Forestry Mulching and Land Clearing in Mims, FL: Lot, Brush and Palmetto Clearing
Mims is acreage country: flatwoods and cabbage palm on the west side, Florida scrub-jay scrub along the US 1 ridge, Brazilian pepper in every ditch between. No city hall, so Brevard County writes the rules. A gopher tortoise has more paperwork than I do, and the jays have more than the tortoise. Our crews clear around both. Mims, FL and the surrounding area is about 100 miles from our Ocala yard by SR 40 and I-95, so transport is a line on the ticket. Call (352) 619-3597 or send the form. Brandi texts you a scheduling window within the hour.
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Forestry Mulching and Brush Clearing Near Mims
Forestry mulching is a land clearing method that uses specialized equipment to grind trees, brush and vegetation into mulch, and on a Mims parcel it keeps you out of two kinds of trouble. No burn pile, so no Florida Forest Service authorization to chase. No bare sand, so the pad stays put in June. The skid steer takes slash pine, scrub oak and palmetto to 8 inches. Cabbage palm gets cut and stacked, because the trunk fibers wrap a drum. Areas with dense palmetto take a second pass to shred the crowns; a root mat shaved flat is back by fall, and lots overgrow fast here. Selective clearing keeps the live oaks and pines on a homesite with everything under them mulched in place. It is the quickest way to clear overgrown land near Mims without a dozer track on the scrub.
Land Clearing Services in Mims, FL
Pellegrino Land Works provides land clearing on residential and commercial properties from the river to the St. Johns marsh. A land clearing company serving Brevard County since 2012 keeps the list short:
- Residential land clearing and lot clearing on acreage homesites and platted lots toward Titusville.
- Commercial land clearing services on commercial sites along US 1, where commercial development comes in small pieces.
- Brush clearing and brush removal on old pasture and grove; we remove brush and treat the pepper stumps the same hour.
- Tree removal and stump grinding where a slab or a barn goes; we grind six inches below grade.
- Site clearing, rough grading, site prep and site preparation for the builder. Storm cleanup by the load.
- Property clearing, landscape clearing and land improvement on acreage.
Concrete, wells, septic, excavation for footers and house demolition are not ours; I know people who do them. Professional clearing of commercial properties in Mims runs on the homesite sheet, and commercial clearing gets the 300-hp mulcher when the stems call for it.
Lot Clearing for New Homes in Mims and Titusville
Mims is a census-designated place and issues no permits of its own, so the county's unincorporated count is the proxy: 874 single-family permits in 2025 by the Census Building Permits Survey, out of 3,376 for all of Brevard. A half-acre lot is one skid steer day, $2,600. A quarter-acre infill lot off US 1 is $1,800 flat. Acreage homesites run by the acre. West of the ridge the ground is flatwoods soil with a hardpan a foot or two down, and it holds water June to September. We mulch first, the builder brings fill, and the fill drains to the swale. Fill is the drainage trigger, not clearing. On our jobs the full site is clean for the surveyor the next morning. Property owners hold the written scope before the trailer leaves Ocala; Sunshine 811 paints the gas pipeline before any site work.
How Much Does Land Clearing Cost in Mims?
Land clearing costs in the Mims area come down to which side of US 1 you are on. Scrub on the ridge runs $1,200 to 1,800 an acre to mulch. Palmetto and pine flatwoods run $1,500 to 2,500 an acre by density. Full clearing to dirt with every stump out is $3,000 to 5,500 an acre, and Brazilian pepper or melaleuca adds $500 an acre for cut-stump treatment. The skid steer forestry mulcher is $2,600 a day plus transport from Ocala; the dedicated 300-hp mulcher is $4,000 a day plus transport. Stump grinding is $4.50 per inch of diameter, $150 minimum per stump. Bush hogging is $65 to 95 an acre, $450 minimum. Haul-off runs $700 to 1,300 per 10-yard load. Large acreage clearing gets a per-acre figure after I see it, because it depends on the size of the stems and how wet the floor is. Wet season adds a day on wet flatwoods; a gopher tortoise survey, $400 to 900, comes before any price on the ridge. Every project gets the same written breakdown, and land clearing projects price the same for a builder and a retiree. Call (352) 619-3597 or send the form. Brandi texts you a window within the hour.
Permits, Scrub-Jays and Gopher Tortoises Before We Clear Land
Brevard County requires its Land Clearing permit before any clearing on 1 acre or more, and in Mims that is most parcels. The US 1 ridge is a Florida scrub-jay zone under the county habitat conservation plan. Scrub lots need an FWS consultation before a machine starts, and a jay sighting mid-job stops the work until the paper clears, so the map check comes before the quote. Gopher tortoise applies on every dry lot: survey within 90 days, no work within 25 feet of a burrow without an FWC relocation permit. Bald eagle nests along the St. Johns marsh carry a 660-foot buffer. The district is SJRWMD. Clearing is not an ERP trigger; filling a wet pocket or rerouting drainage is. The site visit comes first: I walk the property on-site, flag the burrows, the jay scrub and the wet line, and we leave the site the way the permit reads.
Land Clearing Service in Mims and North Brevard
Our land clearing services across the Space Coast north of the Beachline cover Mims, Titusville, Scottsmoor, Port St. John and Oak Hill over the Volusia line. Scottsmoor is acreage like Mims. Oak Hill is hammock and marsh edge. We run land clearing services throughout the Melbourne area on stacked trips to split the transport. The Orlando metro is 45 miles west on SR 46, which puts north Brevard on the east edge of Central Florida. Need a land clearing service in Mims this month? Land clearing Mims parcels usually starts inside three weeks in the dry season. Send the form.
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A free on-site estimate, a written per-acre price and a date. I explain the land clearing process on your parcel, jay scrub or flatwoods, and our crews make your property ready for the builder or the fence. Call (352) 619-3597 or send the form. Brandi texts you a scheduling window within the hour. Land clearing FAQs are below.
Mims Land Clearing FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to clear an acre in Mims?
Ridge scrub mulches for $1,200 to 1,800 an acre and palmetto flatwoods for $1,500 to 2,500, depending on site conditions. Full clearing to dirt with stumps is $3,000 to 5,500. Transport from Ocala is a separate line, split across the parcels we stack on one trip.
What is the scrub-jay rule in Mims?
Scrub along the US 1 ridge is mapped Florida scrub-jay habitat, and FWS consultation is needed before clearing it. The county habitat conservation plan covers some parcels; others go to FWS directly. We check the map before quoting.
Do you handle the gopher tortoise survey?
We arrange it with a licensed agent, $400 to 900, within 90 days of clearing. FWC issues the relocation permit before we touch anything within 25 feet of a burrow. On 5 acres in Golden Gate Estates we flagged three burrows and mulched around them in 2 days for $5,200.
Can you clear in the wet season?
Yes. Ridge scrub drains and costs nothing extra in summer. Flatwoods west of US 1 hold water June to September and add one day, because the mulcher floats on the root mat where a dozer sinks. Dry season, November to May, is when a Mims parcel clears cheapest.
How do I get a quote?
Call (352) 619-3597 or send the form, and Brandi texts you a scheduling window within an hour. I walk the parcel, and you get a written price on the spot. Dry-season starts here usually run three weeks out.
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