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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 of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, so a 300 square foot low spot at 6 inches runs roughly 5.5 cubic yards. For deeper fills up to 12 inches, figure close to double that per square foot. Measure the actual low area first, not the whole yard, since most fill jobs are localized.
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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 of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, so a 300 square foot low spot at 6 inches runs roughly 5.5 cubic yards. For deeper fills up to 12 inches, figure close to double that per square foot. Measure the actual low area first, not the whole yard, since most fill jobs are localized.
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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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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 jobs in Lancaster end with a cap of topsoil once the fill is compacted, especially if turf, a garden bed, or anything decorative goes on top. Some customers also order a base layer of gravel or road base first if the fill will carry foot traffic or light vehicle weight. Think of fill dirt as the structural layer, with topsoil or gravel handling whatever sits on top of it.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Lancaster's sandy loam compacts differently than clay, it drains fast but can still shift under weight if you dump fill dirt in one thick layer. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one with a plate compactor before adding the next. Skipping this step is the single biggest reason people see sinking or cracking around foundations and pool decks years after the fill goes in.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
A common mistake is treating fill dirt like topsoil and planting straight into it. Fill dirt is a structural subsoil, it was never intended to support root growth or hold nutrients. Always cap the compacted fill with several inches of real topsoil before seeding, sodding, or planting anything, otherwise you will fight poor drainage and dead plants no matter how good your irrigation is.
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If you are filling a large low spot, order fill dirt for the bulk of the depth and save topsoil for just the top few inches where roots actually live. This keeps your material costs proportional to what each layer is actually doing, structural fill underneath, growing medium on top, instead of paying for topsoil quality all the way down.
Grading and Filling in Lancaster
Lancaster sits at 2350 feet in the high desert, and the sandy loam here drains fast but shifts and settles more than a denser clay soil would. That means low spots around foundations, pool decks, and property edges tend to get worse over time instead of better. Fill dirt gives you a stable base to build back up to grade, especially useful before laying topsoil for anything that needs to grow through the region's short frost window between late March and early November. It is not a growing medium itself, it is the structural layer underneath one.
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.