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Guadalupe County river-bottom ground is some of the friendliest pond dirt in South Texas. Most Seguin builds run the published list clean, and our documented Marion stock tank is fifteen minutes up the road.
Seguin sits on the Guadalupe with deep alluvial soils along the river and heavy blackland running north and east. Both hold water well. That makes this one of the easier counties we build in, and it means most quotes here are the chart with nothing added.
Alluvial river soils and Guadalupe County blackland both seal on their own. A basin cut into either usually holds without a liner, without bentonite and without a sealing line item, and dams built from this material compact well over a proper key trench.
That is the cheap version of a pond and we say so. Our documented stock tank at Marion, fifteen minutes north of town, sits on this same ground and holds exactly as it should.
The one thing worth settling early is the floodplain. The Guadalupe and its tributaries carry mapped drainage through this county, and anything that looks like a channel on the county map can bring rules with it.
Placement fifty yards off a regulated line is usually just as good a pond and a great deal less paperwork. We flag it when we quote and tell you what to confirm with the county rather than discovering it later.
A Guadalupe County pond runs in a set order, and on this ground it is usually the simplest version of the job.
Text or call with pictures of the spot and what you have in mind. Because the price list is published, we can give you an honest range on the first call, then put a boot on the ground to firm it up.
Your first number comes over the phone. We have built water on this ground and we know what it does, so photos and a pin usually get you a real range the same day, and here that range is normally just the published list. Once you approve the estimate we come walk it, reading the draw, the catchment, floodplain proximity, access and what clearing comes first.
You get one page with real numbers on it. Excavation, dam construction, spillway, transport, and any flagged contingency, all in plain terms. No allowances that balloon later, no asterisks doing heavy lifting.
Mobilization is usually measured in weeks, not months. The dozer and excavator arrive on a lowboy, we stage at the site, and from that morning the build runs continuously until the pond is done.
The dig itself runs two to five days on most builds. Topsoil is saved for the banks, the core trench goes in first, and the dam is built the slow, right way, in compacted layers rather than one loose push. You will see the pond take shape daily.
We do not leave until you have walked the finished pond with us. The dam, the spillway, the bank grades, the topsoil dressing, all of it inspected against what was promised, and corrected on the spot if it falls short.
Thirty three inches a year on ground that holds what it catches means a well sited Seguin pond fills over a wet stretch and keeps it. We will not name a date, but we size the watershed feeding your basin so it collects real runoff rather than waiting on rain landing in the bowl.
Published, not hidden behind a form. Prices and build times are based on 6 feet of depth at center with a 4:1 bank.
| Pond Size | Starting Price at 6 ft depth, 4:1 bank | Build Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1/4 acre | from $12,300 | 2 to 3 days |
| 1/2 acre | from $19,200 | 3 to 4 days |
| 3/4 acre | from $23,300 | 4 to 5 days |
| 1 acre | from $27,000 | 5 to 6 days |
| 1 1/4 acre | from $30,400 | 6 to 7 days |
| 1 1/2 acre | from $33,800 | 7 to 8 days |
| 1 3/4 acre | from $36,800 | 8 to 9 days |
| 2 acre | from $39,500 | 9 to 10 days |
Prices are based on 6 feet of depth at center with a 4:1 bank. Most Guadalupe County sites run this list clean because the ground seals itself. Floodplain placement near the river is the thing worth checking, and we flag it when we quote.
Size it, tell us what to do with the dirt, then draw the pond right on a photo of your land. Your estimate comes back by email, along with a preview of the finished water.
We would rather explain the number before you sign than after. This is the whole anatomy of a pond quote.
The number includes the pond, whole and finished: design against the watershed, staking, topsoil stripped and banked, core trench, compacted-lift dam, cut spillway, finish-graded slopes, and dressed banks. Getting the iron to your gate and the closing walkthrough are in there too.
On most Guadalupe County sites, nothing: the ground seals itself and the published list is the quote. Floodplain placement near the Guadalupe is the thing worth settling, and clearing rides on the same quote at published day rates.
Real ponds, real day counts, photographed on site.
Full pond, Bastrop
Finish grade on a Belton build
Pond dirt work, BertramFull process, statewide services, and the build standard: our Texas pond construction page.
