Lot clearing, forestry mulching, new septic installs and full site work for landowners and builders from Georgetown and Decatur up to Ten Mile on Watts Bar Lake, with crews based just across the county line in Birchwood.
Our base in Birchwood sits right on the Meigs County line, so our land clearing services in Meigs County come from a neighbor, not a crew driving in from across the state. The Georgetown end of the county is minutes away, and Decatur is roughly 30 to 40 minutes up Highway 58. That makes it easier to show up on time and come back for follow-up work.
At age 9, Josiah Sims watched his dad bring in a rented Cat 977L to clear the family's home site, and it took only a few days before the boy was handling every bit of the finish grading himself. He's since run crews, welded and fabricated transit buses, built additions and poured concrete. He still runs site work himself, and he holds every job to the same standard: consistent service, on time and within budget.
Farm valleys, ridge slopes, river bottomland and lake lots on Chickamauga and Watts Bar. We plan clearing, septic placement and grading together, so your estimate reflects how a Meigs County home site actually comes together.
Land clearing and forestry mulching have their own crew and equipment, and so do new septic installs, so your job isn't stuck behind somebody else's. We walk your property for a straight, free estimate, and financing is available through our quoting platform.
Every service we offer is available across Meigs County, from the Georgetown end near our shop up to Decatur and the Watts Bar Lake communities. Whether it's one wooded home site off Highway 58 or a full farm tract that needs opening up, one call gets you a crew that can clear it, prep it and finish it.
A lot of Meigs County land has sat as hayfield or woods for decades, and the edges grow in fast with cedar, sweetgum, briars and brush. We clear home sites, open up grown-over pasture in the farm valleys around Decatur and Big Spring, and push back fence rows that have turned into woods. Debris is mulched or hauled, and you're left with open ground ready for the surveyor, the soil scientist or the builder.
Forestry mulching grinds brush and small trees in place, with no burn piles and no hauling. That mulch layer holds soil on sloped ground, which matters on ridge lots and on parcels that drain toward Chickamauga Lake or Watts Bar Lake. Selective thinning lets you open up a view of the water or a usable yard around Ten Mile while keeping the hardwoods you want to build around.
Most Meigs County homes run on septic, so almost every new house from Georgetown to Ten Mile needs a new system. Meigs is not one of Tennessee's contract counties, so permits come straight from the state: TDEC's Chattanooga Environmental Field Office reviews the site and soils and issues the construction permit. Whether it's a house near Decatur or a commercial building, new septic system installation makes up most of our septic work here, along with complete replacements of old systems, and every tank and drain field goes in exactly as the approved permit lays it out.
We handle the whole site package: clearing, rough grade, concrete footings and slab, backfill, retaining walls and final grade. Rural home sites off Highway 30 and River Road often need a long driveway cut in and a pad leveled into a hillside, and ridge lots near No Pone Ridge can call for retaining walls to make the grade work. When a job disturbs an acre or more, we plan around the state's TDEC construction stormwater requirements.
Rural lots mean long runs. On acreage around Decatur and Georgetown, the house often sits a few hundred feet back from the road, and the water line and electrical conduit have to be trenched all the way in. We dig, lay and backfill the lines from the meter or road to the foundation, and we coordinate the trench routes with the septic layout so nothing crosses the drain field.
Old farmhouses, collapsing barns, outbuildings and worn-out lake cottages are common across Meigs County, from the farm roads around Big Spring to the cabins near Ten Mile. We take the structure down, break out and haul the concrete, clean up the debris and leave a graded site ready for whatever comes next. It's often the first step before we clear and prep the rest of the property.
Whether your land is a wooded home site off Highway 58 near Decatur, an overgrown pasture by Georgetown or a lake lot up near Ten Mile, we're ready to come walk it with you. Estimates are always free across Meigs County and the surrounding area. Share a few details about your property, and one crew will handle everything from the first cut on raw ground to the finished final grade.
Meigs County is lake and farm country. The Tennessee River runs the full length of its western edge, backed up into Watts Bar Lake above Watts Bar Dam and into Chickamauga Lake below it, while the Hiwassee River cuts across the south end before it meets the Tennessee near Blythe Ferry. In between, long ridges like No Pone Ridge run southwest to northeast with farm valleys and river bottomland tucked between them. A wooded ridge lot, an open hayfield and a lake-view parcel near Ten Mile can sit within a few miles of each other and need three different approaches.
The county has grown about 20% from 2015 to 2025, mostly from people moving in, and new homes here tend to go up on rural acreage rather than in tract subdivisions. That means grown-over fence rows, cedar thickets and old pasture that has to be opened up off Highway 58, Highway 30 and the back roads around Decatur and Big Spring. Nearly every one of those home sites needs a new septic system too, since most of the county is outside public sewer. Clearing, septic and site prep for those rural lots is exactly what our land clearing services in Meigs County, TN are set up for.
Boundless Excavation & Contracting is based in Birchwood, and Meigs County starts right at our doorstep: Hiwassee Highway (SR-60) runs along the county line just outside town. From there it's a short run through Georgetown and across the Hiwassee River bridge on Highway 58 to reach Decatur, about 22 miles. We've built our business on clearing, grading and site work across Hamilton County and the Chattanooga area, and Meigs County is part of the same home ground for our crews.
