Land Clearing
We clear overgrown lots and acreage around Broxton and the surrounding counties. Brush and small trees come down, and the land opens up for a new home or a farm.
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A new house or mobile home on a lot around Alma often sits on wet ground. The USDA soil survey maps about 70 percent of the land around town as poorly or somewhat poorly drained. In the most common soil there, the water table can rise to within about 6 inches of the surface. That water decides where a septic tank and drain field can go, and the county checks it before any permit.
Alma is part of our service area, which reaches about 80 miles around Broxton. Southern Grind Solutions does septic tank installation for new houses and mobile homes here and across Bacon County. When a lot is overgrown, our land clearing work opens it up first. Call or text (912) 381-6261, and we look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Tell us about the new septic system, the land to clear or the dirt work and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Pelham and Leefield loamy sands cover the most ground inside the city limits. The soil survey lists Pelham as poorly drained, with occasional flooding. Leefield and Rigdon sand drain somewhat poorly, and their water table can rise to about 2 feet below the surface. Well drained Fuquay loamy sand covers smaller patches.
The survey rates nearly all of the soil in and around Alma as very limited for a standard drain field. On the wet soils, its main flag is a high water table. That is a map-scale rating. A soil evaluation on your own lot, reviewed by the county, decides which system fits.
The weather station at Bacon County Airport in Alma averages about 45 inches of rain a year. Hurricane Creek runs through the east side of town, and FEMA maps a flood zone along it. Kinston and Johnston soils in the creek bottoms are listed as frequently flooded.
Septic permits for Alma and the rest of Bacon County come from the Bacon County Health Department in Alma. It is part of the Southeast Health District of the Georgia Department of Public Health. Under state rules, building on a lot that will use a septic system waits for that construction permit. The county issues it only after a site inspection looks at the soil and groundwater.
The district's standard application asks how many bedrooms the home will have. It also asks whether the house site is staked and whether the site is cleared. A site sketch marks the house and the proposed tank and drain field location. The permit expires 12 months from the date it is issued.
Before anyone backfills the system, the county makes a final inspection and approves it in writing. Bacon County's own website says no building permits are required outside the Alma city limits. The septic permit from the health department still applies there.
Alma, the Bacon County seat, is home to about 3,400 people, and its houses run older. The median home in town was built in 1965, and about 63 percent went up before 1970, per Census estimates. The 2017 joint plan for Alma and Bacon County encourages new building on vacant lots in town. The city reported 14 new single-family home permits for 2025 to the Census Bureau.
Sometimes an old house or mobile home has to come down before a new one goes up. Our demolition work takes down old houses and outbuildings and cleans up the debris. Alma's demolition standards call for an inspection once the utilities are disconnected and a final one after the work. Under the same standards, an old septic tank left behind is filled and graded to drain.
Across Bacon County, about three in ten homes are mobile homes, by Census estimates. Most of the county's homes built in 2000 or later stand outside the Alma city limits. Past the sewer lines, each of those homes needs its own septic system. A mobile home pad of built-up, graded fill lets water drain away from under the home.
Our service area takes in the rural roads around Alma, from Rockingham and New Lacy to Guysie and Sessoms. US 1 runs north and south through town, and GA 32 crosses it east to west. GA 32 also links Alma to Douglas by way of Nicholls.
When a lot or fence line grows up in brush and small trees, forestry mulching grinds it in place. The mulch stays on the ground. For a house site or a mobile home site, we clear the building area with machines. Inside the city limits, Alma's code calls for a permit before land-disturbing work, so ask the city first.
Blueberry farming is a big part of Bacon County's economy. The county's 2017 joint plan calls it the Blueberry Capital of Georgia. Alma hosts the Georgia Blueberry Festival each June at Goldwasser Park. If you plan to plant after clearing, the UGA Extension office in Alma ships soil samples to the lab.
Communities and areas we serve around Alma: Downtown Alma, WilderNest, Lake Lure, Goldwasser Park, Bacon County Airport, Hurricane Creek, US 1 and GA 32 corridor, Rockingham, Sessoms, Guysie, New Lacy, Lambright.
Alma ZIP codes served: 31510.
Alma is part of our service area. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
(912) 381-6261 We clear overgrown lots and acreage around Broxton and the surrounding counties. Brush and small trees come down, and the land opens up for a new home or a farm.
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We grind underbrush and small trees in place with a forestry mulcher. The mulch stays on the ground and covers the soil.
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We dig trenches, drainage ditches, culvert crossings and footings with an excavator. We also do the dirt work for new septic systems and mobile home pads.
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We tear down old houses, mobile homes, barns and sheds on rural lots and in town. Then we clean up the debris from the site.
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Built-up, graded pads of fill dirt so rain drains away from under your mobile home. We clear the home site first, then pack and grade the fill.
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We get a raw lot ready for a new house or a mobile home. The clearing, the rough grading, the pad and the septic system come as one job.
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We cut grown-up pastures and lots back down with a brush cutter. Overgrown fence lines get cut back too, and the cut grass stays where it falls.
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We cut shooting lanes and access trails through brush and pines on hunting land. We also clear the ground for food plots, and the planting stays yours.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Alma. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Building a house or moving into a mobile home? Call or text (912) 381-6261 or use the form, and tell us which county the job is in.
Tell us about the new septic system, the land to clear or the dirt work and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.