Land Clearing in Licking County, Ohio

Land Clearing Services Throughout Licking County

Licking County is one of the fastest-growing counties in Ohio, and the land clearing work we see here reflects that. New residential development is pushing into wooded and agricultural parcels across the county — from the Pataskala and New Albany corridor in the west to rural townships out toward Utica and Homer in the north. We clear lots for custom home builders, reclaim pasture land for agricultural use, and handle the invasive species problems that come with decades of neglected woodlots.

The county's terrain is largely flat to gently rolling — the Licking River valley and the glaciated plains that make up most of the western half of the county are good ground for our tracked equipment. We can work efficiently on large acreage without the grade challenges that come up in hillier counties to the east. That said, the eastern townships around Hebron and Buckeye Lake get more topographic relief, and we handle that terrain without issue.

The soil across most of Licking County is clay-heavy — the Cardington and Bennington silt loam series that drain poorly and compact easily under heavy equipment. That's exactly why forestry mulching is a better fit than bulldozing for most jobs here. The tracked mulcher doesn't churn up and displace topsoil the way a dozer does on wet ground. Your soil profile stays intact.

What We See in Licking County

The most common job we do in Licking County is invasive species clearing in woodlots. Bush honeysuckle is everywhere — it's in the fence rows, the woodland understories, the unmaintained corners of agricultural properties. In some of the older woodlots between Newark and Granville, you can walk into the woods and find the entire understory choked with honeysuckle so thick the native wildflowers are gone and the forest floor is bare.

The second most common is lot clearing for new construction. The Pataskala and New Albany areas especially are seeing a lot of development activity. Builders and custom home buyers are clearing wooded lots that have been growing for decades. We work with both builders who need a site ready before their excavator arrives and individual homeowners who bought land and need to understand what's involved in clearing it.

Pasture reclamation is the third category — agricultural land in the rural townships that has been idle for years and is being brought back into production or managed for livestock again. We've done a lot of this work in the townships east and north of Newark where the land use is still predominantly agricultural.

"We cleared a 7-acre woodlot off Cherry Valley Road in Newark a couple of seasons ago. The owner had bought the property to build a home and a small barn. The whole thing was second-growth woodland — young maples, ash, and a solid honeysuckle understory. We had it cleared in two days. He was seeding the disturbed areas before we'd even loaded the machine. That's a good sign — when the owner is already thinking about what comes next."

Cities and Townships We Serve in Licking County

• Newark — county seat, mix of residential infill and rural fringe clearing
• Pataskala — high growth, new construction lot clearing common
• Granville — historic village fringe, wooded residential lots
• Heath — suburban residential and commercial clearing
• Hebron — rural and residential mix, Buckeye Lake area properties
• Johnstown — agricultural fringe, pasture reclamation
• Utica — rural north county, fence line and pasture work
• Buckeye Lake — lakefront and rural properties
• All unincorporated townships — Burlington, Bowling Green, Eden, Fallsbury, Franklin, Granville, Hartford, Harrison, Hopewell, Liberty, Lima, Licking, McKean, Mary Ann, Monroe, Newark, Newton, Perry, Etna, St. Albans, Union, Washington

Frequently Asked Questions — Licking County