Meigs County ground is classic Ridge-and-Valley country: ridges like No Pone Ridge running southwest to northeast, clay uplands on the slopes and deep river bottomland along the Tennessee River and Hiwassee River. Bottomland and low creek ground near Ten Mile Creek and Sugar Creek can stay wet well into spring, and that changes where a house pad or a drain field can go. Ridge lots drain fast but bring slope and rock. We read the ground before we price it.
We know how to get around the county. From Birchwood we take Hiwassee Highway (SR-60) to Georgetown, then Highway 58 north across the Hiwassee River bridge into Decatur. From there Highway 30 runs east toward I-75 and Athens, River Road (SR-304) follows Watts Bar Lake north to Ten Mile, and SR-68 heads over Watts Bar Dam. Down at the south end, the Tri-County Veterans Bridge and Blythe Ferry Road put us minutes from our own shop.
The work here is mostly rural residential: new homes on 2 to 5 acre tracts, small farms clearing old pasture, barndominium pads and lake-view lots. Around Decatur and Big Spring it's farm valleys and home sites cut out of the woods. Up toward Ten Mile and Euchee, it's cabins, lake cottages and sloped parcels facing Watts Bar Lake. Down near Georgetown, it's wooded acreage close to the Hamilton County line. With about 91 new homes permitted in 2025, the demand is steady and spread across the whole county.
Permits and protected land come with the territory. New septic systems go through TDEC's Chattanooga Environmental Field Office, since Meigs is not a contract county. Clearing an acre or more triggers the state's TDEC construction stormwater coverage. Work on the shoreline of Chickamauga Lake or Watts Bar Lake can require a TVA Section 26a permit. And we respect the edges of public land like the Hiwassee Refuge, the Chickamauga Wildlife Management Area and Cherokee Trail of Tears State Park at Blythe Ferry, where thousands of sandhill cranes winter from November through February.
Josiah or a member of the team walks your property in person, discusses your goals, and provides a free, no-obligation estimate — with financing available through our quoting platform if you need it.
We map out the scope of work — clearing boundaries, grading plan, septic or utility placement — and handle any permitting needs before equipment ever moves.
A dedicated crew and the right equipment for the job — mulchers, excavators, grading equipment — are dispatched to your property.
Our specialized crews get to work — clearing and mulching, installing your new septic system, or handling grading, retaining walls, and concrete as part of full site work.
We clear out debris, restore the site, and walk the finished property with you to make sure everything meets your expectations before we call the job done.
Our land clearing services cover all of Meigs County, from the Hiwassee River and Blythe Ferry up through Decatur to Ten Mile and the Watts Bar Lake shoreline. We also work the neighboring Tennessee communities across the river and down into Hamilton and Bradley counties, all within easy reach of our Birchwood base.
It depends on the land. Acreage, how thick the brush and timber are, slope, how wet the ground is and whether debris is mulched in place or hauled off all move the number. Reclaiming a grown-over hayfield near Decatur prices very differently from clearing a steep lake lot near Ten Mile. We walk every property and give you a free, itemized estimate instead of a guess over the phone.
Forestry mulching uses one machine with a mulching head to grind brush, cedar and small trees into mulch right where they stand. There's no burning and no hauling, and the mulch helps hold soil on slopes above the lake. It's one of the best ways to reclaim overgrown pasture or open up a view of Watts Bar Lake or Chickamauga Lake. Acreage, density and slope all move the price, and a thin stand of cedar on flat valley ground costs less to mulch than a dense, sloped acre above Chickamauga Lake, so we come out and walk your land for free before putting a number on it.
Yes, new septic system installation is one of our core services. Meigs County is not a contract county, so septic permits are issued by the state through TDEC's Chattanooga Environmental Field Office, and applications can be filed online. The state reviews the site and soils and approves a layout. Once the permit is in hand, we excavate, set the tank, install the drain field and grade the area back.
It depends on how much ground you disturb and where. Clearing an acre or more needs the state's TDEC construction stormwater coverage before work starts. Building on or altering the shoreline of a TVA lake like Chickamauga Lake or Watts Bar Lake can require a TVA Section 26a permit. Smaller inland clearing jobs often need neither, and we'll talk through what your property needs during the estimate.
We do. We cover all of Meigs County, including Decatur, Ten Mile, the Meigs side of Georgetown, Big Spring, Euchee and the farm country in between. Our shop in Birchwood sits right on the county line, so the south end is especially quick for us to reach. Lake communities up toward Watts Bar Dam are a longer drive, but they're still in our regular service area.
Often, yes, but it takes planning. Bottomland along the Hiwassee River and creeks like Ten Mile Creek can hold water, so we look at drainage, fill and where the septic field can go before we grade anything. Sometimes the best answer is to move the house pad to higher ground on the same tract. We'll walk it with you and lay out the options during the free estimate.
Late fall and winter work well for clearing. The leaves are down and the undergrowth dies back, so we can see the ground, and your site is ready to build in spring. We watch the weather closely, since clay and bottomland get soft after heavy rain, and we schedule grading for drier stretches. Booking in the off-season usually gets you a faster start date.
