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- Land Clearing Services in Yulee, FL
- Lot Clearing for New Homes in Yulee and Wildlight
- Brush Clearing and Forestry Mulching Near Yulee
- How Much Does Land Clearing Cost in Yulee?
- Permits, Gopher Tortoises and Drainage Before You Clear in Yulee
- Land Clearing Services Across Yulee, Nassauville and Fernandina Beach
- Land Clearing FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions from Yulee Property Owners
Land Clearing Services in Yulee, FL
Whitfield Clearing & Grading provides land clearing, forestry mulching, lot clearing, brush clearing, stump grinding and site prep for the Yulee area and the SR 200 corridor. We are a land clearing company serving residential and commercial properties in Yulee and the surrounding area, with services throughout the county and the Jacksonville area.
- Mulching: a land clearing method that uses specialized equipment to grind trees and brush standing, turning vegetation into mulch on the spot.
- Full clearing to dirt with stumps out for a pad or a drive.
- House lots: footprint, drive and septic field only.
- Brush removal on overgrown land and fence lines.
- Tree removal and storm cleanup, laurel oak first.
- Stumps: $4.25 per inch of diameter, $160 minimum per stump.
- Site prep and grading: pad staked and compacted.
Property clearing on an old homesite, land improvement, site work for your builder: one walk covers it. Concrete, wells, septic and house demolition are not my trades. I can point you to people who do them.
Lot Clearing for New Homes in Yulee and Wildlight
Nassau County issued 768 unincorporated single-family permits in 2025 (Census Building Permits Survey). Yulee is a census-designated place and issues none of its own, so the county figure is the proxy. The lots off SR 200 at I-95 take most of them. Residential land clearing here goes in this order:
- Stake the house, the drive and the septic field. String it.
- Mulch the footprint; list pines over 8 inches DBH for the county.
- Grind stumps inside the pad.
- Rough grade and 12 inches of compacted fill above crown of road, three roller passes.
The pad is quoted per pad. On the 1-acre lot near Wildlight we cleared, the pad was $3,900 on top of a $2,700 clearing day, and it proof-rolled dry in August. Site preparation that skips the compaction passes cracks a slab two summers later. Send me your site plan before the walk.
Brush Clearing and Forestry Mulching Near Yulee
Palmetto and pine flatwoods mulch at $1,400 to 2,300 an acre by density, and Yulee is nearly all flatwoods. The planted pine is the easy part. The palmetto root mat under it is the work. A rotary cutter rides over the mat and the fronds are back in a year. Our head drops below grade on the second pass and shreds the mat, which is what mulched in place means on flatwoods. Live oaks stay; the Nassau County tree ordinance protects them anyway.
Overgrown land toward Lofton Creek takes the wet-season extra day; the hardpan sits 18 inches down. We can remove brush in areas with dense palmetto at the back of a lot without touching the pines. Selective clearing around the oaks is priced the same way. Lots overgrow in two wet seasons. Professional clearing will make your property walkable in a day. A professional land clearing service in Yulee quotes the root mat, not the fronds.
How Much Does Land Clearing Cost in Yulee?
A half-acre lot here is one skid steer day, $2,700, transport included. Land clearing costs on acreage: the total depends on the size of the tract and what has to leave the site. Before the price: 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 included |
| Dedicated 300-hp mulcher, large acreage clearing | $4,100 a day plus transport |
| Palmetto and pine flatwoods mulching | $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 with stumps | $2,800 to 5,000 an acre |
| Haul-off | $650 to 1,200 per 10-yard load |
| House pad, 12 inches compacted fill above crown of road | quoted per pad; $3,900 on the 1-acre case |
The pasture reclaim near Callahan, 12 acres of wax myrtle, ran three days on the 300-hp machine, $12,300 plus transport. No surprises on the invoice. Call (904) 406-7990 or pick a walk-through slot on the calendar, and the written price lands by text the same evening.
Permits, Gopher Tortoises and Drainage Before You Clear in Yulee
Two permits and one survey cover most land clearing projects here. The Nassau County Land Development Code tree protection ordinance protects trees 8 inches DBH and up and heritage live oaks at 36 inches, with a clearing permit required before a building permit. The FWC gopher tortoise rule applies on the sandy ridges: survey within 90 days, no work within 25 feet of a burrow, relocation permit if burrows turn up.
SJRWMD does not care that you cleared. It cares if you filled. Clearing alone is not an Environmental Resource Permit trigger; filling a wet spot or changing drainage is, and the titi and cypress bays on Thomas Creek stay out of the footprint. Sunshine 811 locates the gas pipeline and power lines before any excavation. I pull the county paperwork.
Land Clearing Services Across Yulee, Nassauville and Fernandina Beach
ZIP 32097 is Yulee and the SR 200 corridor. Nearby: Fernandina Beach, Callahan on US 1, and the Kings Bay commuter lots toward the St. Marys. Yulee, FL and the surrounding area sits inside the included-transport zone. We run land clearing services across northeast Florida from one yard; the land clearing Yulee owners book is the same crew that works the beach. The county page covers the county; the Jacksonville metro hub covers the rest.
Land Clearing FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions from Yulee Property Owners
How much does land clearing cost in Yulee, FL in 2026?
Palmetto and pine flatwoods run $1,400 to 2,300 an acre; full clearing to dirt with stumps $2,800 to 5,000; a half-acre lot is one day, $2,700. The 1-acre lot near Wildlight was $2,700 plus a $3,900 pad. Site conditions set the final number, so the written price follows the site visit.
Do you handle commercial sites in Yulee?
Yes. Commercial land clearing services cover commercial sites along SR 200, full site clearing for a pad, and commercial development tracts that want the 300-hp mulcher. Commercial properties in Yulee fall under the same county tree ordinance as houses. Commercial clearing is priced by the day or the acre.
Can you work wet ground?
Yes, with a mulcher, not a dozer. The mulcher floats on the mat it makes; a dozer cuts through the hardpan and sinks. Depending on site drainage we add the wet-season day. On a lot off Chester Road last summer the swale was full in July.
Do I need a permit to burn cleared brush here?
On a platted lot, yes, and it is rarely granted. Any land clearing pile needs a Florida Forest Service burn authorization. Mulching is the cheaper way to clear land here anyway: the chips stay as ground cover and the neighbor never smells smoke.
What does the land clearing process look like, and how do I book?
Site visit, written price, tortoise survey, county permit, machine. You and I walk the property; the written price goes out that evening. Clearing and grading follow once the permit clears, two to three weeks. The landscape beds get their stumps ground last. Pick a walk-through slot on the calendar or call (904) 406-7990.
