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- Land Clearing Services Available in Flagler County
- Lot Clearing and Acreage Clearing for New Homes in Palm Coast and Flagler Beach
- Forestry Mulching and Brush Clearing on the ITT Lots
- How Much Does Land Clearing Cost in Flagler County?
- The Ground Property Owners Clear From Pellicer Creek to Bulow Creek
- Palm Coast Tree Permits, Wetlands and Protected Species Before You Clear
- Storm Debris Cleanup by the Load
- Areas We Serve in Flagler County
- Land Clearing Questions from Flagler Property Owners
Land Clearing Services Available in Flagler County
One sheet of work services, Marineland to Daytona North. The land clearing service removes scrub oak, sand pine, palmetto and stumps; specimen trees stay:
- Land clearing to bare sand, stumps out: $2,800 to 5,000 an acre.
- Forestry mulching services on ITT lots and acreage: $2,700 a day.
- Stump grinding, $4.25 an inch, $160 minimum per stump.
- Lot clearing for small residential lots: a quarter-acre ITT lot is $1,900 flat.
- Brush clearing and underbrushing along a fence line or under kept oaks.
- Tree clearing and tree removal once the city permit is in hand.
- Site prep and dirt work: the house pad, quoted per pad.
No concrete, wells, septic or house demolition from us. I know the right people for those.
Lot Clearing and Acreage Clearing for New Homes in Palm Coast and Flagler Beach
Flagler County's builders pulled 1,950 single-family permits in 2025 (Census Building Permits Survey), down 18 percent, and 1,356 of them were inside the city: Pine Lakes, Seminole Woods, Quail Hollow, Matanzas Woods and Belle Terre. The rest went to Sawmill Branch on the US 1 corridor, Grand Reserve, Daytona North acreage and beach infill. Residential land clearing on a half-acre lot is one day, $2,700; my comparable is a half-acre job in St. Johns County, same machine, same price. Property development on commercial land along SR 100 gets the same sheet as residential jobs; commercial land clearing and site clearing run by the acre. Pads are rough grade and 12 inches of compacted fill above crown of road, quoted per pad. Site preparation ends with a string line check against the swale grade.
Forestry Mulching and Brush Clearing on the ITT Lots
Forestry mulching fits an ITT lot because nothing leaves the lot and nothing burns; platted lots here are effectively no-burn under Florida Forest Service rules. The head grinds trees and brush to 8 inches into a 2 to 4 inch mulch layer. Scrub oak and sand pine mulch fast on sugar sand; the palmetto root mat shreds under the drum where a rotary cutter only trims it. Around protected specimen trees, clearing brush becomes selective clearing: the oak stays, the undergrowth goes. Removing vegetation this way keeps what thin topsoil scrub has. A mulched scrub lot will not overgrow for two or three years.
How Much Does Land Clearing Cost in Flagler County?
Scrub oak and sand pine on the ITT lots mulch at $1,100 to 1,700 an acre: my comparable is a 6-acre scrub tract on Trail Ridge in Clay County, two days, $7,200. Pine flatwoods west of US 1 toward Daytona North run $1,400 to 2,300 by density. Live oak hammock on the coastal ridge, near Crescent Lake or along Pellicer Creek, oaks kept, runs $2,000 to 3,200. Full clearing to dirt with stumps is $2,800 to 5,000. Three lines go in the written price first: the transport line south of the Parkway, the wet-season day on flatwoods, and the gopher tortoise survey, $400 to 900. No surprises on the invoice.
- Skid steer mulcher $2,700 a day, transport included across Flagler County north of the Parkway; 300-hp mulcher $4,100 plus transport.
- Grubbing with the root rake or dozer, $165 an hour; haul-off $650 to 1,200 per 10-yard load.
Get an estimate on-site at no charge. Pick a slot on the calendar or call (904) 406-7990. I text the same evening.
The Ground Property Owners Clear From Pellicer Creek to Bulow Creek
Flagler is scrub first. The ITT lots sit on the relict dune ridge: deep sugar sand, no hardpan, scrub oak, sand pine and rosemary, a tortoise burrow on nearly every lot. West of US 1 around Daytona North and Espanola the ground turns to pine flatwoods on flatwoods sand, hardpan 12 to 30 inches down; the soil survey calls it a spodosol and it holds water June to September. Live oak hammock covers the coastal ridge and Bulow Creek; cypress and bayhead in Graham Swamp and Haw Creek stay out of the footprint. Brazilian pepper near the coast gets mulched or cut and treated. Pine and hardwood both mulch; palm boots do not. A Seabee can build a road anywhere. Keeping sand on it is the trick. Walk the property with me and I read the site conditions on foot.
