--- title: Brush Mowing and Lot Clearing, North Valleys and Stead url: https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/north-valleys/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/) - [the North Valleys and Stead](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/north-valleys/) - Lot clearing and brush mowing # Lot clearing and brush mowing in the North Valleys and Stead (89506) Brush mowing in the North Valleys and Stead is a seasonal job on two kinds of ground: older lots with room for brush to grow back, and vacant parcels between the newer tracts. Battle Born Tree Service mows and clears both with a brush mower on a Bobcat T870 track loader, and removes trees and stumps where a lot is being readied to build. ZIP 89506 takes in about 91 square miles north of Reno. Its housing comes in two ages: the American Community Survey puts about 30% of homes before 1980 and about 49% in 2000 or later. ## At a glance - ZIP 89506: about 91 square miles, about 17,400 housing units - Stead station: about 11 inches of precipitation a year - Mitchell Canyon Fire (1984, 9,469 acres) mapped about 6 miles away - About 50 minutes from our Carson City yard ## Old lots and new tracts need different work | | Older lots (before 1980) | Newer tracts (2000 and later) | |---|---|---| | Where the fuel is | On the owner's own ground, behind the house | Past the back fence, on land still unbuilt | | Likely work | Mow the back portion, clear fence lines, remove dead trees | Mow the strip the owner controls; clear vacant parcels for the next phase | | Who is responsible | The homeowner | Homeowner, association, builder or land owner | Either way the tool on open ground is the same: [brush mowing](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-services/brush-mowing/) with a tracked machine that rides over soft and rough ground. ## How often does it need doing? The Stead weather station, inside this ZIP, averages about 10.97 inches of precipitation and about 16.7 inches of snowfall a year (NOAA 1991-2020 normals). That is a little more than Reno's airport gets, and it comes mostly in the cool months, so grass and weeds come up each spring and are dry by summer. Mowed sagebrush stays down for years. The annual plants do not, which is why owners of open ground here tend to put mowing on the calendar once a year, after the growth and before it cures. ## Clearing a vacant parcel to build With nearly half of the ZIP's housing built since 2000, lots are still being opened. [Lot clearing](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-services/lot-clearing/) for a home or a shop means the brush rooted out of the pad and driveway, trees removed, stumps ground or dug, and everything loaded into our own dump trucks. Around the future house, leave some of the native cover in place. The University of Nevada, Reno Extension's Living With Fire guide warns that removing all vegetation can lead to more invasive weeds and grasses such as cheatgrass, which is a worse fuel than what was there. ## The fire record north of Reno The National Interagency Fire Center maps the Mitchell Canyon Fire of 1984 at 9,469 acres, centred about 6.1 miles from the middle of the ZIP, the Reservoir Fire of 1999 at 6,163 acres, about 5.8 miles away, and the Verdi Fire of 2006 at 5,662 acres, about 6 miles away. There are 29 perimeter records of 300 acres or more with centres within about 10 miles. The ZIP has no Forest Service rating of its own. Lemmon Valley, which lies inside it, is ranked higher than 99.2% of US communities for wildfire risk to homes. ## Fifty minutes out: how we plan it The North Valleys are about 41.6 miles and about 50 minutes from our Carson City yard without traffic. The loader comes on a trailer, so the estimate is built to finish the parcel in one mobilization where the ground allows. If you have trees to prune or a stump to grind as well, say so when you call and it can be looked at on the same visit. ### Sources - [U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates, ZIP Code Tabulation Area 89506](https://data.census.gov/) (retrieved October 1, 2026) - [NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, Stead station](https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/land-based-station/us-climate-normals) (retrieved October 1, 2026) - [National Interagency Fire Center, fire perimeter history](https://data-nifc.opendata.arcgis.com/) (retrieved October 1, 2026) - [University of Nevada, Reno Extension: Living With Fire, Nevada Defensible Space Guide (SP-23-07)](https://extension.unr.edu/publication.aspx?PubID=5522) (read October 1, 2026) - [USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities (tabular download)](https://wildfirerisk.org/download/) (April 2026 data, read October 1, 2026) - **Drive from our yard:** about 50 min 41.6 miles - **Elevation:** 5,075 ft USGS - **USDA hardiness zone:** 7b 2023 map - **Homes built before 1980:** 30% median year built 1999 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 Inside Reno city limits, development sites fall under the City's tree protection ordinance (Reno Municipal Code Chapter 18.12, Article V), and work in the City right-of-way needs a Tree Work Permit and a Certified Arborist. Parts of ZIP 89506 are unincorporated Washoe County. Check which jurisdiction your parcel is in. ### Start here - [About the service: Lot clearing](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-services/lot-clearing/) - [Tree service in the North Valleys and Stead](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/north-valleys/) ### 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. [Free estimate](#quote) ### Related - [Brush mowing](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-services/brush-mowing/) - [Lot clearing](https://battleborntreeservice.com/tree-services/lot-clearing/) - [North Valleys and Stead (89506)](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/north-valleys/) - [Defensible space and fire mitigation in the North Valleys and Stead](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/north-valleys/defensible-space/) - [Lot clearing for builders and land owners](https://battleborntreeservice.com/who-we-serve/builders-and-land-owners/) - [Lot clearing and brush mowing in Lemmon Valley](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/lemmon-valley/lot-clearing-brush-mowing/) ## Other services in the North Valleys and Stead [Tree removal](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/north-valleys/tree-removal/) [Tree trimming and pruning](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/north-valleys/tree-trimming/) [Stump grinding](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/north-valleys/stump-grinding/) [Emergency tree service](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/north-valleys/emergency-tree-service/) [Defensible space and fire mitigation](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/north-valleys/defensible-space/) [Crane-assisted tree removal](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/north-valleys/crane-tree-removal/) [Certified arborist](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/north-valleys/arborist/) ## Lot clearing and brush mowing in nearby towns [Reno](https://battleborntreeservice.com/service-areas/reno/lot-clearing-brush-mowing/) [Galena and Mt. 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Phones are answered seven days a week. ### When should a North Valleys lot be mowed? Grass and weeds are usually cut after they have grown and before they dry out, late spring into early summer in most years. Woody brush can be mowed in any season. ### Can you mow the vacant lot next to my Stead home? If you own it, yes. If someone else does, the request has to come from that owner. ### Do you clear lots for builders in 89506? Yes. Trees, stumps and brush are removed and hauled. See our page for builders and land owners for how the work is scoped. ### How far away is your yard? About 41.6 miles, or about 50 minutes without traffic, from 6301 US Highway 50 East in Carson City.