Fencing, Land Clearing and Metal Buildings in Burnet, Texas

Burnet sits in the Highland Lakes country of the Texas Hill Country, with Lake Buchanan and Inks Lake State Park to the west of town. Texas Parks and Wildlife describes the soils across this region as shallow and rocky, and that single fact shapes almost every job we take on here.

Rock changes how fence posts are set, how deep a pad can be cut and how much material a grading job moves. We walk the property before we price it, because two lots on the same road can sit on very different ground. A fence line that crosses a rock ledge needs a different plan from one that runs through deeper pasture soil.

Shallow soil also erodes quickly once it is disturbed. Texas Parks and Wildlife warns that pushing brush with heavy equipment is hard on this kind of ground, so we clear only what the project needs and leave the rest of the cover in place.

Ashe juniper, the tree most people around Burnet call cedar, has spread across much of the Hill Country. Texas Parks and Wildlife notes that it dies when it is cut, since it does not sprout back from the stump, though seed left in the soil can bring a new stand within seven or eight years. Clearing cedar opens up pasture and fence lines, and a follow-up pass years later keeps it open.

Larger clearing and grading jobs near town can fall under the Lower Colorado River Authority's Highland Lakes Watershed Ordinance, which covers the Colorado River watershed in Burnet County. The LCRA asks for notice before clearing, grading or excavating, and requires a development permit once land disturbance passes one acre or new impervious cover passes 10,000 square feet.

It is worth confirming with the LCRA before a large job starts. The size of the area we plan to clear or grade is part of every estimate we write, so you know those numbers going in.