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St. Paul Fill Dirt Delivery

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.
Mitch Smouse
Mitch Smouse
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Ordered Dirt. Received Dirt. Would Buy Again.

One cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, so a 10 by 15 foot low spot needs roughly 3 cubic yards to bring it to grade. For deeper fills, figure your square footage and depth in feet, multiply, and divide by 27 to get cubic yards, then order in 6 to 8 inch lifts rather than one deep pour. Most backfill and grading jobs around St. Paul foundations and pool surrounds run somewhere between 3 and 15 cubic yards.

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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St. Paul Fill Dirt Delivery

St. Paul 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.
Mitch Smouse
Mitch Smouse
Google Review

Ordered Dirt. Received Dirt. Would Buy Again.

One cubic yard of fill dirt covers about 54 square feet at a 6 inch depth, so a 10 by 15 foot low spot needs roughly 3 cubic yards to bring it to grade. For deeper fills, figure your square footage and depth in feet, multiply, and divide by 27 to get cubic yards, then order in 6 to 8 inch lifts rather than one deep pour. Most backfill and grading jobs around St. Paul foundations and pool surrounds run somewhere between 3 and 15 cubic yards.

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 St. Paul Folks

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Lindsay Mangan
Lindsay Mangan

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...

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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!

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Julie Nekich
Julie Nekich

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...

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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!

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Complete Your Outdoor Project

Most fill jobs finish with a cap of topsoil once the fill dirt is compacted, especially if grass, beds, or anything else needs to grow on top. If the finished grade needs to shed water better than St. Paul's native silt loam, a layer of sand or coarse aggregate under the topsoil cap helps. Straw or erosion mesh over fresh fill on any slope keeps it in place while it settles.

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Mulch Mound Pro Tip

Fill dirt is not something you dump and walk away from. In St. Paul's silt loam, uncompacted fill keeps settling for years as it works itself down, which is why foundations and pool decks built on loose fill crack or sink later. Place it in 6 to 8 inch lifts and compact each one with a plate compactor before adding the next. It takes longer up front but it's the difference between a stable grade and a callback next spring.

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A common mistake is treating fill dirt like topsoil and trying to plant directly into it. It's subsoil, screened of debris but stripped of the organic matter and biology that plants need. Once your fill is graded and compacted to the level you want, cap it with 4 to 6 inches of actual topsoil before seeding or planting anything, otherwise you'll be fighting poor drainage and no nutrients all season.

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If you're filling a large area, don't buy pure fill dirt for the entire depth if the top few inches will support plants or turf. Order fill dirt for the structural base and a smaller amount of topsoil for the cap, it's more efficient than either overbuying topsoil for depth it doesn't need or underbuying fill and running short mid-project.

Grading and Filling in St. Paul

St. Paul sits on silt loam that drains slowly and compacts unevenly once disturbed, which is why so many yards near the river bluffs and older neighborhoods develop low spots and soggy corners over time. Fill dirt gets used here to bring those areas back to grade before anything else goes on top. With frost reaching deep into the ground by winter and heaving silt loam in spring, poorly compacted fill will settle or shift within a season or two. Projects that build up grade properly, in lifts, tend to hold their shape through St. Paul's freeze thaw cycles.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Is fill dirt the same as topsoil in St. Paul?

No, they're different products. Fill dirt is subsoil, screened of debris, meant to raise grade or backfill structurally. Topsoil has organic matter and supports plant growth. If anything needs to grow on top of your fill, cap it with several inches of topsoil, don't plant directly into the fill dirt itself.

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How many cubic yards of fill dirt do I need for a low spot in my yard?

One cubic yard covers about 54 square feet at 6 inches deep. Measure the square footage of your low area, decide how deep you need to fill it, and use that ratio to scale up. A typical backyard low spot might run 2 to 5 cubic yards, larger grading jobs run higher.

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When is the best time to bring in fill dirt in St. Paul?

Fill dirt is project driven, not seasonal, so it can go in whenever the ground isn't frozen or saturated. With St. Paul's frost typically arriving by early October and lasting into late April, spring through fall works best, since compacting fill into frozen or waterlogged silt loam won't hold shape properly.

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Where will the truck place the fill dirt on delivery day?

The driver drops the load as close to your work area as the truck can safely access, usually a driveway or street-adjacent spot you've indicated at checkout. Clear the path ahead of time and flag any underground lines, since a full load of fill dirt is heavy and the truck needs solid, stable ground to unload on.

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Should I use fill dirt or crushed rock to backfill around my foundation?

Fill dirt works well for general backfill and building up grade, and it's typically more economical for large volumes. Crushed rock drains better and resists settling more, which matters more right against a foundation wall where water needs to move away. Many St. Paul jobs use rock close to the wall and fill dirt further out.

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