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!
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Fill dirt is sold by the cubic yard, and one yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth. For most backfill or low spot jobs you are looking at 6 to 12 inches of material, so a 200 square foot area at 8 inches runs somewhere around 5 cubic yards. Measure the area you are raising, decide on depth based on the finished grade you want, and work backward from there.
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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!
Fill dirt is sold by the cubic yard, and one yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth. For most backfill or low spot jobs you are looking at 6 to 12 inches of material, so a 200 square foot area at 8 inches runs somewhere around 5 cubic yards. Measure the area you are raising, decide on depth based on the finished grade you want, and work backward from there.
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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!
Fill dirt is a structural base, not something to plant into, so most jobs around Evansville cap it with a few inches of topsoil once the grade is set. If the area sits near a foundation or slopes toward the house, a layer of gravel underneath can help with drainage before the fill goes in. Either way, order those separately so each layer gets placed at the right stage.
In Evansville's clay-heavy ground, fill dirt that looks dry on top can still be wet a few inches down, especially near the river. Before you place a lift, check moisture at depth, not just the surface. Compacting over damp clay traps water and leads to soft spots that show up as sinking a year later. If the base feels spongy, let it dry a day or two, or add a thin gravel layer first, then start your 6 to 8 inch lifts on top of that.
The most common mistake we see is dumping fill in one deep pour and calling it done. Uncompacted fill keeps settling for months or years, which is why cracked patios and sunken yard sections show up long after the work looked finished. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts, compact each one with a plate compactor or by wheel-rolling equipment over it, and only then move to the next lift.
If you are filling a large low area, consider a two-material approach rather than paying for fill dirt to do a topsoil's job. Bring in fill dirt for the bulk of the depth, since it is denser and meant for structure, then cap the last few inches with topsoil where grass or plants need to establish. This keeps your cubic yard count efficient and gives roots something better to grow into.
Evansville sits low along the Ohio River, and that alluvial clay soil holds water and settles unevenly once you dig into it. That makes fill dirt a common first step here, whether it is raising a yard that ponds after storms, backfilling around a new pool, or building a pad before a patio goes in. Because the native clay compacts poorly on its own, contractors around town often bring in fill specifically to get a stable base rather than fight the existing subsoil. With a last frost around April 10 and first frost around October 20, most fill work here happens outside that window when the ground is workable, not frozen or saturated.
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 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.