If you are on Guadalupe County bottomland or blackland, your pond is a straightforward job and the chart is the quote. Anyone selling you a sealing package on this ground should be asked to explain why.
The county splits between cattle ground north and east where a tank runs stock, and river places where the water is the view. Different builds, different bank shapes, different depth logic, and we ask which you want before designing anything.
Mesquite, huisache and elm have taken plenty of Guadalupe County draws. That comes off the basin and dam footprint first, and we do both halves so it is one mobilization and one bill.
This river floods hard and this county remembers it. Every dam is keyed into competent material, compacted in lifts rather than pushed up, and given an emergency spillway sized for the watershed above it.
North and east this is cattle country, and a tank that holds is what lets a pasture run through a South Texas August rather than hauling.
Water pulls people to the far end of a tract. On a Guadalupe County place that turns land you own on paper into land you actually spend time on.
Guadalupe County is growing from both San Antonio and New Braunfels. Surface water keeps a place worth owning as the country changes, and supports a wildlife management valuation where that matters.
On ground this friendly a pond is about as good a return per dollar as dirt work gets in Texas.
When the dirt work is done you can keep the same crew on the finish work. These four add-ons turn a new basin into a finished pond.
Bare banks wash the first time it storms, so we seed and stabilize what we disturb with a mix suited to this ground rather than a generic blend.
Aeration keeps a pond cooler and cleaner through a South Texas August and cuts the algae that turns clear water green by July. Conduit roughed in while the basin is open costs a fraction of trenching later.
Docks and hardened access get planned before the basin closes so footings sit on competent material rather than fill.
Stocking waits until the pond is holding and settled. These are fertile waters, which is good for fish and worth planning around.
I cannot tell you how pleased I am with the work these guys did on my place. I have some very steep slopes and a lot of oaks and cedars. They used great judgement, not turning it into a field, using heavy machinery at a very fair price.
Ivan Allen, Google review
I would highly recommend Pierce Land Clearing. I mentioned to Bobby, our operator, that he was an artist. He took an overgrown piece of land and turned it into a beautiful landscape. He saw my vision and made it happen.
Monica Walker, Google review
We are really happy with the work Pierce Land Clearing did for us! They were quick to respond to our initial inquiry, gave a free estimate on the work we wanted done, and completed the work quickly. All the machine operators were very nice.
Jennifer Burrough, Google review
Learn these six and you can grade any pond quote you are handed, including ours.
The armored low route storm water takes around the dam instead of over it. The difference between a rain event and a rebuild.
Four feet of run for every foot of drop. Gentler banks are safer and easier to mow; steeper banks get more depth from less dirt.
The dry dam height above full pool, the safety margin that keeps a big storm inside the pond.
Every acre of ground that sheds rain toward your pond. It, not the hole, decides how fast you get water.
The water level at the bottom of the spillway, the highest the pond is designed to hold day to day.
Where the dam dirt comes from. On a well designed pond it is the basin itself, so every yard dug does double duty.
We build ponds across Central and South Texas.
A quarter acre pond starts at $12,300, a half acre at $19,200, and a full acre at $27,000, based on six feet of depth at center with a 4:1 bank. Minimum job is $8,000. Most Guadalupe County sites run that list clean.
On river bottom or blackland, almost always yes. This is genuinely good pond ground and it is the main reason a Seguin build is usually cheaper than the same pond in the Hill Country.
Worth settling before anyone digs. Mapped drainage runs through this county and placement just off a regulated line is usually just as good a pond with far less paperwork. We flag it when we quote and tell you what to confirm with the county.
Pricing starts at six feet at center and on this ground we recommend eight, because the digging is easy and deeper water stays cooler, cleaner and there in August.
Yes. Our documented stock tank at Marion is about fifteen minutes north of Seguin on the same kind of ground, and it holds water exactly as it should.
Yes, and on a draw that has gone to mesquite and huisache that is usually the first real work. Same quote, same crew, published day rates.
Regularly, and on this ground the rebuild almost always holds afterwards. We pull the silt, rebuild the dam with a proper key trench and compaction in lifts, and fix whatever was leaking.
Two to three days for a quarter acre and nine to ten for two acres. This ground digs predictably so our day counts here hold up well.
Send photos or a pin on the spot you have in mind and we will come back with a range, usually the same day. On Guadalupe County ground that number is usually the published list with nothing added.