Land Clearing
We clear house lots and acreage start to finish, with trees and stumps out roots and all. The ground is left level, with the debris hauled off or mulched in place.
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Cocoa is the mainland city on the Indian River, and Cocoa Beach is a separate city. Historic Cocoa Village sits by the river, and much of the land farther west is flatwoods sand that drains slowly. Slash pine and saw palmetto are the native cover, and an untouched lot fills in with brush. Before a house or a barn goes up, land clearing in Cocoa means getting that growth and its roots out.
BW Clearing is based in Melbourne, about 21 road miles south by US 1. Cocoa is part of our service area, along with Port St. John and Canaveral Groves nearby. Our land clearing across Brevard County takes out trees, palmettos, brush and roots, and leaves the lot ready to build. Call or text (904) 719-0443, and we will look at the land and put a free quote in writing.
Tell us about the lot or acreage, the work you need and where it is. We look at the job and put a free quote in writing.
The federal soil survey maps Myakka sand, Florida's state soil, on a bit over a fifth of Cocoa's land. That is more than any other soil in the city. Myakka is poorly drained, and the survey puts its water table about a foot down from June through November. All told, about two thirds of the city's land is mapped as poorly or very poorly drained.
Near the river, much of the older town sits on Paola sand, a dry ridge soil that drains fast. Farther west, the flatwoods take over, with low spots of muck soil. In its natural state, muck holds water at or near the surface except in long dry spells. The river side drains to the Indian River Lagoon, and the west side toward the St. Johns River.
Wet ground goes into the plan before a machine runs. Tracks sink into soft sand, and a low spot may be wetland with rules of its own. Both sides fall under the St. Johns River Water Management District. Site preparation settles what stays and what goes before the clearing starts.
Inside the city limits, Cocoa's code calls for a permit before land is cleared or a tree comes down. Those rules cover vacant and undeveloped land, and they list exemptions, single-family and duplex lots among them. The Building Division also lists land clearing among its residential permits, so ask before counting on an exemption. The code says bush hogging or mulching the understory is land clearing, and it sets that apart from routine mowing.
A tree, in the code, is 6 inches or more across, measured 4 and a half feet above the ground. Dead trees are exempt from the tree removal permit. So are Brazilian pepper, melaleuca, Australian pine and poisonwood, which the code lists as exempt species. Most other trees on a covered lot need the permit, and the permit comes with replacement trees.
The city's Planning and Zoning Division takes the tree removal and land clearing application. A clearing request names the site plan or other development order behind it. It also needs a survey or a scaled drawing showing the limits of clearing and the square footage. Where these rules apply, land left bare more than 60 days has to be seeded or mulched.
Cocoa is an older city, with a median home build year of 1975 in Census figures. About four in ten of its homes date from the 1950s and 1960s. On an older lot, the job may be one dead tree or a back corner gone to brush. Our clearing work in Cocoa uses the tree puller, so the stump comes out with its roots.
Newer homes are part of the mix too: about 15 percent were built in 2010 or later. In the northwest, the Cocoa Conservation Area holds about 380 acres of natural land. Its trails were opened by a past wildfire. Brush piles left on a cleared lot add fuel, so we haul debris away or mulch it in place.
West of the city, the land opens up. West Canaveral Groves, a Census place out that way, counted 272 people on almost 4 square miles in 2020. On acreage, bush hogging cuts overgrown ground back down. Forestry mulching clears the brush under the pines you want to keep.
Communities and areas we serve around Cocoa: Cocoa Village, Diamond Square, Cocoa Bay, Cocoa Conservation Area, Cocoa West, Canaveral Groves, Sharpes, Port St. John, Fiske Boulevard, King Street (SR 520), Michigan Avenue, Riveredge Boulevard.
Cocoa ZIP codes served: 32922, 32926.
Cocoa is part of our service area. We look at the land first, then put a free quote in writing.
(904) 719-0443 We clear house lots and acreage start to finish, with trees and stumps out roots and all. The ground is left level, with the debris hauled off or mulched in place.
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The disc mulcher on our skid steer grinds palmetto and small trees into mulch where they stand. The wood stays on the lot, and the ground stays covered.
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We cut overgrown lots and pasture down with a hydraulic three-blade brush mower on our skid steer. It cuts dense brush and small trees up to about 5 inches.
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New dirt and gravel driveways and access roads for rural lots and job sites. We grade the base, then lay and press the material the way you ask.
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We level lots and dig ponds, and the dirt goes where your plan needs it. All of our excavating stays above ground.
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We cut down the high spots and spread that dirt into the low ones. Lots, pads and pasture end up level and graded so rain runs off.
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We dig earth ponds on lots and acreage with a rented excavator. The dirt can raise a house pad or fill low ground on the same lot.
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We haul off the trees, limbs, root balls and rock that land clearing leaves behind. Storm debris after a hurricane is part of the work too.
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We clear Brazilian pepper thickets and other invasive trees from lot edges and fence lines. The tree puller lifts the trunks out roots and all, so far less is left to resprout.
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We plan the clearing with you before any machine runs. Then we get your raw lot ready for a new house or barn.
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Pole barn shops, garages, barns and barndominium shells, with insulated options and fencing. We clear the land and level the pad before the first post goes in.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Cocoa. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Send us the location and what you want cleared, and we will reach out to set a time. You can also call or text (904) 719-0443.
Tell us about the lot or acreage, the work you need and where it is. We look at the job and put a free quote in writing.