep only the ones our buyers rate well, and back each load with our guarantee.
If your fill dirt isn't the quantity or quality you ordered, we'll make it right.
Wonderful experience! They put the mulch exactly where we wanted. This mulch spread very easily and didn’t have the usual “mulch smell.” We will definitely use again!
One cubic yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, which is the minimum working depth for most fill jobs. If you are backfilling a foundation or filling a low spot 8 to 12 inches deep, plan on roughly 27 to 40 square feet per yard instead. Measure the low area, decide your depth based on what is going on top, and order by the cubic yard from there.
Estimate fill dirt with our free topsoil calculator
Thanks! We received your request.
Something went wrong. Please try again.
Getting started is easy — just follow these simple steps
Adjust the quantity to match your project. One cubic yard covers about 100 to 160 square feet at a 2 to 3 inch depth.
Select a delivery date you'd like for the product to be dropped off at your home
Sit back, wait, and let us work our magic to make sure the highest quality product is delivered to your driveway.
Wonderful experience! They put the mulch exactly where we wanted. This mulch spread very easily and didn’t have the usual “mulch smell.” We will de...
Wonderful experience! They put the mulch exactly where we wanted. This mulch spread very easily and didn’t have the usual “mulch smell.” We will definitely use again!
Placing an order online was so easy. Delivery was on time. When the driver realized we had a newly poured driveway they erred on the side of cautio...
Placing an order online was so easy. Delivery was on time. When the driver realized we had a newly poured driveway they erred on the side of caution and opted not ti drive in it. The company even sent me a message explaining that call. Would recommend!
Great service. We ordered topsoil from Mulch Mound and the best experience. Thank you so much!
Most fill jobs finish with a topsoil cap once the structural work is compacted, especially if grass or beds are going in on top. A layer of mulch or gravel over the topsoil is common for anyone finishing out a slope or a low bed near the house. If you are backfilling near a foundation, some people also bring in a bit of drain rock at the base before the fill goes in.
Do not dump fill in one deep pile and call it done. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one with a plate compactor or hand tamper before adding the next layer. Skip this on Coeur d'Alene's silt loam and you will watch the ground sink unevenly over the next couple winters as freeze thaw cycles and spring saturation work through the uncompacted material, which means redoing the grading later.
The most common mistake is treating fill dirt like topsoil and planting straight into it. It has no organic matter and compacts too hard for roots to push through easily. Cap it with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil once your structural fill is compacted and settled, then plant into that layer instead.
If you are filling a large low area, it is often more efficient to bring in fill dirt for the bulk of the depth and reserve topsoil only for the top few inches where things will actually grow. This costs less overall than filling the whole depth with topsoil, and it gives you better long term stability since fill compacts more predictably under a structure or a slope.
Coeur d'Alene sits on silt loam that holds water and settles unevenly once you disturb it, which is exactly why so many local projects need fill brought in rather than reshaped from what is already there. Foundation work near the lake, backfill around pools, and low spots that pond every spring runoff all call for a structural material rather than native soil. At 2247 feet with a last frost around May 5, most people are grading and building up ground through late spring into fall, then capping with topsoil before planting season closes in around the October frost. This is subsoil, not a growing medium, so it holds its shape under load in a way native silt loam alone will not.
Fill dirt is inorganic subsoil sold for volume and grade, not for growing. Small rocks and bits of stick or root are normal in the mix. It compacts predictably, which is exactly what you want under slabs, in trenches, and behind walls.
Fill dirt builds the shape of the ground, topsoil grows things on top of it. Bring the grade up with fill, then cap it with 4 to 6 inches of topsoil anywhere grass or plants are going in.
Place fill in layers of 4 to 6 inches and compact each one before adding the next. Dumping the full depth at once leaves voids that settle later, and settling is the one problem fill is supposed to solve.
