Fill Dirt in Alamo Ranch, TX

Delivered fill-dirt prices in the Alamo Ranch / San Antonio area vary with supplier, moisture content, screening, and haul distance. Typical ranges you can expect are roughly $15 to $35 per ton for common clean fill, but prices can be higher for screened or engineered fill; get an exact quote at checkout for your zip code.

Total cost depends on how many tons you order and how far the truck travels. For small orders (minimum 3 tons) expect a few hundred dollars total; a full tri-axle load for larger jobs can run several hundred to over a thousand dollars—contact us for a precise material + delivery quote for your property.

If your driveway is 200 ft long and about 12 ft wide, 1 inch of fill requires about 6.6 cubic yards; 4 inches (a common leveling depth) is roughly 26.7 cubic yards. Using a conservative conversion of 1.25 tons per cubic yard, that equals about 33 to 35 tons for 4 inches; adjust up for deeper fills or compaction loss and order a bit extra to allow for settling.

Gravel is not a direct substitute for fill dirt when the goal is raising natural grade or establishing topsoil for planting—fill dirt (clean, free of organics) is the right choice for building up ground. For driveways you should use a compactable base (crushed stone or crusher run) on top of or instead of fill dirt; gravel as a final surface has different drainage and compaction behavior than engineered base material.

Hello Gravel partners with local suppliers who commonly deliver to Alamo Ranch; most suppliers have a minimum order of 3 tons. Standard delivery lead time is 2+ business days, with a next-day option for orders placed before noon CST for an extra fee; delivery fees vary by supplier and location and are shown during checkout.

A standard full-size pickup bed holds roughly 0.5 to 1.0 cubic yard, which can equal about 0.6 to 1.3 tons of fill dirt depending on moisture and soil type. However, payload limits vary by truck and overloading a pickup is a safety and legal concern—if you need a ton or more we recommend arranging a professional truck delivery.

A 7x14 dump trailer with 2-foot sides holds about 7 to 8 cubic yards (roughly 8.5 to 10 tons of fill dirt using 1.2–1.3 tons/yd3). With lower sides it may be 5 to 6 cubic yards, so when renting or ordering plan using the trailer's stated cubic-yard capacity and add 5-10% for compaction and spillage.

For reliable compaction in Alamo Ranch, choose clean fill or engineered fill that is free of organic matter and has a mix of fines and sand or clay for interlock. Local caliche-bearing and clayey fill often compacts well; avoid topsoil or loamy mixes for structural fills and ask suppliers for compactable, tested fill if you need a load-bearing base.

A 50 lb bag of soil is roughly 0.5 cubic foot, so spread 1 inch deep it covers about 6 square feet and 2 inches about 3 square feet. Bags are fine for small holes or touch-ups, but for anything larger than a few square feet or for raising grade you should order bulk by the ton or cubic yard—it's much more economical and faster to place.

'Poor man's concrete' usually means mixing gravel or fill with a small amount of cement or compacting fill with fines to make a harder patch material. It can work for quick, temporary, low-load repairs, but it is not a substitute for properly designed concrete or engineered base for driveways and pads; for lasting repairs in the Alamo Ranch climate, use standard concrete or an engineered stabilized base.