--- title: Lot Clearing in Dayton, NV | Pads, Lots & Brush Mowing url: https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/dayton/lot-clearing-brush-mowing/ business: Battle Born Tree Service address: 6301 US Highway 50 East, Carson City, NV 89701 phone: 775.232.8243 hours: Office Monday-Friday 8:30 am-5:00 pm; phones answered seven days a week; 24-hour emergency service credentials: ISA Certified Arborist WE-11728A on staff; Nevada Business License # 20131580674; fully insured type: Tree service (removal, crane work, pruning, stump grinding, defensible space, snow removal, firewood) --- - [Home](https://battleborntreeservice.com/) - [Service areas](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/) - [Dayton](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/dayton/) - Lot clearing and brush mowing # Lot clearing and brush mowing in Dayton, NV Lot clearing in Dayton is often the first step of a build: more than half of the town's homes have gone up since 2000 and parcels are still being developed. Battle Born Tree Service clears pads, driveways and utility runs with its own track loader, backhoe, chipper and dump trucks, about 12 minutes from Dayton. Dayton is the closest town to our yard after Carson City itself, about 7 miles east on US Highway 50. That short haul matters on a clearing job, where trucks make repeated trips with logs and debris. ## At a glance - About 7 miles and 12 minutes from our yard - About 56% of Dayton homes built in 2000 or later - Wildfire risk to homes higher than 98.9% of US communities - Track loader, backhoe, chipper and dump trucks in one fleet ## What does a builder or owner get on a Dayton lot? A lot that is ready for the next trade. The Census Bureau puts Dayton's median home construction year at 2002, with about 56% of homes built in 2000 or later, and the area covers about 35 square miles. There is a lot of ground still in sagebrush. The job follows a set order: - A site walk with you or your builder to mark the pad, the driveway, the septic or sewer line and the utility runs - The arborist flags any tree worth keeping and any that will not survive construction - Brush is mowed or masticated; trees in the footprint are removed - Stumps in the build area are ground or dug out with the backhoe - Logs, brush and old debris are loaded and trucked off Our service is clearing. Grading, dust control and building permits are the owner's or builder's to arrange with Lyon County; [lot clearing before building in Lyon and Douglas counties](https://battleborntreeservice.com/guides/lot-clearing-before-building/) lists the questions to ask. ## Why clear for fire on the same visit? Because Dayton's wildfire numbers are among the highest we work in. The USDA Forest Service ranks risk to homes here higher than 98.9% of US communities and 90% of Nevada communities. About 27% of buildings are in the direct exposure zone and the rest are in the indirect zone; none are rated minimal. A new house needs its defensible space from the first day. Clearing the pad and thinning the 100 feet around it in one visit means the machines move in once instead of twice. ## Vacant lots between the subdivisions Growth leaves gaps: unbuilt parcels beside finished streets. They fill with dry weeds and tumbleweeds, and neighbors notice. A brush mower on a tracked Bobcat knocks a lot like that down quickly, and many owners book it again each year. Owners holding land for later can keep it tidy on a seasonal schedule. [Brush mowing](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-services/brush-mowing/) covers timing. ## Near the Carson River and the ditches The Carson River runs through Dayton, and river-bottom ground grows trees and thick brush that upland lots do not. Where a parcel reaches a river bank or an irrigation ditch, ask Lyon County and the ditch owner what may be disturbed before work is planned. The agency decides. We clear what you are allowed to clear. ## Large fires on the map Ten perimeter records of 300 acres or more since 1980 have a mapped center within about 10 miles of Dayton, among them Linehan in 2006 (5,863 acres), Six Mile 2 in 2006 (1,733 acres) and Industrial in 2007 (428 acres, centered about 3 miles away). ### Sources - [U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates and Gazetteer land area, Dayton CDP](https://data.census.gov/) (retrieved October 1, 2026) - [USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities](https://wildfirerisk.org/download/) (April 2026 data) - [National Interagency Fire Center, fire perimeter history (Linehan 2006, Six Mile 2 2006, Industrial 2007)](https://data-nifc.opendata.arcgis.com/) (retrieved October 1, 2026) - **Drive from our yard:** about 12 min 7.3 miles - **Elevation:** 4,384 ft USGS - **USDA hardiness zone:** 7a 2023 map - **Homes built before 1980:** 10% median year built 2002 Sources: drive time from our yard at 6301 US Highway 50 East, free-flow, OSRM / Census Geocoder; elevation, USGS 3DEP; hardiness zone, USDA 2023 map; housing figures, U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates; wildfire risk, USDA Forest Service Wildfire Risk to Communities (April 2026 data). Retrieved October 1, 2026. ### Start here - [About the service: Lot clearing](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-services/lot-clearing/) - [Tree service in Dayton](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/dayton/) ### Talk to the office [775.232.8243](tel:775.232.8243) | Monday to Friday | 8:30 am - 5:00 pm | |---|---| | Saturday and Sunday | Office closed, phones answered | Phones answered seven days a week. 24-hour emergency service. 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Call [775.232.8243](tel:775.232.8243). Phones are answered seven days a week. ### Do you grade the pad after clearing a Dayton lot? Our service is clearing: trees, stumps, brush and debris. Ask the office about other machine work you need. ### Can you clear several lots for one builder? Yes. Tell us how many parcels and where, and we will look at them together for the estimate. ### Should buried utilities be marked first? Yes. Lines should be marked through 811 before any digging or stump work. ### Can chips be left on the lot? Yes, if you want ground cover away from the building. Say so at the estimate and we will plan for it.