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Eau Claire Fill Dirt Delivery

About this fill dirt

Screened fill dirt free of debris, for raising low ground and backfilling. Structural material, place it in lifts and compact as you go.
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Great service. We ordered topsoil from Mulch Mound and the best experience. Thank you so much!

One cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most structural fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches once compacted. For a typical low spot or backfill job, measure the square footage of the area and multiply by your target depth in feet, then add a bit for compaction shrinkage since loose fill settles once it is worked.

A yard is approximately 27 cubic feet. As a general guideline, one yard of material can cover an area of about 100-160 square feet at a 2-3 inch depth.

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Eau Claire Fill Dirt Delivery

Eau Claire Fill Dirt Delivery

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About this fill dirt

Screened fill dirt free of debris, for raising low ground and backfilling. Structural material, place it in lifts and compact as you go.
Donna Nedrow
Donna Nedrow
Google Review

Great service. We ordered topsoil from Mulch Mound and the best experience. Thank you so much!

One cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most structural fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches once compacted. For a typical low spot or backfill job, measure the square footage of the area and multiply by your target depth in feet, then add a bit for compaction shrinkage since loose fill settles once it is worked.

A yard is approximately 27 cubic feet. As a general guideline, one yard of material can cover an area of about 100-160 square feet at a 2-3 inch depth.

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How It Works

Getting started is easy — just follow these simple steps

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Choose your quantity

Adjust the quantity to match your project. One cubic yard covers about 100 to 160 square feet at a 2 to 3 inch depth.

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Select your delivery date

Select a delivery date you'd like for the product to be dropped off at your home

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Sit back and wait

Sit back, wait, and let us work our magic to make sure the highest quality product is delivered to your driveway.

From The Mouths of Eau Claire Folks

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Jana Ozanich
Jana Ozanich

One of the easiest customer service experiences I've had in a long time! Mulch Mound made it so simple. After putting it off for a while, I looked ...

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One of the easiest customer service experiences I've had in a long time! Mulch Mound made it so simple. After putting it off for a while, I looked at the weather and knew I needed to get to mulching ASAP before the rain came if I didn't want to wait another week. I put my order in for the next day online and they came right at 9 AM. The employee who dropped off the mulch did a great job, putting it right on the tarp I laid out, she even made sure none of it got on the yard and double checked the truck bed to make sure it all came out. The mulch was exactly what I needed and arrived right on time.

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Michelle Cooper
Michelle Cooper

We have always spread our own mulch for the past 24 years. This was our first time with the Mulch Mound - things I liked: they have online ordering...

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We have always spread our own mulch for the past 24 years. This was our first time with the Mulch Mound - things I liked: they have online ordering and provide a digital receipt which means you can remember how much you ordered (I always forget for the next year!), they were on time, they were able to deliver in 48 hours, they were generous with the portion (we got 9 yards and it felt like a FULL nine yards!), the driver was polite! We have ordered from reputable places, and there is always a little trash in the mulch. The mulch we recv'd from Mulch Mound had barely any... we were pleasant surprised!!! Color was great! Not to mention - the price was competitive and LOWER than other mulch places around. We will use again !! Highly recommend! Thanks Mulch Mound!

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Complete Your Outdoor Project

Most fill dirt jobs finish with a cap of topsoil once the structural work is done, since fill itself is not meant to grow anything. If the final grade needs to hold a lawn or garden bed, plan on a topsoil layer over the compacted fill, and consider mulch or rock for any finished beds along the edge of the graded area.

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Mulch Mound Pro Tip

Sandy loam around Eau Claire drains fast but that same drainage means loose fill can wash out at the edges before it is compacted. Place fill in 6 to 8 inch lifts and tamp each one before adding the next, working from the center of a low spot outward. Skipping this and dumping it all at once looks fine for a season, then you get a sunken patch right where the truck backed in.

Mulch Mound Pro Tip

The most common mistake we see on backfill jobs here is trying to plant or seed directly into fill dirt. It is subsoil, not growing medium, and it has almost no organic content or nutrient value. Always cap finished fill with 4 to 6 inches of topsoil before anything green goes in, even if the grade looks ready to plant right away.

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If you are backfilling around a new pool or foundation, order slightly more fill than your flat calculation suggests, since compaction against a vertical wall behaves differently than an open low spot and voids show up later. Pairing a fill delivery with a topsoil order for the same day saves a second truck trip and gets both lifts and the cap placed while the ground is still workable before frost.

Grading and Filling in Eau Claire

Eau Claire sits at 787 feet with sandy loam soil that drains well but shifts as it settles, which is exactly why fill dirt has to be compacted in lifts rather than dumped and left. A lot of the fill work we see here is backfilling around new pool installs, leveling low corners of yards near the Chippewa and Eau Claire river bottoms, and building up grade before a topsoil cap goes down for lawn or garden. With frost reaching deep by late fall, work that disturbs subgrade goes better started well before the September 28 frost date so compaction happens in workable ground, not frozen chunks.

What Clean Fill Is

Clean fill is screened subsoil free of debris, roots, and contaminants. It is made for volume and grade, and it compacts predictably, which is exactly what you want under slabs, in trenches, and behind walls.

Fill Dirt vs Topsoil

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.

Compact in Lifts

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Is fill dirt the same as topsoil?

No. Fill dirt is subsoil, screened of rocks and debris but with little organic matter, meant for raising grade and backfilling, not for growing plants. Topsoil has the nutrients and structure to support lawns and gardens. Most projects use fill dirt to build up the base, then cap it with topsoil where anything needs to grow.

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How many cubic yards of fill dirt do I need for a low spot in my yard?

A cubic yard covers about 54 square feet at 6 inches deep. Measure your low area's square footage, multiply by your target depth in feet, and that gives you the yardage before compaction. Add a little extra since fill settles 10 to 15 percent once it is tamped into lifts.

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When is the best time to have fill dirt delivered and worked in Eau Claire?

Anytime the ground is not frozen or saturated works, but starting before the September 28 frost date gives you room to compact properly before winter locks up the soil. Spring after the May 10 last frost is also solid once the ground has dried out from thaw, since compacting wet sandy loam just pushes water around instead of settling it.

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Where will the fill dirt be placed on my property?

The truck drops the load in one spot you point out, ideally close to the work area with clear access for a full size delivery vehicle. Fill dirt is heavy, around 1.3 tons per cubic yard, so it is placed rather than spread, and you move it from there with a wheelbarrow, tractor, or small equipment.

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Can I use fill dirt instead of topsoil to level my yard?

You can use fill dirt for the bulk of the leveling, but cap the final few inches with topsoil if grass or plants are going on top. Fill dirt alone compacts into a hard, low nutrient base that grass struggles to root into, while a topsoil cap gives seed or sod something to actually grow in.

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