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- Land Clearing Services in Bunnell, FL
- Lot Clearing for New Homes in Bunnell and Daytona North
- Brush Clearing and Forestry Mulching Near Bunnell
- How Much Does Land Clearing Cost in Bunnell?
- Permits, Gopher Tortoises and Drainage Before You Clear in Bunnell
- Land Clearing Services Across Bunnell and Daytona North
- Land Clearing FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions from Bunnell Property Owners
Land Clearing Services in Bunnell, FL
Whitfield Clearing & Grading provides land clearing, forestry mulching, lot clearing, brush clearing, stump grinding and site prep across the Bunnell area, from the US 1 and SR 100 crossing out to the Mondex grid. We are a land clearing company serving residential and commercial properties in Bunnell and the surrounding area, with services throughout the county and the Jacksonville area.
- Flatwoods lots: swale first, then footprint and drive.
- Mulching: a land clearing method that uses specialized equipment to grind trees and brush standing, turning vegetation into mulch in one pass.
- Old-field reclaim: wax myrtle and volunteer pine to open ground.
- Brush removal on overgrown land and old fields.
- Tree removal and cleanup after a blow.
- Stumps: $4.25 per inch of diameter, $160 minimum per stump, and we grind below grade.
- Site prep, grading, swale and pad.
Property clearing, land improvement, site work: same walk, same written price, transport line stated. Concrete, wells, septic and demolition are other people's trades. I know the people.
Lot Clearing for New Homes in Bunnell and Daytona North
Bunnell shows 124 single-family permits for 2025 in the Census Building Permits Survey, a Census estimate with no months reported; the county's 410 unincorporated permits cover the Mondex and the US 1 corridor. Residential land clearing on a Mondex lot is 1 to 5 acres of wet flatwoods over hardpan. The first question is where the water goes after the palmetto is gone.
Site preparation runs stakes, string line, swale, footprint. The pad is quoted per pad: rough grade and 12 inches of compacted fill above crown of road, three roller passes, fill hauled in because the native sand sits wet. The nearest half-acre comparable is a Nocatee-area lot in St. Johns County, one day, $2,700; a half-acre here is the same plus transport. In the Navy we built pads on worse ground than this. Professional clearing out here is a drainage job with a mulcher attached. Have your site plan with you.
Brush Clearing and Forestry Mulching Near Bunnell
Palmetto and pine flatwoods mulch at $1,400 to 2,300 an acre by density, and Bunnell sits at the top of that range in summer. The mulcher floats on its chip layer; a dozer cuts to the hardpan and sits there until October. The palmetto mat takes a second pass below grade or the fronds are back in a year. Wax myrtle gets shredded at the crown so it stays down. Mulched in place means a 3-inch layer that keeps sand out of the swale.
The scrub comparable is 6 acres on Trail Ridge at Keystone Heights, two days, $7,200; sandhill here runs $1,100 to 1,700 an acre plus transport. Areas with dense gallberry take the wet-season extra day, June to September, no exceptions. Selective clearing around homestead oaks is by the acre. We can remove brush along a ditch line. Flatwoods overgrow fast. A professional land clearing service in Bunnell quotes the water first. Mulching will make your property walkable before the pad goes in.
How Much Does Land Clearing Cost in Bunnell?
Land clearing costs in Bunnell are the five-county rates plus a transport line, quoted by the mile from Middleburg and written first. The total depends on the size of the tract, the density and what has to leave the site. Also in the written price first: the FWC gopher tortoise survey on sandhill, $400 to 900, and the wet-season extra day on flatwoods.
- Transport line: by the mile, about 95 miles from the yard.
- Skid steer forestry mulcher: $2,700 a day.
- Dedicated 300-hp mulcher, large acreage clearing: $4,100 a day plus transport.
- Flatwoods: $1,400 to 2,300 an acre. Scrub: $1,100 to 1,700.
- Clearing to dirt with stumps: $2,800 to 5,000 per acre.
- Half-acre: $2,700, one day. Quarter-acre infill: $1,900 flat.
- Haul-off: $650 to 1,200 for a 10-yard load.
Most land clearing projects here run two days. No surprises on the invoice. Call (904) 406-7990 or pick a walk-through slot on the calendar; the written price, transport line included, follows the same evening.
Permits, Gopher Tortoises and Drainage Before You Clear in Bunnell
Outside the city, the Flagler County clearing permit applies to anything over 1 acre; inside Bunnell the city code adds its own tree rules; the City of Palm Coast tree code stops at the Palm Coast line. The FWC gopher tortoise rule runs on the sandhill ridges: survey within 90 days, no machine within 25 feet of a burrow, relocation permit if burrows are found. Florida scrub-jay zones in the Daytona North scrub add a FWS consultation.
SJRWMD matters most west of US 1. Clearing alone is not an Environmental Resource Permit trigger; filling a wet spot or changing drainage is, and on wet flatwoods the swale that makes your lot buildable can be exactly that. Haw Creek flooded in Irma; its cypress and bayhead stay out of the footprint. Sunshine 811 marks the pipeline and power lines ahead of any excavation. I pull the county permit.
Land Clearing Services Across Bunnell and Daytona North
ZIP 32110 is Bunnell, the Mondex grid, Espanola and the SR 100 acreage. Nearby: Palm Coast east of US 1, Flagler Beach on A1A. Bunnell, FL and the surrounding area is the far south of our run; only the Palm Coast area north of the Parkway has transport included. Our crews haul land clearing services across northeast Florida to here; the land clearing Bunnell owners book is the same crew that works Palm Coast. The county page covers Flagler; the Jacksonville metro hub covers the run north.
Land Clearing FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions from Bunnell Property Owners
How much does land clearing cost here in 2026?
Flatwoods run $1,400 to 2,300 an acre, scrub $1,100 to 1,700, full clearing to dirt $2,800 to 5,000, plus a transport line. A half-acre lot is one day, $2,700, plus transport. The written price follows the site visit and site conditions.
Do you clear commercial sites?
Yes. Commercial land clearing services cover commercial sites on US 1 and SR 100, full site clearing for a pad, and commercial development tracts at Grand Reserve. Commercial properties in Bunnell fall under the city code or the county permit. Commercial clearing is by the day or the acre.
Can you work a Mondex lot in summer?
Yes, with the mulcher and the extra day. It floats; a dozer sinks. Depending on site drainage the pad waits for a dry week; the swale goes in first. That is the cheaper way to clear land out here: water first.
Can I burn the piles?
On a platted Mondex lot, no; a Florida Forest Service burn authorization is required for any pile and is rarely issued there. On larger acreage west of US 1 it is sometimes practical in the dry season. Mulching skips the question: nothing piled, nothing hauled.
What does the land clearing process look like, and how do I book?
Site visit, written price with the transport line, tortoise survey on sandhill, county permit, machine. We walk the property together, and the price is in your texts that evening. The landscape beds get their stumps ground last. Pick a walk-through slot on the calendar or call (904) 406-7990.
