Land Clearing Cost in Kimball Township, MI

West of Port Huron, the price of clearing a piece of land turns on three local things: whether the clay is firm enough to carry the machine, how long a stand of pear or saplings has been left to thicken, and whether the lot is big enough to clear the minimum charge. In Kimball Township, an acre of clearing runs $1,500 to $4,500, and small jobs start at about $1,500. The ranges below are for budgeting across Kimball Township, MI and the rest of St. Clair County before you call.

What you receive is one price in writing for the finish we settle on together, with the pear sprout visits set out apart from it so you can take them or leave them. Forestry mulching grinds brush, small trees and stumps into mulch on site, leaves the stumps flush with the ground and hauls nothing away. Full stump removal below grade, and cutting and hauling very large trees, are discussed and priced in the quote. Grading and build pads are not part of our price: we clear to the ground so a builder can grade. Stump treatment, if you want it, is a licensed applicator's work.

Ready for your own figure? Request a free quote. Background reading: the Kimball Township services page, the Kimball Township land clearing page, the Kimball forestry mulching cost guide, the Michigan Bradford pear removal guide and the Michigan land clearing cost guide.

Kimball Township Rates by Type of Work

Forestry Mulching

$1,500 – $4,000 / acre

Brush, pear and young trees ground to chips where they grow. Light saplings across an idle field sit near $1,500; a closed stand of thorny pear and pole-sized trees near the top of the band.

Pear Thicket & Understory Clearing

$1,500 – $2,500 / acre

Callery pear, brush and saplings cleared from a field edge, a fence line or the ground under trees you are keeping. Keepers are flagged before the machine moves.

Land Clearing

$1,500 – $4,500 / acre

A wooded parcel or grown-over field opened to the finish named in your quote. Scattered young growth on firm ground prices low; a dense woodlot taken to the soil prices high. Stumps finish level with the ground, and pulling them below grade is priced on its own.

Lot & Homesite Prep

$1,500 – $4,500 / acre equivalent

The house footprint, drive and the route for power and septic opened on a wooded lot, with low spots and drains walked first. We stop at the surface; the grading and the pad are your builder's work.

Small jobs start at a minimum charge of about $1,500. Bringing the mulcher out for one brushy back line in Marysville takes the same trailer and setup as a full day on a wooded parcel near Smiths Creek, so a job that small is billed at the minimum instead of an acre rate, with nothing added to it. Above that, the acre bands set the price, and folding every overgrown corner into one visit gets the most from the trip.

What Moves a Kimball Township Quote

How firm the clay is

Much of this side of St. Clair County is flat lakeplain clay that holds water. On firm ground the mulcher keeps moving; on soft ground it slows and can rut the lot. A job booked for a dry stretch or frozen ground goes faster, so a start date with some give can help the price.

How old the pear stand is

A field with a few seasons of seedlings is light work. A stand left for years carries trunks, root shoots and thorns that can reach 3 inches, and that crowding of stems is what lifts an acre toward the top of its band.

Lot size against the minimum

Lots under an acre are measured against the minimum. A 120 by 216 foot lot is about 0.6 acre, so its acre rate can come out below the minimum charge; the job is then billed at the minimum in place of an acre rate, never with a fee added. Bigger lots price from the bands alone.

Water nearby

The Pine River runs through Kimball Township, and creeks that serve as drains count as streams. Work within 500 feet of a lake or stream can need a county soil erosion permit before it starts. That changes the start date and sometimes the edge of the work, rarely the rate.

Return visits for sprouts

Callery pear sends up new shoots after it is cut. Return cuts are lighter work, but a small visit can still reach the minimum charge. Each visit is quoted separately so you can see the full plan before agreeing.

Kimball Township Pricing Questions

What does an acre of clearing cost around Kimball and Port Huron?

Plan on $1,500 to $4,500 an acre for most work in St. Clair County. Pear and brush cleared from under kept trees is the $1,500 to $2,500 band, and a dense stand ground to the soil sits in the $1,500 to $4,000 mulching band. Where your acre falls inside its band depends on the growth on it and the state of the ground. The minimum charge of about $1,500 is where small jobs start, not the price of a typical acre.

Does Bradford pear cost more to clear than other brush?

Not per acre: an open pear stand prices in the $1,500 to $2,500 understory band, and an old closed thicket as forestry mulching. The added cost is the return cuts, because the stumps and roots sprout. Our Michigan Bradford pear removal guide explains the visits.

How is a lot smaller than an acre priced?

By the acre band, with the minimum charge of about $1,500 as the starting point. If the acre rate for the lot comes out below the minimum, the minimum is charged in its place, never on top. The Kimball forestry mulching cost guide works through a typical lot and an hourly bid.

Will a permit change my price?

The rate, almost never. What a permit can shift is where the work stops and when it begins. The St. Clair County Health Department requires a soil erosion permit for an earth change of an acre or more or within 500 feet of a lake or stream. Requirements vary by parcel, scope and jurisdiction, and the governing authority makes the determination. The offices are listed on the Kimball Township land clearing page.

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