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 deep depending on how much you are raising the grade. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your depth, and order in cubic yards, rounding up rather than down since compaction will settle the pile lower than it looks on delivery day.
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Smithfield Fill Dirt Delivery
Smithfield 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 deep depending on how much you are raising the grade. Measure the low area in square feet, decide your depth, and order in cubic yards, rounding up rather than down since compaction will settle the pile lower than it looks on delivery day.
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 dirt jobs in Smithfield finish with a cap of topsoil once the grade is where it needs to be, especially if lawn or planting beds go on top. If you are backfilling around a pool or foundation, a layer of gravel underneath can help with drainage before the fill goes in. We can deliver topsoil or gravel alongside your fill dirt order if the job calls for both.
Service area
Areas we deliver fill dirt in Smithfield, Utah
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Fill dirt is structural, not something to plant straight into. In Smithfield's silt loam, wet fill compacts unevenly, so place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each layer before adding the next. Skip this step and the ground keeps settling for a year or more, which shows up later as a sunken patch by a foundation or a low spot that reappears after your first heavy snowmelt.
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
The most common mistake we see locally is capping fill dirt with grass seed or plants directly. Fill dirt has the fertility stripped by design, it is subsoil, not topsoil. Always finish with a few inches of real topsoil before anything is expected to grow, especially with Smithfield's short May to October growing window where you do not get a second chance if the first planting fails.
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If your project needs both structural fill and topsoil, order them together rather than in separate trips. It saves on delivery trips and lets you sequence the work properly, fill and compact first, then cap with topsoil once the grade is set. This matters more in Smithfield than in flatter towns, since canyon-adjacent lots often need more regrading before anything else can start.
Grading and Filling in Smithfield
Smithfield sits at 4,636 feet with silt loam soil that already holds water and compacts unevenly when it is wet, so a lot of the fill dirt we deliver here goes into leveling low ground before anyone builds on top of it. With a growing season bounded by a May 5 last frost and an October 5 first frost, homeowners have a narrow window to get grading done and topsoil capped before the ground freezes. We see it used constantly for backfill around new foundations and pools, and for building up low corners of yards before topsoil goes down.
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.