--- title: Stump Grinding in Incline Village, NV | Battle Born Tree url: https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/incline-village/stump-grinding/ 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/) - [Incline Village](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/incline-village/) - Stump grinding # Stump grinding in Incline Village, NV Stump grinding in Incline Village usually follows a pine or fir removal, and the two questions to settle are where the grindings go and whether the stump sits in ground the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency reviews. Battle Born Tree Service grinds stumps here from our Carson City yard, about 48 minutes away without traffic, and the estimate is free. Incline Village has about 7,800 housing units and about 4,000 year-round households, so a large share of the homes are used part of the year. A stump is the kind of job that waits in a yard like that. It does not have to. ## At a glance - 61% of Incline Village buildings are in the direct wildfire exposure zone - Grindings are wood mulch: keep them out of the first 5 feet around the house - TRPA reviews work on live vegetation in stream zones and the backshore - Stumps from our removals or ones another crew left behind ## What is different about a stump in Incline Village? Two things. The first is fire. The USDA Forest Service puts 61% of Incline Village's buildings in the direct wildfire exposure zone and rates the risk to homes higher than 97.7% of US communities. A ground stump becomes a pile of wood chips, and wood chips are fuel. The second is the Lake Tahoe Basin itself. Creeks run through the town to the lake, and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) reviews any manipulation of live vegetation in stream environment zones and the backshore. A stump from a tree that is already down is not a live tree, but the ground around it may be regulated. Say where the stump is when you call and we will tell you what to ask the agency. The agency decides. ## Where should the grindings go? University of Nevada, Reno Extension's Living With Fire guide calls the first 5 feet around a house Zone 0, the ember-resistant zone, and says to remove wood mulch and other combustible mulch from it. From 5 to 30 feet, mulch can be used, but not in a continuous, widespread way. So a stump beside the deck is handled differently from one at the back of the lot. Near the house, the grindings are best hauled off or moved. Farther out they can be spread thin. Your estimate spells out which, because the estimate is tailored to the property. ## Do pine and fir stumps grow back? The Sierra conifers that make up most of Incline Village's canopy do not send up new trees from a cut stump the way a cottonwood or an aspen does. That means a conifer stump is mostly a matter of space, looks and footing rather than regrowth. Aspens are another story: they sprout from the roots, and grinding the stump is the first step in slowing that. ## Can you work on a house we are not living in? Yes. Send photos of the stump with your estimate request, and tell us about gate codes, a caretaker or a property manager. We need to know how a machine can reach the stump: the width of the path, any steps, and how steep the ground is. Incline Village's weather station averages a mean temperature of 46 degrees (NOAA 1991-2020 normals), and winter snow cover can hide a stump completely, so photos taken before the snow help. ## What happens before the grinder starts? Buried lines are checked. 811 is the free national before-you-dig service, and utilities mark their lines when a request is made a few business days ahead. Irrigation pipe, low-voltage lighting and heated-driveway wiring are private and are not marked by the utilities, so point those out. More in [call 811 before stump grinding](https://battleborntreeservice.com/guides/call-811-before-stump-grinding/). ### Sources - [Tahoe Regional Planning Agency: Trees and Defensible Space](https://www.trpa.gov/trees-and-defensible-space/) (read October 1, 2026) - [USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities](https://wildfirerisk.org/download/) (April 2026 data) - [University of Nevada, Reno Extension: Living With Fire defensible space guide (SP-23-07)](https://extension.unr.edu/publication.aspx?PubID=5522) (read October 1, 2026) - [Common Ground Alliance: Call 811, how 811 works](https://call811.com/) (read October 1, 2026) - [U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates, Incline Village CDP](https://data.census.gov/) (retrieved October 1, 2026) - [NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, Incline Village station](https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/land-based-station/us-climate-normals) (retrieved October 1, 2026) - **Drive from our yard:** about 48 min 30.7 miles - **Elevation:** 6,437 ft USGS - **USDA hardiness zone:** 6b 2023 map - **Homes built before 1980:** 47% median year built 1981 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. ### Rules here TRPA permit: needed to remove a live tree over 14 inches in diameter at breast height (over 6 inches on lakeshore lots, between the house and the lake). The stump comes after that decision, not before it. Any work on live vegetation in a stream environment zone or the lake's backshore needs Tahoe Regional Planning Agency review. Defensible space tree permits here: North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District. ### Start here - [About the service: Stump grinding and stump removal](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-services/stump-grinding/) - [Tree service in Incline Village](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/incline-village/) ### 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 I need a TRPA permit to grind a stump in Incline Village? The permit rule on TRPA's tree page is about removing live trees over 14 inches in diameter, and about work on live vegetation in stream environment zones and the backshore. If your stump is near a creek or the lake, ask TRPA first. The agency decides. ### Can the wood chips stay on my Incline Village lot? They can, away from the house. Fire guidance for Nevada says no wood mulch in the first 5 feet around a building, and only broken-up patches from 5 to 30 feet. ### Will you grind a stump another company left? Yes. We grind stumps from our own removals and old stumps that were already there. ### How far is Incline Village from your yard? About 31 miles, or about 48 minutes without traffic, from 6301 US Highway 50 East in Carson City. That is a drive estimate, not an arrival time.