(501) 547-8816

Land clearing and forestry mulching in South Arkansas

Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service clears pine woods, brush, and overgrown land in all seven South Arkansas counties: Union, Columbia, Ouachita, Calhoun, Dallas, Bradley, and Cleveland.

Call (501) 547-8816 Find your town, A to Z

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Yellow wheeled dozer with a front blade standing on cleared ground among tall pines
Frame 01South Arkansas24/7
Counties
7Union, Columbia, Ouachita, Calhoun, Dallas, Bradley, and Cleveland
Towns we serve here
32From Banks to Warren, 11 with a page of their own
Ecoregions
3Level IV ecoregions, all inside the EPA's South Central Plains
Nearest listing to El Dorado
Hot Springs92 miles in a straight line; travel is on your written quote

Two promises on every South Arkansas job

They hold in all seven counties, from Columbia County east to Bradley County.

  1. 01Every call or text gets a call back the same working day, from the person running your job.
  2. 02Your quote comes with a start week. If the weather moves it, we call you.

South Arkansas towns we serve, A to Z

Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service works in all 32 towns below. Eleven have a page of their own, and those are linked.

  • Bradley County4 towns
  • Calhoun County3 towns
  • Cleveland County3 towns
  • Columbia County5 towns
  • Dallas County4 towns
  • Ouachita County5 towns
  • Union County8 towns
    • Banks, Bradley Co.
    • Bearden, Ouachita Co.
    • Calion, Union Co.
    • Camden, Ouachita Co.
    • Carthage, Dallas Co.
    • Chidester, Ouachita Co.
    • Hampton, Calhoun Co.
    • Harrell, Calhoun Co.
    • Hermitage, Bradley Co.
    • Huttig, Union Co.
    • Ivan, Dallas Co.
    • Jersey, Bradley Co.
    • Junction City, Union Co.
    • Kingsland, Cleveland Co.
    • Louann, Ouachita Co.
    • Magnolia, Columbia Co.
    • McNeil, Columbia Co.
    • Mount Holly, Union Co.
    • New Edinburg, Cleveland Co.
    • Norphlet, Union Co.
    • Rison, Cleveland Co.
    • Taylor, Columbia Co.
    • Thornton, Calhoun Co.
    • Waldo, Columbia Co.
    • Warren, Bradley Co.
Cleared woodland with low stumps and woody debris on the ground, standing trees at the edge
Frame 02Cleared woodsLow stumps

Pine uplands, wet terraces, and river bottom

All 32 towns sit in the South Central Plains, and more than 75 percent of that ecoregion is still wooded. The EPA splits the South Arkansas part of it into three kinds of ground.

Most towns are on rolling pine upland. Nine, from Taylor in Columbia County to Hermitage in Bradley County, sit on flat, wet river terraces. Calion is on the floodplain.

  1. Tertiary Uplands

    South Central Plains, Level IV ecoregion 35a, 22 towns

    From Magnolia and El Dorado north to Fordyce and Rison, the land rolls over loose sand, silt, and gravel. Loblolly and shortleaf pine grow on its loamy, well-drained soils. Pine plantations grown for lumber and pulpwood now stand where oak, hickory, and pine forest once grew.

    Towns hereCamden, Carthage, Chidester, El Dorado, Emerson, Fordyce, Ivan, Junction City, Kingsland, Louann, Magnolia, McNeil, Mount Holly, New Edinburg, Norphlet, Rison, Smackover, Stephens, Strong, Thornton, Waldo, and Warren

  2. Pleistocene Fluvial Terraces

    South Central Plains, Level IV ecoregion 35c, 9 towns

    Around Hampton, Harrell, Hermitage, Huttig, and Sparkman, old river terraces lie nearly level, drain poorly, and are periodically wet. Pine flatwoods of loblolly pine and oak cover them. The lowest terrace is clayey and holds hardwood wetlands; the higher, older terraces are more cut by streams.

    Towns hereBanks, Bearden, Hampton, Harrell, Hermitage, Huttig, Jersey, Sparkman, and Taylor

  3. Floodplains and Low Terraces

    South Central Plains, Level IV ecoregion 35b, 1 town

    Calion sits on young river deposits shaped into natural levees, swales, oxbow lakes, and old meander scars. Large parts of this ground flood often. Forested wetlands are the usual cover, with some pasture between them.

    Towns hereCalion

Sources: U.S. EPA, Level III and IV Ecoregions of Arkansas (Woods and others, 2004), as adapted in the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's Wildlife Action Plan, Section 3. Each town is placed by its center point on the Arkansas GIS Office's ECOREGIONS_EPA_2004 map layer.

What the ground changes on your job

Flatwoods and bottoms

The terraces near Hampton, Hermitage, and Huttig are periodically wet, and large parts of the floodplain at Calion flood often. If the ground is too wet to work without rutting, we tell you and reschedule. Any ruts we make are smoothed before we leave.

