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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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, and most structural fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches depending on how low the area is. Measure the square footage of the area you're raising, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards from there. If you're backfilling around a foundation or pool wall, measure the trench width and depth too, since that volume adds up faster than people expect.
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Lawton 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.
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, and most structural fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches depending on how low the area is. Measure the square footage of the area you're raising, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards from there. If you're backfilling around a foundation or pool wall, measure the trench width and depth too, since that volume adds up faster than people expect.
What is a Yard?
What is a Yard?
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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 layer of topsoil on top once the fill is compacted, since fill dirt itself isn't meant to grow anything. If you're leveling a yard that'll get sod or seed, plan on 2 to 4 inches of topsoil over the compacted fill. For drainage-heavy areas, some customers add a gravel base before the fill to keep water from pooling against a foundation.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Don't dump fill dirt in one deep pile and call it done. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one before adding the next, especially over Lawton's red clay base which won't forgive an uncompacted fill layer. Skipping compaction means the ground keeps settling for a year or two, which shows up as dips and cracks in whatever you build over it later, whether that's a patio, a shed pad, or plain sod.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
The most common mistake we see is people treating fill dirt like topsoil and trying to plant directly into it. It's subsoil, screened of debris but stripped of the organic matter that plants need. Always cap finished fill with several inches of actual topsoil before seeding or sodding, otherwise you'll fight poor drainage and stunted growth in a spot that looked fine the day you graded it.
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If you're backfilling a large area, order slightly more than your calculated volume rather than ordering twice. A second delivery costs more in time and hassle than a little extra material sitting on site. Fill dirt also pairs well with a compactor rental for the day, since hand tamping a large lift by foot or plate tamper alone on clay-heavy ground takes a lot longer than people plan for.
Grading and Filling in Lawton
Lawton sits at 1,112 feet with red clay loam soil that already compacts hard and drains slow, so any low area tends to hold water after the spring rains that come through before the April 7 last frost. Fill dirt gives you a structural base to correct that grade before you cap it with topsoil or sod. A lot of the calls we get here are foundation and pool backfill jobs, plus lot leveling on the newer builds spreading out toward the Wichitas. Because the clay underneath is already dense, you want your fill compacted in layers so it matches that base instead of settling separately from it.
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.