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We clear wooded lots, overgrown property and old pasture around Statesboro. Trees, brush and stumps come out, and you get ground you can use.
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Pond digging in Statesboro works because of what sits under the sand. Most Bulloch County ground is loamy sand over a clay subsoil, and that clay is what holds water. Watson Outdoor Living digs excavated ponds for homesites, small farms and hunting tracts. The CAT 308 excavator digs the basin and shapes the banks. The CAT 275 track loader spreads the spoil or builds it into a berm. Call or text (912) 712-6034 and we will come look at your spot.
We dig dug out ponds, the kind that sit below grade and fill from the water table and runoff. That covers a quarter acre stock pond, a backyard fishing pond, or a duck hole on hunting land. Ponds that need an engineered dam or spillway start with an engineer, and we say so at the estimate. Cleared land around the pond is land clearing work, and the finish shaping falls under grading and leveling.
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Usually yes, and the soil map says where. The county's sandy uplands, mapped as Tifton and Fuquay loamy sand, drain well on top but sit on clay rich subsoil. The low flats mapped as Pelham loamy sand cover about 62,000 acres of the county. They hold a water table within a foot and a half of the surface part of the year. A pond dug down into that clay, or into the wet flats, fills and stays full.
We dig test holes before the real dig. A test hole shows how deep the sand runs, where the clay starts and where the water sits. A pond bottom that stops in clean sand leaks. One that reaches the clay holds. Deep sand sites can still work with a clay liner brought in and packed. We tell you that before you commit to the pond.
The site gets cleared first if trees are on it. Then the excavator digs the basin from the deep end out, loading spoil into the track loader bucket or the dump trailer. Banks get cut on a slope you can mow and walk. A pond with a shallow shelf around the edge grows weeds, so we keep the sides steep enough to drop off quickly. Trenching, footings and other digs sit on our excavation page.
The spoil has to go somewhere. On most farm sites we spread it and grade it out, or build it into a low berm on the downhill side that raises the water level. Hauling it off is the other option. UGA Extension recommends stocking a new pond with bream first in fall or early spring and adding bass the next summer. The rate for an unfertilized pond is about 500 bream and 50 bass per acre.
Most excavated ponds need no state permit. Georgia's Safe Dams Act only regulates a dam 25 feet or taller or one holding 100 acre feet or more. It leaves out any barrier six feet high or less, or one holding 15 acre feet or less. A small farm pond dug below grade never gets near that. The rules change when a pond sits in a stream or a wetland. Then the Army Corps of Engineers and a 25 foot state stream buffer come into play.
Federal rules exempt farm and stock ponds from Corps permits unless the work turns part of a stream or wetland to a new use. The Savannah District of the Corps says to check a stock pond with the local conservation office or the Corps before building. Disturbing an acre or more of ground brings Georgia's erosion and sediment rules in. We build ponds on high ground or in dry depressions, and we tell you at the estimate if your spot touches any of those lines.
We work out of Statesboro and cover about 50 miles around it. Farm and timber tracts around Metter, Claxton, Sylvania, Swainsboro and Pembroke have room for a stock pond. Hunting land wants duck holes and wildlife water, and homesites around Brooklet want a fishing pond behind the house. The machines ride out on the gooseneck to all of it.
HomeGuide puts a half acre pond at $2,400 to $11,600 and a one acre pond at $3,000 to $15,000. It prices large digs at $1.50 to $4.00 per cubic yard of dirt moved, and our pond digging cost guide walks through what moves those numbers. Depth, hauling and the clearing ahead of the dig move the number. Spoil that raises a pad or fills a low spot becomes dirt work on the same trip. We look at the site, dig a test hole if needed, and give you a free estimate. Call or text (912) 712-6034.
Free, no-obligation estimates across Statesboro & Southeast Georgia.
(912) 712-6034From the first look at the property to the last pass of the grapple, here is exactly how it goes.
We come see the property first: the growth, the ground under it, access for the machines, and what you want the land to become. Clearing prices live in details a phone call cannot see.
You get a real number and a real timeline, and what it covers is spelled out: clearing, stumps, grading, debris. It holds unless the scope changes, and you hear about any change before it costs anything.
The CAT 275 and 308 show up when we said they would. Brush gets mulched or piled, trees and stumps come out, dirt gets shaped, and debris leaves on the trailer.
We go over the finished ground with you before we leave. Smooth dirt you can mow, grade or build on, and a property that looks better than the day we pulled in.
Common questions about pond digging across Statesboro & Southeast Georgia. Don't see yours? Call and ask.
We clear wooded lots, overgrown property and old pasture around Statesboro. Trees, brush and stumps come out, and you get ground you can use.
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Forestry mulching grinds standing brush and small trees into mulch on the spot. We run a CAT 275 with a mulcher head, and the chips stay on your ground as cover.
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We clear brush and underbrush around Statesboro, GA. Overgrown fence lines, property edges, and back yards get opened back up, with the trees left standing.
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Machine based tree removal in Statesboro and Southeast Georgia. We fell the tree, then dig the stump and roots out when you want them gone.
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Fallen pines, snapped limbs and yard debris cleared after a storm. The excavator lifts trunks off fences and sheds, and the debris leaves on our trailer.
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We dig stumps out with a CAT 308 excavator instead of grinding them. The stump and root ball come up whole, get hauled off, and the hole gets backfilled and leveled.
View DetailsYou deal with the same crew from the first call to the last pass. Questions get answered at the property by the people doing the work.
The CAT 275 mulches and grapples, the CAT 308 digs, lifts and loads. Clearing, trees, stumps, grading and haul-off finish as one project with one estimate.
Estimates happen at the property because clearing prices live in the details. You get a number that holds, and any change in scope gets discussed before it costs anything.
Sandy loam, pine thickets, wet bottoms and summer regrowth: this is the ground we work every week, from Bulloch County out about 50 miles in every direction.
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Cost to dig a pond in Georgia: HomeGuide puts pond building at $2,900 to $15,600 on average. What moves pond excavation cost, and when permits apply.
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Do you need a permit to clear land in Georgia? The one acre rule, the 200 foot water line, Statesboro and Bulloch County offices, and burn rules.
Read more →Land to clear, brush taking over a fence line, a stump that needs to come out whole, or a lot you want build-ready? Call, text, or send the form. We come look at the property, you get a free estimate with a real number, and the same crew handles the job start to finish.
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