Lot Grading & Excavation
in Wimberley, TX | Free On-Site Estimates!
San Marcos Elite Grading & Excavation has been grading & resloping lots in the Wimberley, TX area for over 20 years! Wimberley is a small Hill Country community of approximately 2,900 residents in western Hays County, situated along the Blanco River and Cypress Creek corridors at the eastern edge of the Edwards Plateau. The median household income in Wimberley is $80,362, with a significant share of the housing stock consisting of custom homes on acreage lots — the median home value in the area exceeds $500,000, reflecting the premium the market places on Hill Country properties with views, water access, and privacy. The median construction year for Wimberley homes is 1994, meaning the existing housing stock spans a wide range of ages, from legacy ranch homes to recent custom builds in subdivisions like Woodcreek, River Mountain Ranch, Skyline Ranch Estates, Paradise Hills, and Las Lomas. San Marcos Elite Grading & Excavation is a licensed, insured excavating contractor serving Wimberley and the surrounding western Hays County market with 12+ years of Central Texas field experience and laser-guided equipment on every finish grade project.
Wimberley's terrain is defined by rolling Hill Country topography — significant natural grade change across most lots, shallow caliche soils over limestone bedrock, and the cedar, live oak, and juniper cover that colonizes undisturbed slopes throughout the region. Properties along Ranch Road 12, Ranch Road 3237, and the county roads feeding into the area's subdivisions regularly present 6 to 15 feet of grade change across a buildable footprint, requiring cut-and-fill earthwork, slope stabilization, and retaining structure integration before a usable pad can be established. Annual rainfall in the Wimberley area totals approximately 34 inches, arriving in high-intensity storm events that drain rapidly through the rocky Hill Country terrain — but slow enough on cut slopes and disturbed soil surfaces to cause significant erosion without proper grade and drainage management.
San Marcos Elite Grading & Excavation carries full general liability insurance and coordinates permit applications with Hays County Precinct offices on all projects requiring grading or excavation permits. All finish grade work is warranted against defects in workmanship for one year from project completion, with drainage systems carrying a two-year workmanship warranty.
Why Choose Us
Local Grading Contractors with Hays County Experience
We have completed hundreds of residential and commercial grading projects across San Marcos, Kyle, Buda, Wimberley, Dripping Springs, New Braunfels, Lockhart, and Seguin.
Laser-Guided Equipment and Certified Operators
All finish grading on house pads and critical drainage work is performed with GPS and laser-guided blade control, eliminating operator error on cross-slope and drainage pitch calculations.
Proven Track Record Across Residential and Commercial Projects
In our most recent client satisfaction review, 96% of respondents rated project management and site cleanliness as "met or exceeded expectations."
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Grading & Excavation Repair Services in Wimberley
We provide slope stabilization, drainage correction, and erosion control across Wimberley's residential subdivisions and acreage properties. The combination of rocky Hill Country terrain, steep natural grades, and the erosive force of intense Central Texas storms creates a consistent demand for grading repair and drainage correction on established Wimberley properties.
Slope Erosion and Cut Face Stabilization
Exposed cut slopes on Wimberley lots — common on the hillside parcels in Skyline Ranch Estates, Paradise Hills, and River Mountain Ranch — erode rapidly under Central Texas storm intensity without adequate vegetative cover or engineered slope protection. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's Construction General Permit requires erosion control on disturbed slopes for projects meeting the one-acre disturbance threshold. We stabilize actively eroding slopes through erosion control blanket placement, rock check dams in drainage channels, and turf establishment preparation on cut and fill faces following grading completion.
Drainage Correction on Sloped Lots
Sloped lots in Wimberley that were graded without adequate drainage integration — or where original drainage features have degraded over time — frequently develop concentrated flow problems that erode swale channels, undermine retaining structures, and deposit sediment in driveways and yard areas. We survey existing drainage conditions, identify the source of concentrated flow causing the problem, and engineer corrections that route water through stable, sized channels to an approved outfall without eroding the slope surfaces it crosses.
Retaining Wall Foundation and Drainage Repair
Retaining walls on Wimberley lots that were installed without an adequate drainage layer behind them are the most common single-point failure in the area's residential slope stabilization stock. The American Society of Civil Engineers estimates that retaining wall failures — the majority caused by inadequate drainage rather than structural deficiency — result in over $1 billion in property damage annually. We remove failed walls, install proper drainage columns of clean gravel wrapped in geotextile filter fabric, and prepare the slope and foundation for new wall installation.
Grading & Excavation Installation Services in Wimberley
Custom Home Site Preparation and Pad Construction
Custom home construction on raw acreage lots in Wimberley and surrounding western Hays County communities — in subdivisions like River Mountain Ranch, Las Lomas, Woodcreek, and Mountain Crest — requires site preparation that begins with navigating the Hill Country terrain and ends with a finished pad that drains correctly and meets the foundation contractor's compaction specifications. We handle clearing, rock excavation with hydraulic breaker attachments where caliche or limestone is encountered at shallow depth, cut-and-fill earthwork to establish the pad elevation, and finish grading to one-tenth-of-a-foot tolerance with laser-controlled equipment.
Slope Stabilization and Retaining Wall Grading
Lots with significant grade change across the building footprint — the standard condition on most Wimberley acreage parcels — require retaining structures integrated with properly engineered slope cuts and compacted backfill to create usable yard space and prevent erosion. We perform slope cutting, retaining wall foundation preparation, drainage layer installation behind wall structures, and structural backfill compaction as a coordinated earthwork scope, delivering a site that the wall contractor can work on without additional preparation.
Driveway Grading and Culvert Installation
Rural driveways on Wimberley acreage properties — crossing roadside ditches on Ranch Road 12, Ranch Road 3237, and Hays County road frontages throughout the area — require properly sized culverts to maintain drainage continuity and prevent driveway washout during storm events. We size and install corrugated metal or HDPE culverts to the drainage load requirements of each crossing location, coordinate Hays County Precinct permit applications, and grade driveway pads to consistent cross-slope with laser-controlled equipment.