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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, and most jobs call for 6 to 12 inches depending on how low the area is. Measure the square footage of the area you're raising and multiply by your target depth in feet to get cubic yards needed, then round up rather than down since compaction will settle the pile some. For a foundation backfill or a low spot in the yard, most Morristown customers are ordering somewhere between 3 and 15 yards.
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Morristown Fill Dirt Delivery
Morristown Fill Dirt Delivery
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The best local fill dirt, without the guesswork.
We hand-pick and partner with the best yards in your region, keep only the ones our buyers rate well, and back each load with our guarantee.
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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, and most jobs call for 6 to 12 inches depending on how low the area is. Measure the square footage of the area you're raising and multiply by your target depth in feet to get cubic yards needed, then round up rather than down since compaction will settle the pile some. For a foundation backfill or a low spot in the yard, most Morristown customers are ordering somewhere between 3 and 15 yards.
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
Fill dirt is a base layer, not a finish, so most jobs cap it with a few inches of topsoil once the grade is set, especially if grass or beds are going in on top. If you're backfilling around a pool or foundation, gravel underneath at the drainage points is worth considering before the dirt goes in. We deliver both if your project needs the full stack.
Service area
Areas we deliver fill dirt in Morristown, Tennessee
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Fill dirt is not something you dump six inches deep and walk away from. Place it in lifts of 6 to 8 inches and compact each layer with a plate compactor or hand tamper before adding the next. Skip this step and the ground keeps settling for years, showing up as dips near foundations or low spots in the yard that reappear every spring after the freeze thaw cycle works through Morristown's silt loam.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
The most common mistake we see is treating fill dirt like topsoil and trying to plant directly into it. It has no nutrient structure and compacts too tight for roots to establish. Cap your finished grade with 4 to 6 inches of actual topsoil before seeding or laying sod, the fill does the structural work underneath and the topsoil does the growing work on top.
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If your project needs both fill and topsoil, order them as separate deliveries rather than trying to blend one material for both jobs. It's more efficient to build your grade fully with fill first, let it settle and compact, then cap it once, rather than adjusting a mixed pile twice. This also keeps your topsoil layer consistent in quality instead of diluted with subsoil.
Grading and Filling in Morristown
Morristown's silt loam compacts differently than sandy or clay soil, it can look solid on top and still shift underneath if it was never properly built up in lifts. That matters for anyone leveling a yard near Crockett Tavern Museum's older neighborhoods, where original grading is decades old and low spots have developed over time. With elevation around 1309 feet and a freeze window from late October to mid April, ground movement from freeze thaw cycles is real here, so fill needs to be compacted, not just dumped and left. Fill dirt is the structural layer underneath whatever you're actually growing or building on top.
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.