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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?
One cubic yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, so a small low spot or a 10 by 10 foot area near a foundation typically runs 2 yards at that depth. For deeper fill, like leveling ground before a pool or building up a full 12 inches, figure roughly half that coverage per yard and order accordingly. We sell by the cubic yard, so measure the area and depth first, then work backward from the 54 square foot benchmark.
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Junction City Fill Dirt Delivery
Junction City 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.
Great service. We ordered topsoil from Mulch Mound and the best experience. Thank you so much!
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
One cubic yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, so a small low spot or a 10 by 10 foot area near a foundation typically runs 2 yards at that depth. For deeper fill, like leveling ground before a pool or building up a full 12 inches, figure roughly half that coverage per yard and order accordingly. We sell by the cubic yard, so measure the area and depth first, then work backward from the 54 square foot benchmark.
What is a Yard?
What is a Yard?
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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 a delivery date you'd like for the product to be dropped off at your home
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Sit back, wait, and let us work our magic to make sure the highest quality product is delivered to your driveway.
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.
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!
Complete Your Outdoor Project
Most fill dirt jobs in Junction City finish with a cap of topsoil once the grade is set, especially if grass or landscaping goes on top. Some pool and foundation jobs also call for a layer of gravel or crushed rock underneath for drainage before the fill goes in. If you are working near Milford Lake where groundwater sits closer to the surface, a base layer helps keep the fill from staying saturated.
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Areas we deliver fill dirt in Junction City, Kansas
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Place fill dirt in lifts of 6 to 8 inches and compact each one before adding the next, especially on Junction City's silt loam which is prone to settling when saturated. Skipping compaction is the number one reason people end up with a sunken patch a year later, right where they filled. A plate compactor rented for an afternoon is worth it for anything larger than a small low spot.
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The biggest mistake we see is people planting grass seed directly into fill dirt. It is subsoil, screened of debris but stripped of organic matter, so nothing grows well in it long term. Always cap with 4 to 6 inches of topsoil before seeding or sodding, and give the fill a few weeks to settle after compaction if the schedule allows it.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
If you are filling a large area, like leveling ground for an outbuilding or backfilling a full pool perimeter, order fill dirt for the bulk of the depth and save topsoil for just the top few inches. This keeps costs down since fill dirt is priced for structural volume, not growing quality, and there is no reason to pay for topsoil you are going to bury.
Grading and Filling in Junction City
Junction City sits on silt loam that holds water and can shift after heavy rain off the Flint Hills, which is exactly why low spots near foundations and outbuildings tend to reappear year after year. Fill dirt gives you a structural base to correct that grading before it becomes a drainage problem. It is not a growing medium, so plan on capping with topsoil for anything you want to seed or plant. With freeze and thaw cycles running from mid October to mid April here, compaction before winter matters more than it does in milder climates.
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.