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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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How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
Fill dirt runs about 1.3 tons per cubic yard, and one yard covers roughly 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth. Most jobs call for 6 to 12 inches of material, so a 200 square foot low spot at 8 inches deep needs somewhere around 5 cubic yards. Measure the actual low area rather than the whole yard, since fill is usually a patch job, not a blanket layer.
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Fresno Fill Dirt Delivery
Fresno 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.
Ordered Dirt. Received Dirt. Would Buy Again.
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
Fill dirt runs about 1.3 tons per cubic yard, and one yard covers roughly 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth. Most jobs call for 6 to 12 inches of material, so a 200 square foot low spot at 8 inches deep needs somewhere around 5 cubic yards. Measure the actual low area rather than the whole yard, since fill is usually a patch job, not a blanket layer.
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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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Complete Your Outdoor Project
Most fill jobs finish with a cap of topsoil once the grade is set, since fill dirt itself is a structural base and won't support planting. If you're leveling before sod or a garden bed, plan on 2 to 4 inches of topsoil over the compacted fill. Some Fresno customers also pair fill with a load of gravel for a driveway base or drainage channel on the same delivery.
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Areas we deliver fill dirt in Fresno, California
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Fresno's alluvial soil compacts differently than sandy or clay-heavy ground, so don't assume one pass with a hand tamper is enough. Place fill in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one before adding the next, especially near a foundation or pool wall. Skipping this step is why so many backfilled areas around here sink a season or two later, leaving a dip right where the old excavation trench was.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
The most common mistake we see on fill jobs is treating it like topsoil and planting straight into it. Fill dirt is subsoil, it has none of the organic matter or structure plants need, and it compacts too hard for roots to push through anyway. Always cap finished fill with several inches of real topsoil before seeding, sodding, or planting beds, even if the fill looks dark and rich.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
If you're leveling a large low spot, it's often more efficient to order fill dirt for the bulk of the depth and finish with a thinner topsoil layer, rather than filling the whole area with topsoil, which costs more and isn't needed below the root zone. This is especially true on Fresno lots with old irrigation ditches or graded ag land, where the low spots can run deeper than they look from the surface.
Grading and Filling in Fresno
Fresno sits on alluvial soil, deposited over centuries by the rivers running out of the Sierra, which means a lot of lots have low pockets, old irrigation channels, or uneven grading left over from ag land converted to housing. That kind of ground doesn't drain evenly, so builders and homeowners here use fill dirt to level pads before slab work, raise yards away from standing water, and backfill around pools and foundations. With the valley's flat elevation around 308 feet, water doesn't move off a property on its own, so getting the grade right with proper fill matters more here than in hillier areas.
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.