North Texas

Fill Dirt & Soil Delivery in Dallas-Fort Worth

Soil Depot’s North Texas team sources, brokers, and delivers fill dirt, select fill, topsoil, and sand to job sites across the DFW Metroplex, and hauls off surplus dirt when your site is generating spoils. From Collin County subdivisions to I-35 corridor commercial pads, James Parker’s team handles the material logistics so your grading crew can stay on schedule.

James Parker, Soil Depot Regional Manager for North Texas
James Parker
Regional Manager, North Texas
(469) 528-1013 James@soil-depot.com
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The DFW Soil Landscape

North Texas sits on blackland prairie with some of the highest-PI expansive clay in the state. That means most commercial and residential projects need tested, spec-compliant fill brought in from off-site sources. Finding clean material that meets your geotech requirements is half the battle. Coordinating trucks across a metro that stretches 100 miles wide is the other half.

Soil Depot maintains active relationships with export sites, borrow pits, and material yards across the Metroplex. When a developer in Frisco needs 15,000 CY of select fill and another in Mansfield is exporting 20,000 CY from a grading operation, we connect the two and handle the trucking in between. That is the core of what we do in Dallas-Fort Worth: source the right material, match it to the right site, and run the dispatch.

The DFW market moves fast. Land gets entitled, grading starts within weeks, and if your fill supplier can’t keep up with daily truck caps, your schedule slips. James’s team manages supplier coordination, daily dispatch, and real-time communication with your site superintendent so material shows up when it is supposed to and the load count holds up against the plan.

What Makes DFW Different

The Metroplex’s sprawl creates unique logistics challenges. A haul route that works at 6 AM hits gridlock by 7:30. Source sites that were exporting last month are now finished and closed. New subdivisions in Celina and Princeton are 45 minutes from the nearest material yard. We track active export sites daily and optimize haul routes to keep per-load costs down and delivery cadences reliable across Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Denton, and Rockwall counties.

DFW Quick Facts

  • Primary soil typeBlackland prairie clay
  • PI range (typical)15-45+
  • Key corridorsI-35, US-75, I-30
  • Active countiesCollin, Denton, Rockwall, Tarrant, Dallas
  • Regional managerJames Parker

Materials We Deliver in Dallas-Fort Worth

Every load is sourced to spec and delivered in commercial volumes for contractors, civil crews, and developers across DFW.

Select Fill

Clean, compactable structural fill for building pads, parking lots, and load-bearing grade. Sourced to your geotech PI and gradation spec.

Common Fill

General-purpose fill dirt for bulk volume, elevation changes, and rough grading where structural spec isn’t required.

Fill Dirt

Bulk fill dirt delivered across Dallas and Fort Worth for land leveling, backfill, and filling low or sunken areas on commercial sites.

Topsoil

Screened topsoil delivery for finish grade, landscape areas, and final cover once the structural work is done.

Sand & Base

Cushion sand, concrete sand, and aggregate base for bedding, sub-base, and utility work across the Metroplex.

Road Base & Crushed Concrete

Flex base and recycled crushed concrete for drives, lay-down yards, and stabilized access on active sites.

Dirt Export & Haul-Off in DFW

Generating more spoils than your site can balance? We export surplus dirt out of Dallas-Fort Worth job sites and route it to active fill destinations across the Metroplex. Instead of paying to dump clean material, we help you move it where it is needed, which keeps your haul costs down and your laydown areas clear.

For grading operations exporting common fill or select material, we coordinate the trucks, track the daily counts, and match your spoils to open orders in Collin, Denton, Tarrant, and Rockwall counties. One point of contact for both import and export keeps your earthwork moving in one direction: forward.

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Common DFW Applications

The projects we handle most across the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex:

Commercial pad sitesResidential subdivisionsHighway & road workRetail center gradingWarehouse & distribution padsBackfill for utilitiesLot levelingElevation changesRetaining wall backfillData center site prep

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Areas We Serve Across DFW

We deliver fill dirt and soil, and run haul-off, throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, including:

  • Dallas
  • Fort Worth
  • Plano
  • Frisco
  • McKinney
  • Prosper
  • Celina
  • Princeton
  • Allen
  • Arlington
  • Denton
  • Rockwall
  • Mansfield
  • Forney
  • Little Elm
  • Wylie
  • Melissa
  • Anna
  • Royse City
  • Grand Prairie
  • Mesquite
  • Carrollton

The Science of North Texas Soils

The DFW Metroplex sits on the Texas Blackland Prairie, a band of dark, calcareous clay weathered from Upper Cretaceous mudstone, chalk, and marl (the Eagle Ford, Austin Chalk, and Taylor formations). The dominant soils are smectitic Vertisols: clays built around swelling 2:1 minerals that expand when wet and shrink when dry. Houston Black, the official Texas state soil, is the signature example. This is why most North Texas commercial pads cannot be founded on native grade alone, and why imported select fill and subgrade stabilization are standard practice across the region.