Palm Coast Tree Permits, Wetlands and Protected Species Before You Clear
The City of Palm Coast land clearing permit and tree protection code, Chapter 10 of its Land Development Code, allow no clearing without a building permit and protect specimen trees 18 inches DBH and up with replacement inches. Outside the city, Flagler County requires a clearing permit over 1 acre; the beach towns run their own codes. The SJRWMD Environmental Resource Permit is triggered by fill and drainage changes, not clearing: a pond or filled wet corner needs the ERP before excavation. FWC gopher tortoise rules bite hardest here: a survey before every lot, no work within 25 feet of a burrow. The Florida scrub-jay in the city's scrub and at Daytona North brings FWS consultation. Bald eagle nests on Pellicer Creek and Graham Swamp carry a 660-foot buffer. On our jobs in Flagler the survey report is in the folder before the trailer rolls.
Storm Debris Cleanup by the Load
Matthew in 2016 washed out A1A at Flagler Beach. Irma in 2017 laid oaks and pines across the ITT lots and flooded Haw Creek. Ian and Nicole in 2022 collapsed the dunes from Marineland to Beverly Beach. Storm cleanup on a private lot is the owner's bill; FEMA takes public roadside debris, not what is behind your gate. Haul-off runs $650 to 1,200 per 10-yard load; 2 acres of heavy storm wood is about 11 loads. Sand pine fails first in wind, laurel oak at the heart; live oak mostly stands. Storm put trees and branches down? Text me a picture for a load count.
Areas We Serve in Flagler County
Serving Flagler County from the Middleburg yard, about 95 miles north: Palm Coast, the county seat, Flagler Beach, Daytona North, Beverly Beach, Marineland, Espanola and Korona, FL and the surrounding areas. Transport is included throughout Flagler County north of the Parkway; the south side, Flagler Beach and the county seat carry a transport line. Across Duval, Clay, St. Johns, Nassau and Baker it is the same sheet, six counties in Florida on one list. Agricultural land on SR 11 and the master-planned communities at Grand Reserve get the same service area terms.
Land Clearing Questions from Flagler Property Owners
How much does land clearing cost per acre on an ITT lot?
Scrub on the ITT lots mulches at $1,100 to 1,700 an acre; flatwoods west of US 1 at $1,400 to 2,300; full clearing to dirt with stumps at $2,800 to 5,000. A quarter-acre ITT lot is $1,900 flat and a half acre is one day, $2,700. South of the Parkway add the transport line.
What do professional land clearing services in Flagler include?
Mulching or grubbing the vegetation, pulling stumps where the plan calls for dirt, and rough grading the pad. Land clearing services in Flagler also cover the city permit, the tortoise survey and the haul-off. Pond excavation, drainage swales and final grading are separate lines the homeowner sees first.
Do I need a permit to burn cleared brush in Palm Coast?
Yes, a Florida Forest Service burn authorization, and inside Palm Coast you will not get one in practice. Mulching skips the pile: the material stays as ground cover and the lot is clear the same day. On a full dirt clear the haul-off goes by the 10-yard load.
Can you take on heavily wooded acreage and larger land clearing projects?
Yes, the equipment to handle it sits in the Middleburg yard. The skid steer takes 8-inch stems; the 300-hp mulcher takes a woodland tract of pine and hardwood to 12 inches. Six acres of scrub was two days, $7,200, on a comparable tract in Clay. Two days transform scrub into a staked pad. Equipment and expertise came out of the Navy.
How do I get an estimate for clearing land in Flagler County?
Pick a walk-through slot on the online calendar or call (904) 406-7990. I confirm by text the same evening and send a written price after the walk. Residential and commercial, the land clearing service estimate is free. Reclaim overgrown land, clear a site for commercial development, or remove unwanted vegetation along a line: our experience and equipment finish it safely and efficiently, and the swale leaves without erosion.
