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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 covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade you're correcting. Measure the low area's length and width, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards from there, rounding up rather than down since running short mid-project means a second delivery.
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Springfield Fill Dirt Delivery
Springfield Fill Dirt Delivery
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The best local fill dirt, without the guesswork.
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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 covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, and most fill jobs run 6 to 12 inches depending on how much grade you're correcting. Measure the low area's length and width, decide your target depth, and order in cubic yards from there, rounding up rather than down since running short mid-project means a second delivery.
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 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.
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
Most fill dirt jobs in Springfield finish with a cap of topsoil once the grade is set, since fill dirt itself is not meant to grow anything. If you're backfilling near planting beds or a new lawn area, ordering topsoil alongside the fill saves a second delivery. Some customers also order crushed stone for drainage at the base of a fill area, especially where the native clay already holds water.
Service area
Areas we deliver fill dirt in Springfield, Missouri
- Bolivar, Missouri
- Nixa, Missouri
- Ozark, Missouri
- Republic, Missouri
- Affton, Missouri
- Ballwin, Missouri
- Bellefontaine Neighbors, Missouri
- Bridgeton, Missouri
- Chesterfield, Missouri
- Clayton, Missouri
- Crestwood, Missouri
- Creve Coeur, Missouri
Mulch Mound Pro Tip
Springfield's clay subsoil already compacts hard on its own, which fools people into thinking fill dirt will settle the same way without effort. It will not. Place fill in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one with a plate compactor or hand tamper before adding the next layer. Skipping this step is the number one reason people see a foundation area or filled-in pool sink a few inches a year or two later, sometimes cracking a patio or walkway poured on top too soon.
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Timing matters more than people expect. Springfield gets heavy spring rain through April and May, right around the last frost date, and wet clay-based fill compacts poorly and can shift as it dries. Late summer and early fall, before the October frost, tends to give firmer, more predictable compaction. If you're filling ahead of a build or a patio pour, avoid dumping fill right before a rain event if you can help it.
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Fill dirt is not the material to pay for when you actually need something to grow in. It is priced and screened as structural subsoil, so cap it with 4 to 6 inches of real topsoil wherever grass, beds, or gardens are going in. Ordering fill dirt for the bulk of the depth and topsoil only for the top layer is more efficient than trying to make one material do both jobs.
Grading and Filling in Springfield
Springfield's native ground is mostly rocky clay, which drains slowly and settles unevenly once you start digging into it. That makes fill dirt useful for correcting grade around foundations, filling old pool cavities, or building up low areas that pond water after the spring rains between March and May. Because the base soil here already compacts hard, fill dirt needs to be placed in controlled lifts rather than dumped and left, or you will get the same settling problems the clay already causes. Anywhere near Fantastic Caverns and the karst terrain around it, folks tend to be extra careful about drainage and grading before building on filled ground.
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.