Lot clearing and brush mowing in Fallon, NV

Fallon is the lowest and one of the driest towns we serve, at about 3,965 feet. The city itself is compact, about 3.7 square miles holding about 4,600 housing units, and the farmland and desert of Churchill County begin at its edge.

At a glance

• Vacant lots, rentals and commercial parcels in town
• Acreage clearing in the county around the city
• 4.77 inches of precipitation a year at the Fallon station
• Planned trips, about 75 minutes from our yard

What does lot clearing look like inside the city?

Small and tidy. City lots are measured in fractions of an acre, so the job is a vacant parcel between houses, a back yard that got away from a tenant, or the unpaved strip behind a business. The crew cuts weeds, brush and volunteer trees, chips what will chip and hauls the rest.

About half of Fallon's homes are owner-occupied and about half are rented (ACS 2020-2024). Landlords and property managers can book a clean-up between tenants or ahead of a sale; see tree service for HOAs and property managers.

And outside the city limits?

Bigger ground and a different fire picture. Inside Fallon, the USDA Forest Service places 96.4% of buildings in its minimal exposure zone and ranks risk to homes at about the 31st percentile nationally, the lowest of any town we serve. For Churchill County as a whole, 40.9% of buildings are in the direct exposure zone and the county ranks at about the 74th percentile.

In plain terms, a house in town is surrounded by streets and irrigated yards, and a house on county acreage may have brush running up to it. For the second kind, mowing a 100-foot circle around the buildings and a strip along the driveway is the useful work.

What grows on 5 inches of rain?

Not much without help. The Fallon Experiment Station averages 4.77 inches of precipitation a year (NOAA 1991-2020 normals). Growth on a lot follows whatever extra water it gets: a ditch, a leaking line, lawn runoff from next door. Those wet edges are where weeds grow tall and volunteer trees take hold, and they are usually where the clearing is.

Dry-ground weeds such as tumbleweed need no help at all and are mowed or gathered and hauled.

Clearing for building or fencing

For a new home site, a shop or a fence line, we remove the brush and any trees in the way, take out stumps where the plan needs it and truck off the debris. Ask the City of Fallon or Churchill County, whichever governs the parcel, about grading and building permits; those belong to the owner. Along a canal or drain, the district that runs it decides what may be cut.

Booking from a distance

Fallon is about 75 minutes from our yard without traffic. We schedule it as a planned trip and do the whole list in one visit. Send the office the address, a few photos and what you want gone, and the estimate is free.