Drainage: U.S. EPA, Ecoregions of Arkansas, 2004, in AGFC Wildlife Action Plan, Section 3
Brush after the cut

Oak and blackberry are two of the brush plants the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture gives treatments for. It finds basal bark treatment very effective on oaks with stems 4 inches or less, and says to plan a second blackberry treatment the next year. Before we quote, we tell you what the ground will look like the day we leave and what it will need afterwards to keep the brush from coming back.

Source: University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, Pasture Weed Control in Arkansas (MP522)

Rules that can touch a South Arkansas clearing job

On the first visit we tell you which Arkansas rules may touch your job (burn bans, the 1-acre stormwater permit, septic permits) and who handles each.

  1. Burn bans

    South Arkansas burn bans are set county by county. The county judge declares one for that county alone, so Union County can be under a ban while Dallas County isn't. The Arkansas Department of Agriculture's Forestry Division posts every county's status on its wildfire danger and burn ban map.Source: Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Forestry Division

  2. Stormwater

    Clearing, grading, or excavation that disturbs 1 acre or more falls under Arkansas DEQ's construction stormwater permit, ARR150000. From 1 acre up to 5, coverage is automatic, but the site posts a notice and keeps a stormwater plan. At 5 acres or more, a Notice of Intent is filed before work starts.Source: Arkansas DEQ, construction stormwater permits, ARR150000 renewal effective November 1, 2026

  3. Wetlands

    Forested wetlands are typical of the floodplain at Calion, and the lowest terraces hold hardwood wetlands. Mechanized land clearing in a wetland can need U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approval under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. Arkansas DEQ refers wetland questions to the Corps.Sources: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Section 404; Arkansas DEQ, NPDES questions; AGFC Wildlife Action Plan, Section 3

Clearing and dirt work across South Arkansas

We have the equipment for any land clearing or earth-moving job, from opening a fence line in the pines to grading a pad.

South Arkansas land clearing questions

What landowners from Magnolia to Rison ask before a clearing crew comes out.

Will someone call me back if I leave a message?

Yes. Every call or text gets a call back the same working day, from the person running your job. Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service's Hot Springs line, (501) 547-8816, is our nearest listing to El Dorado, 92 miles away in a straight line.

Do I need a permit to clear land on my property?

Only for some jobs. Clearing that disturbs 1 acre or more falls under Arkansas DEQ's construction stormwater permit, ARR150000, and mechanized clearing in a wetland can need U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approval. On the first visit, Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service tells you which rules may touch your South Arkansas job and who handles each.

Can you forestry mulch in the rain?

Not when the ground is too wet to work without rutting. The EPA's ecoregion study describes the old river terraces around Hampton, Hermitage, and Huttig as nearly level, poorly drained, and periodically wet. Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service tells you and reschedules, and any ruts we make are smoothed before we leave.

Will forestry mulching leave stumps?

It can, so your quote spells it out. A quote from Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service says how the stumps will be left (ground level, below grade, or removed) and about how thick the mulch will be. We check it with you at the walkthrough.

Does cleared land include hauling the brush and logs away?

Only when your quote says so. A written quote from Mark's Arkansas Land Clearing Service says what happens to every bit of cut material: mulched in place, piled, or hauled away. We walk the site with you before we call the job done.

Our nearest listing to El Dorado

The map shows the Hot Springs listing. It's 92 miles from El Dorado and 67 from Camden in a straight line, and the crew drives to your land.

All three lines reach the same crew. A short recording answers first. Press 1 and you're put through.

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Other Arkansas regions we work

Each region page names its towns, A to Z, and the line nearest them.

Northwest Arkansas

Benton, Washington, Madison, and Carroll counties

Arkansas River Valley

Crawford, Sebastian, Franklin, Logan, Johnson, Scott, Pope, and Yell counties

Ozarks and North Central

Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy, Baxter, Stone, Izard, Fulton, Sharp, Van Buren, and Cleburne counties

Northeast Arkansas

Randolph, Lawrence, Clay, Greene, Craighead, Mississippi, and Poinsett counties

White River Valley

Independence, Jackson, White, and Woodruff counties

Arkansas Delta

Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis, Lee, Phillips, Monroe, Prairie, and Arkansas counties

Central Arkansas

Pulaski, Faulkner, Saline, Lonoke, Perry, Conway, and Grant counties

Hot Springs and the Ouachitas

Garland, Montgomery, Hot Spring, Clark, Pike, and Polk counties

Southwest Arkansas

Miller, Hempstead, Little River, Sevier, Howard, Lafayette, and Nevada counties

Southeast Arkansas

Jefferson, Lincoln, Drew, Ashley, Chicot, and Desha counties

Towns we serve, A to Z

Every Arkansas town with its own page, and the line nearest each one

Call about your land in South Arkansas

(501) 547-8816
Call or text the Hot Springs line. You'll hear back the same working day from the person running your job.

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