Lot clearing, forestry mulching, new septic installs and full site work across the valley, from Graysville and Evensville up to Spring City on Watts Bar Lake and onto the top of Walden's Ridge, with crews running in from Birchwood over the Tri-County Veterans Bridge.
Our Birchwood yard sits just across the lake from the south end of the county, and once we're over the Tri-County Veterans Bridge our land clearing services in Rhea County run straight up US-27. Graysville and Evensville are short trips, and even Spring City is under an hour. We show up when we say we will and come back for follow-up work.
Josiah Sims got his start at 9 years old, running the Cat 977L his father rented to clear the family homesite and finishing the grading himself inside of a few days. He went on to lead crews, weld and fabricate transit buses, build additions and pour concrete. He's still on the machine for site work, and he runs every job on consistent service, diligent timeliness and a finished project within budget.
Soft clay along Roaring Creek, lakefront slopes on Watts Bar Lake and rocky plateau ground near Grandview each call for a different plan. We work out clearing, septic placement and grading together, so your estimate fits the Rhea County ground you actually own.
Our land clearing and forestry mulching crew has its own machines, and new septic installs have their own operator, so one job doesn't hold up the next. We'll walk your property and hand you a straight, free estimate, and financing is available through our quoting platform.
Our complete lineup runs the length of Rhea County, from Graysville at the Hamilton County line to Spring City and the Watts Bar Lake shoreline. A single brushy home site on Walden's Ridge or a whole valley farm off US-27, it's the same crew from first cut to final grade.
Much of the open valley ground between Evensville and Spring City was once farmed and has since filled in with cedar, privet, briars and sapling hardwoods. We clear new home sites, reclaim overgrown fields and cut back fence lines that have turned into tree rows. Brush is mulched on the spot or hauled off, so the surveyor, the soil scientist or your builder can walk straight onto clean ground.
A forestry mulcher chews brush and small trees down to a mulch mat in one pass, with nothing to burn and nothing to truck away. That mat protects the soil on the steep lower slopes of Walden Ridge and on parcels that shed water toward the Piney River embayment or Roaring Creek. Selective thinning is a good fit for wooded lake lots along SR-302, where owners want a water view and a yard but want to keep the big oaks.
Town sewer stops at the edge of Dayton and Spring City, so new houses out in Evensville, up on Walden's Ridge or along the lake roads almost always need their own system. Rhea County isn't a contract county, which means the state handles septic: TDEC's Chattanooga Environmental Field Office evaluates the soil, approves a layout and issues the construction permit. Our septic work here centers on new septic system installation for homes and commercial buildings, plus full replacements of failed systems, each one built to match the approved permit.
Our site package covers clearing, rough grade, concrete footings and slab, backfill, retaining walls and final grade. Plateau lots around Ogden and Grandview can bring shallow rock and slope, while cove lots along Cranmore Cove Road near Graysville often need cut-and-fill and a retaining wall to make room for a house. On valley ground we set the grade so runoff moves away from the foundation, and on jobs of an acre or more we work within TDEC construction stormwater coverage.
Homes set back on acreage off SR-302 or Rhea Springs Road can sit hundreds of feet from the road, and every foot of water line and conduit has to be trenched in. We dig the trench, lay the line from the meter or road to the foundation and backfill it. Trench routes get planned alongside the septic layout so no utility line crosses the drain field.
Sagging farmhouses, leaning barns, old mobile home pads and tired lake cabins turn up all over the county, from the valley farms around Old Washington to the shoreline near Spring City. We tear the structure down, break up and haul the concrete, clean up the debris and grade the spot so it's ready to build on. Demo is often day one of a bigger job where we then clear and prep the rest of the tract.
Whether your land is a grown-over field near Evensville, a lake lot on the Piney River arm by Spring City or a mountain tract up on Walden's Ridge, we'll come out and walk it with you. Estimates are free anywhere in Rhea County and the surrounding area. Send us a few details, and one crew will carry the job from raw ground to a finished final grade.
Rhea County is one long valley pinned between two big edges. On the west, the face of Walden Ridge climbs to the Cumberland Plateau; on the east, the Tennessee River forms the county line with Meigs, backed up into Watts Bar Lake above Watts Bar Dam and Chickamauga Lake below it. Down the middle, US-27 strings together Graysville, Dayton, Evensville and Spring City. Within a single county you get creek bottoms along Roaring Creek, farm fields in the valley, lake lots on the Piney River arm and steep plateau ground up around Ogden and Grandview.
The county has added roughly 2,000 residents since the 2020 census and permitted 198 new homes in 2024 and 151 in 2025. Outside the town centers, those homes go up on acreage: grown-over pasture off US-27 near Evensville, wooded tracts along SR-302 above the lake, and mountain lots reached by Ogden Road and SR-68. Each one needs the ground opened, a pad cut and, nearly always out in the county, a new septic system. Our land clearing services in Rhea County, TN cover that full sequence on one schedule.