Soil seriesUSDA classificationClay contentEngineering behavior
Houston BlackFine, smectitic, thermic Udic Haplusterts (Vertisol)40-60%High shrink-swell; dry cracks 0.5-4 in wide, open 90-150 days/yr
HeidenFine, smectitic, thermic Udic Haplusterts (Vertisol)40-60%High shrink-swell; weathered from calcareous mudstone
FerrisFine, smectitic, thermic Udorthentic Haplusterts40-60%Sloping, eroded Blackland clay; high shrink-swell
AustinFine-silty, carbonatic, thermic Udorthentic Haplustollssilty clay / chalkCalcareous Mollisol on Austin Chalk; lower shrink-swell than the clays

Classifications and behavior per USDA-NRCS Official Soil Series Descriptions. Confirm parcel-specific properties with the USDA Web Soil Survey.

Why expansive clay forces imported fill

Seasonal moisture swings drive North Texas clays through repeated shrink-swell cycles that heave and crack slabs, pavements, and foundations. The USGS maps the Blackland Prairie among the most expansive-clay-prone regions in the country. The 2021 International Building Code classifies a soil as expansive at a Plasticity Index of 15 or greater, and the standard remedies are the two we coordinate every day: cap the subgrade with imported low-plasticity select fill, and chemically stabilize the native clay (lime treatment is recommended for clays around a PI of 15 and above). North Texas added nearly 178,000 residents between 2023 and 2024, the third-largest numeric gain of any U.S. metro (U.S. Census Bureau), which keeps spec-compliant fill demand climbing across Collin, Denton, Dallas, Tarrant, and Rockwall counties.

Exact Plasticity Index, Liquid Limit, and shrink-swell values are parcel-specific. We work from your project’s geotechnical report and the USDA Web Soil Survey for the actual tract, never generic figures.

How We Spec & Source Material

Commercial fill is only useful if it meets the spec. We source select fill, flexible base, and structural material to the standards your engineer and the jobsite require, and deliver it with the documentation your testing lab needs.

TxDOT Item 132 - Embankment

The benchmark for select/structural fill: Type A material caps Liquid Limit at 45 and Plasticity Index at 15, with field density tied to PI (98%+ of max dry density at PI ≤ 15). TxDOT 2024

TxDOT Item 247 - Flexible Base

Road base and stabilized access: Grade 1-2 caps Plasticity Index at 10 and Liquid Limit at 40, compacted to 100% of max dry density. TxDOT 2024

Compaction & Atterberg testing

Material is verified by Proctor (ASTM D698 / D1557), Atterberg limits / PI (D4318), and USCS classification (D2487).

Expansive-soil & stormwater compliance

Pads are designed around the IBC expansive-soil threshold (PI ≥ 15, 2021 IBC §1803.5.3). Sites disturbing 1+ acre need a SWPPP under the TCEQ Construction General Permit (TXR150000); we time delivery and staging to fit it.

Dallas-Fort Worth Soil Delivery FAQ

Do you deliver fill dirt across all of Dallas-Fort Worth?
Yes. We deliver fill dirt, select fill, common fill, topsoil, sand, and base throughout the DFW Metroplex, including Dallas, Fort Worth, and the fast-growing Collin and Denton County suburbs like Frisco, McKinney, Celina, and Prosper. Tell us your job site location and we will confirm coverage and a haul rate.
Can you haul off excess dirt from a DFW job site?
Yes. Dirt export and haul-off is a core part of what we do in North Texas. If your grading operation is generating surplus, we route clean spoils to active fill destinations across the Metroplex and coordinate the trucking. Start a dirt export request with your volume and material type.
What is the difference between select fill and common fill?
Select fill is a clean, compactable, spec-controlled material used under building pads and load-bearing grade, sourced to your geotech PI and gradation requirements. Common fill is general-purpose fill dirt used for bulk volume, elevation changes, and rough grading where structural performance isn’t required. We supply both across DFW.
How fast can you deliver material in DFW?
Most commercial orders can be quoted the same day and scheduled to match your grading cadence. Because we track active export sites and material yards across the Metroplex daily, we can usually line up trucks quickly once a job site location and daily truck cap are confirmed.
How do I estimate how much fill dirt I need?
Use our soil calculator to estimate cubic yards, tons, and truckloads for your project, then send us the numbers for a firm DFW quote. James’s team can also help size a job from your grading plan.
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