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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One cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, so a 10 by 20 foot low spot at that depth runs close to 4 cubic yards. For deeper fixes, figure your square footage and depth first, then work backward from the 54 square foot per yard figure at 6 inches. Order in cubic yards and round up rather than down, since a shortfall mid job means waiting on another delivery.
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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!
One cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, so a 10 by 20 foot low spot at that depth runs close to 4 cubic yards. For deeper fixes, figure your square footage and depth first, then work backward from the 54 square foot per yard figure at 6 inches. Order in cubic yards and round up rather than down, since a shortfall mid job means waiting on another delivery.
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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!
Most fill dirt jobs finish with a few inches of topsoil capped on top, since fill dirt itself will not support grass or plantings. If you are leveling a large area, some customers order a compactable base material for high traffic zones before the fill goes down. Keep a plate compactor or hand tamper on site, since compaction between lifts matters more than the fill itself.
Moorhead's clay subsoil holds water long after rain, so never dump fill dirt straight onto standing water or saturated ground. Let the area dry first, or you will compact a soft, spongy layer that keeps settling for years. Place fill in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one before adding the next, especially near foundations where uneven settling can crack a slab or shift a walkway later.
The most common mistake is skipping compaction between lifts because the fill looks solid on top. It is not, loose fill settles under its own weight over a wet Red River Valley spring, and skipping steps now means a sunken patch reappearing next year. Compact every 6 to 8 inches with a plate compactor, especially before capping with topsoil, or you will be back out here regrading.
Fill dirt is priced by the yard but the real cost is in how many trips you avoid, so measure your project fully before ordering rather than topping off with a second small load. If your project also needs topsoil for a lawn area on top, order both at once where possible, since fill and topsoil often get delivered from the same yard and staging both loads together saves time on install day.
Moorhead sits low and flat at 902 feet, and the clay soil under most yards drains slowly, so water tends to pool wherever the grade dips. Fill dirt is what people here use to build those low spots back up before the ground settles into another wet season. It is also the standard backfill around new foundations and pool installs, since clay alone shifts too much on its own. This is not a growing medium, it is structural material meant to get capped later with topsoil.
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.
