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- Land Clearing Services in Callahan, FL
- Lot Clearing for New Homes in Callahan and Hilliard
- Pasture Reclaim, Brush Clearing and Forestry Mulching Near Callahan
- How Much Does Land Clearing Cost in Callahan?
- Permits, Gopher Tortoises and Drainage Before You Clear in Callahan
- Land Clearing Services Across Callahan and Hilliard
- Land Clearing FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions from Callahan Property Owners
Land Clearing Services in Callahan, FL
Whitfield Clearing & Grading provides land clearing, forestry mulching, lot clearing, brush clearing, stump grinding and site prep in the Callahan area, from the US 1 and US 301 crossing out to the Jacksonville Northside line. Forestry mulching is a land clearing method that uses specialized equipment to grind trees and brush where they stand and turn the vegetation into mulch.
- Pasture reclaim: wax myrtle and volunteer pine mulched in place.
- Clearing to bare dirt, stumps out.
- House lots: footprint, drive and septic only.
- Brush removal on overgrown land.
- Storm cleanup and tree removal after the next blow.
- Stumps: we grind them at $4.25 an inch of diameter, $160 minimum per stump.
- Site prep, grading, swales.
We are a land clearing company serving residential and commercial properties in Callahan and the surrounding area, services throughout the county and the Jacksonville area. Property clearing, land improvement, site work ahead of a barn: same walk. Not my trades: concrete, wells, septic, demolition. I can point you to people who do them.
Lot Clearing for New Homes in Callahan and Hilliard
Callahan proper issued 7 single-family permits in 2025 with only three months reported to the Census Building Permits Survey, so the figure is partial. The acreage off US 1, US 301 and CR 108 is unincorporated, where the county's 768 permits are the real count. Residential land clearing here is usually a 1 to 10 acre parcel, house site in the dry corner. Site preparation starts with the stakes: house, drive, septic field, string line.
The house pad is quoted per pad. Rough grade, 12 inches of compacted fill above crown of road, three roller passes, then a proof-roll with the loaded truck. On the 1-acre lot in Yulee the pad ran $3,900 on top of a $2,700 clearing day; a pad on old pasture prices about the same. Professional clearing leaves the oaks you flagged and the pad dry. Bring your site plan.
Pasture Reclaim, Brush Clearing and Forestry Mulching Near Callahan
Pasture reclaim near Callahan runs $1,400 to 2,300 an acre by density, and the 12-acre job we cleared off US 301 is the model: wax myrtle thickets, pine to 10 inches, three days on the 300-hp mulcher, $12,300 plus transport. We grind the bigger stumps after. Wax myrtle comes back from the root crown if cut high, so the head runs at grade and shreds the crown. That is mulched in place, not mowed.
Palmetto under planted pine mulches the same way, with a second pass for the root mat. Areas with dense gallberry and myrtle take the wet-season extra day, June to September. Selective clearing around the live oaks on Thomas Creek is priced by the acre. We can remove brush along a fence line without cutting the pines. A professional land clearing service in Callahan quotes stems per acre, not the view from the road. Open land will overgrow in three years. Mulching will make your property pasture again, not a chip pile.
How Much Does Land Clearing Cost in Callahan?
Land clearing costs in Callahan start at $1,400 an acre for light myrtle and run to $5,000 an acre for full clearing to dirt with stumps out. The total depends on the size of the tract and what has to leave the site. Two things get written before the machine rate: the FWC gopher tortoise survey on sandy ridges, $400 to 900, and the wet-season extra day on flatwoods.
- Skid steer forestry mulcher, $2,700 a day, transport in.
- Dedicated 300-hp mulcher for large acreage clearing, $4,100 a day plus transport.
- Palmetto and pine flatwoods or pasture reclaim: $1,400 to 2,300 an acre.
- Live oak hammock, selective, county oaks kept: $2,000 to 3,200 an acre.
- Full clearing to dirt, stumps out: $2,800 to 5,000 an acre.
- Half-acre lot, one day: $2,700. Quarter-acre infill: $1,900 flat.
- Haul-off runs $650 to 1,200 a 10-yard load.
No surprises on the invoice. Call (904) 406-7990 or pick a walk-through slot on the calendar; the written price follows the same evening.
Permits, Gopher Tortoises and Drainage Before You Clear in Callahan
The Nassau County Land Development Code protects trees 8 inches DBH and up outside bona fide agriculture and heritage live oaks at 36 inches, and wants a clearing permit before a building permit. Greenbelt pasture clears without it; a house lot does not. The FWC gopher tortoise rule runs on the sandy ridges toward Hilliard: survey inside 90 days, nothing within 25 feet of a burrow, relocation permit if burrows are found.
SJRWMD draws the line at fill. Clearing by itself does not trigger an Environmental Resource Permit; filling a wet spot or changing drainage is. The titi and cypress bays on Thomas Creek stay out of the footprint or wait on the permit. Before any excavation, Sunshine 811 marks the gas pipeline and the power lines. Most land clearing projects here need the county permit and nothing else. I pull it.
Land Clearing Services Across Callahan and Hilliard
ZIP 32011 is Callahan and the pasture country on US 1 and US 301. Nearby: Hilliard up US 1, Bryceville down US 301, Yulee on SR 200, and the Jacksonville Northside across the Nassau River. Callahan, FL and the surrounding area sits inside the included-transport zone. Our crews run land clearing services across northeast Florida; the land clearing Callahan owners book is the same crew that works Hilliard. The county page and the Jacksonville metro hub cover the rest.
Land Clearing FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions from Callahan Property Owners
How much does land clearing cost in Callahan, FL in 2026?
Pasture reclaim and pine flatwoods run $1,400 to 2,300 an acre; full clearing to dirt $2,800 to 5,000; a half-acre lot is one day, $2,700. The 12-acre reclaim here was $12,300 plus transport over three days. Site conditions set the number, so the written price follows the site visit.
Do you clear commercial sites?
Yes. Commercial land clearing services cover commercial sites on US 1 and US 301, full site clearing for a pad, and commercial development tracts that need the 300-hp machine. Commercial properties in Callahan fall under the same county tree ordinance as houses. Commercial clearing is priced by the day or the acre.
Can you burn the piles instead of hauling?
Sometimes, west of US 301. Any pile needs a Florida Forest Service burn authorization, and on a big pasture tract it is often granted. On a platted lot it is not. Mulching is the cheaper way to clear land either way: nothing hauled, nothing smoldering.
How soon can you get a machine out here?
Inside two weeks in the dry season, November to May. Summer runs longer because flatwoods take the extra day. Depending on site access the 300-hp mulcher needs a 12-foot gate and a firm pull-in, and I check both on the walk before I promise a date.
What does the land clearing process look like, and how do I book?
Site visit, written price, tortoise survey if the ground is sandy, county permit, machine. You and I walk the property; the written price goes out that evening. Last on the list: stumps in the landscape beds. Pick a walk-through slot on the calendar or call (904) 406-7990.