Boundless Excavation & Contracting is based in Birchwood, just across Chickamauga Lake from the south end of the county. Highway 60 carries our trucks over the Tri-County Veterans Bridge to US-27, putting Graysville about 17 miles out and Evensville about 23, with Spring City the long run at roughly 33 miles. Most of our clearing, grading and site work has been in Hamilton County and the Chattanooga area, and Rhea County is the next valley up the same highway.
Rhea County ground changes with elevation. The valley floor between Walden Ridge and the Tennessee River is farm country with clay that holds water after a hard rain, and low spots along Roaring Creek in Graysville or the Piney River near Spring City can stay soft into spring. Climb to Ogden or Grandview and you're on the Cumberland Plateau, where soils thin out over rock and slopes get steep. The ridge itself was mined for coal and iron in the 1880s, so old disturbed ground still turns up on some mountain tracts. Every one of those conditions changes where a pad or a drain field can go.
We cross Chickamauga Lake on Highway 60 and pick up US-27, the spine of the county. South takes us to Graysville and Cranmore Cove Road (SR-303); north runs through Evensville to Spring City. SR-302 follows the Watts Bar Lake shore from Old Washington up to Spring City, SR-68 crosses Watts Bar Dam and climbs the ridge through Grandview, and Ogden Road (SR-443) and SR-30 take us up the mountain west of Dayton.
Most of the work out in the county is rural residential: barndominium and farmhouse pads on valley acreage near Evensville, lake lots on the Piney River arm by the Spring City Boat Dock and Rhea Springs ramp, and wooded mountain parcels on Walden's Ridge. Jobs tied to TVA's Watts Bar plants and the manufacturers in Dayton keep families moving into the county, which is why permits for new homes stayed between 130 and 200 a year from 2022 through 2025.
We plan around the rules and the protected land. New septic systems in Rhea County are permitted by TDEC's Chattanooga Environmental Field Office, while Bakewell and Sale Creek just across the line fall under Hamilton County Groundwater Protection. Disturbing an acre or more requires TDEC construction stormwater coverage, and shoreline work on Watts Bar Lake or Chickamauga Lake can need a TVA Section 26a permit. We keep our distance from the boundaries of Laurel-Snow State Natural Area, Piney Falls State Natural Area, Stinging Fork Falls State Natural Area and the Yuchi Refuge at Smith Bend, whose wetlands close to the public from mid-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 reach every corner of Rhea County, from Graysville at the south line to Spring City, Grandview and the Watts Bar Lake shoreline at the north end. We also cover the neighboring Tennessee communities down US-27 in Hamilton County and across the river in Meigs County, all inside our regular range from Birchwood.
Every tract prices differently. Acreage, the density of brush and timber, slope, rock, wet ground and whether debris gets mulched or hauled all play a part. Opening up a flat, cedar-choked field near Evensville is a very different job from clearing a rocky, sloped lot near Grandview. We come out, walk the land with you and give you a free, itemized estimate rather than a guess over the phone.
Forestry mulching is a single machine with a rotating mulching head that grinds brush, vines, cedar and small trees where they stand. Nothing gets burned or hauled, and the mulch left behind slows erosion on hillsides and near creeks. It's a strong choice for old Rhea County pasture and for thinning lake lots above the Piney River embayment. The price comes down to acreage, how thick the growth is and how steep the ground runs, so we look at your land in person, at no cost, before quoting.
We do install new systems; new septic installation is one of our main services. Rhea County doesn't have a local septic program, so permits come from the state through TDEC's Chattanooga Environmental Field Office, which reviews your soils and site plan and approves the layout. Once the permit is issued, we dig, set the tank, lay the drain field and grade the area back. Most of our septic work in the county is on rural lots beyond the town sewer lines in Dayton and Spring City.
Possibly, depending on how much ground you disturb and how close you get to the water. If clearing and grading disturb an acre or more, the state requires TDEC construction stormwater coverage before work starts. Docks, shoreline grading or other changes along a TVA lake like Watts Bar Lake can require a TVA Section 26a permit. A small inland lot often needs neither, and we'll talk through your property during the free estimate.
Yes, we work all of those towns, along with Ogden, Grandview, Old Washington and the countryside between them. Bakewell and Sale Creek are actually in Hamilton County, just south of the line from Graysville, and we serve them too. The line matters for septic: a new system in Graysville is permitted by TDEC, while the same job in Sale Creek goes through Hamilton County Groundwater Protection. We know which office applies before we start.
Yes. Lots up Ogden Road or off SR-68 near Grandview often come with steep grades, shallow rock and long driveways. We clear in a way that keeps erosion in check, cut and fill to make a level pad, and build retaining walls where the slope needs them. Forestry mulching usually works best on these lots because it leaves a protective layer on the soil.
Late fall through winter is prime clearing season in the valley. With the leaves off and the undergrowth down, we can read the lay of the land, and your site is ready to build on when spring comes. Rain is the main thing we plan around, because valley clay near creeks like Roaring Creek turns soft and slick, so grading waits for dry spells. Our calendar also opens up in winter, which usually means an earlier start date for you.
