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.
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.
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.
Export Dirt From Your SiteCommon DFW Applications
The projects we handle most across the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex:
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 series | USDA classification | Clay content | Engineering behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Black | Fine, smectitic, thermic Udic Haplusterts (Vertisol) | 40-60% | High shrink-swell; dry cracks 0.5-4 in wide, open 90-150 days/yr |
| Heiden | Fine, smectitic, thermic Udic Haplusterts (Vertisol) | 40-60% | High shrink-swell; weathered from calcareous mudstone |
| Ferris | Fine, smectitic, thermic Udorthentic Haplusterts | 40-60% | Sloping, eroded Blackland clay; high shrink-swell |
| Austin | Fine-silty, carbonatic, thermic Udorthentic Haplustolls | silty clay / chalk | Calcareous 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.
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
References & Authorities
The technical claims on this page are grounded in primary sources:
- USDA-NRCS - Houston Black series (Texas state soil)
- USDA-NRCS - Heiden series
- USDA Web Soil Survey (parcel-level properties)
- USGS - Swelling Clays Map of the Conterminous U.S.
- TxDOT - Item 132 Embankment (2024)
- TxDOT - Item 247 Flexible Base (2024)
- ICC - 2021 IBC, expansive soils (§1803.5.3)
- TCEQ - Construction General Permit (TXR150000)
- U.S. Census Bureau - Metro Area Population Trends
Need dirt in DFW?
Tell us the material type, volume, and job site location. James will have a quote back to you the same day.
Serving Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Denton and the surrounding Metroplex.
Fill Dirt & Select Fill for Sale in Dallas-Fort Worth
We sell and deliver bulk fill dirt, select fill and common fill by the truckload across Dallas-Fort Worth. Whether you are raising grade, backfilling a foundation or building a structural pad, we source material to your spec and deliver it to the job site. Need it priced? Tell us the type, cubic yards and location and we send a same-day quote.
Fill dirt in Dallas-Fort Worth, select fill, and common fill, all delivered by the truckload.
Dirt Hauling & Haul-Off in Dallas-Fort Worth
Soil Depot is a dirt hauler as well as a supplier. We dispatch dump trucks to haul off surplus and excess dirt from Dallas-Fort Worth job sites, coordinate the trucking and handle the haul-away end to end. On a cut-and-fill or pad job we can deliver fill in and haul the spoil out in the same dispatch, which keeps your trucking efficient and your site clear.
Need dirt removal? Start a same-day haul-off quote for Dallas-Fort Worth. Not sure which truck fits your load? See our dump truck sizes and load capacities.
Dirt Export in Dallas-Fort Worth
Exporting dirt from a Dallas-Fort Worth job site? We manage dirt export end to end: the dump trucks, the haul schedule and a destination for the spoil. Instead of paying a landfill, we match export dirt with active import sites across North Texas that want the material. Tell us the yards, the material and the site and we quote the export same-day.
Moving dirt out is half of what we do. See dirt export and haul-off for how the match works.
Where to Dump Dirt & Clean Fill Wanted in Dallas-Fort Worth
If your Dallas-Fort Worth site is exporting, we are the place to dump dirt without paying a landfill. We match clean fill dirt with active import sites that want it and coordinate the dump trucks, which often turns a disposal cost into a low-cost or no-cost haul-off. Have surplus dirt to move?
Bulk Topsoil, Sand & Flex Base Delivery in Dallas-Fort Worth
Beyond fill, we deliver screened bulk topsoil, cushion and concrete sand with aggregate base, and flex base, road base and recycled crushed concrete across North Texas. Bulk material, delivered by the truckload, near your Dallas-Fort Worth job site.
What Fill Dirt & Dirt Hauling Cost in Dallas-Fort Worth
We price material by the cubic yard and by the truckload, and haul-off per load. The delivered cost depends on the material, the volume and the haul distance to your Dallas-Fort Worth site, so the honest answer to "how much" is a fast, specific quote rather than a sticker price. Send the type, yards and location and we turn a quote around the same day.