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Fill Dirt - Mulch Mound

About this fill dirt

Inorganic subsoil for filling holes, raising low ground, and backfill. Small rocks and bits of stick or root are normal in the mix, this is structural material and not a growing medium. Do not use it to level a lawn surface or fill flower beds, put topsoil over it for anything you want to plant. Place it in lifts and compact as you go.
Jana Ozanich
Jana Ozanich
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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 orde...

One cubic yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, which is the shallow end of a typical fill job, so a 12 inch lift only covers about 27 square feet per yard. Measure your low spot or backfill area in square feet, decide your target depth between 6 and 12 inches, and scale from there. Most backyard grading or foundation backfill jobs in Santa Rosa run somewhere between 5 and 20 cubic yards depending on how deep the gap is.

A yard is approximately 27 cubic feet. As a general guideline, one yard of material can cover an area of about 100-160 square feet at a 2-3 inch depth.

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Santa Rosa Fill Dirt Delivery

Santa Rosa Fill Dirt Delivery

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About this fill dirt

Inorganic subsoil for filling holes, raising low ground, and backfill. Small rocks and bits of stick or root are normal in the mix, this is structural material and not a growing medium. Do not use it to level a lawn surface or fill flower beds, put topsoil over it for anything you want to plant. Place it in lifts and compact as you go.
Jana Ozanich
Jana Ozanich
Google Review

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 orde...

One cubic yard covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, which is the shallow end of a typical fill job, so a 12 inch lift only covers about 27 square feet per yard. Measure your low spot or backfill area in square feet, decide your target depth between 6 and 12 inches, and scale from there. Most backyard grading or foundation backfill jobs in Santa Rosa run somewhere between 5 and 20 cubic yards depending on how deep the gap is.

A yard is approximately 27 cubic feet. As a general guideline, one yard of material can cover an area of about 100-160 square feet at a 2-3 inch depth.

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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 your delivery date

Select a delivery date you'd like for the product to be dropped off at your home

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Sit back and wait

Sit back, wait, and let us work our magic to make sure the highest quality product is delivered to your driveway.

From The Mouths of Santa Rosa Folks

4.7
out of 5 based on 137 reviews
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Jana Ozanich
Jana Ozanich

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.

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Michelle Cooper
Michelle Cooper

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!

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Complete Your Outdoor Project

Fill dirt is structural, not a growing medium, so most jobs pair it with a topsoil cap of 4 to 6 inches wherever grass, beds, or roots need to establish. If the finished grade needs to shed water away from a foundation, some crews add a thin base of coarse sand or crushed rock under the fill for drainage before backfilling. Compaction equipment, whether a hand tamper or a plate compactor, is worth having on site rather than skipping.

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Mulch Mound Pro Tip

Place fill in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one before adding the next. Skipping this and dumping a 2 foot pile at once might look done, but the middle stays loose and will settle unevenly for years, cracking patios or leaving depressions in lawns. A rented plate compactor for a day costs far less than repairing a sunken slab later. This matters especially on Santa Rosa's alluvial ground, which already compacts unevenly on its own.

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Do not confuse fill dirt with topsoil and expect anything to grow in it. Fill is subsoil screened of debris, meant for structure and grade, not nutrients or organic matter. Always cap finished fill with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil before seeding lawn or planting beds, or you will get poor, patchy growth no matter how much fertilizer you add afterward.

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If your project also needs topsoil on top, order both in the same delivery window when possible to save a second site visit and keep your grading timeline tight. Fill is heavier and cheaper per yard than topsoil, so use it for bulk volume and reserve topsoil for the thin finish layer, rather than paying for topsoil to do a job fill dirt handles just as well underneath.

Grading and Filling in Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa sits on alluvial soil, which drains fine on the surface but tends to be soft and inconsistent underneath, especially near the Laguna de Santa Rosa and the flatter parts of town. That kind of ground is exactly why fill dirt needs to be compacted in lifts here rather than dumped and left, or you will watch a low spot come back over a rainy winter. With wet season running roughly November through March and last frost around March 31, most people schedule fill and grading work for the dry stretch so compaction actually holds. Foundation backfill, pool decks, and pad prep near the older Luther Burbank Home and Gardens neighborhood are typical uses.

What Fill Dirt Is

Fill dirt is inorganic subsoil sold for volume and grade, not for growing. Small rocks and bits of stick or root are normal in the mix. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Can fill dirt be used to level a sunken part of my backyard in Santa Rosa?

Yes, that is one of its most common uses here, especially on older lots with settled alluvial soil. Build it up in 6 to 8 inch compacted lifts rather than one deep dump, and cap the top with topsoil if grass or plants need to grow there. Uncompacted fill will keep settling for a season or two.

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How many cubic yards of fill dirt do I need for a low spot about 200 square feet?

At a 6 inch depth, one yard covers about 54 square feet, so 200 square feet needs roughly 3.7 yards, call it 4. If you need a full 12 inches, double the material to around 7.5 yards. Always measure your actual low point depth first since it is rarely uniform across the area.

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Is there a bad time of year to bring in fill dirt in Santa Rosa?

Fill dirt itself is not seasonal, it is driven by your project timeline, not the calendar. That said, compaction holds better and works easier in dry ground, so most people avoid the wet stretch from November through March if the schedule allows it. If you must fill during wet months, expect slower compaction and possibly extra passes.

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Where will the truck place the fill dirt on my property?

The load is dumped in a single pile at one accessible spot you specify, as close to your work area as the truck can safely reach. Make sure the path in is clear of low branches, parked cars, or soft ground, since a full truck is heavy and needs solid footing to get close.

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Should I order fill dirt or topsoil for backfilling around my new pool?

Fill dirt, for the bulk of the backfill, since it is a structural subsoil meant for grading and support rather than growing anything. Save topsoil for a thin cap on top if you plan to plant grass or landscaping around the pool edge afterward. Using topsoil for the whole backfill wastes material meant for growing on a job that needs compaction instead.”

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