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re: How much to fill in an acre with dirt?
Posted on 2/27/18 at 5:44 pm to Drop4Loss
Posted on 2/27/18 at 5:44 pm to Drop4Loss
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Ha
If its "worth" 100 gs an acre
Why are they selling it to you for $2000 an acre ??
They sold the dirt to the DOT like 25 years ago, now it's basically a pond. 25 years ago the land wasn't worth much, now it's only worth what someone wants to make of it. 10 acres for $30k listed. It's not that out of norm for someone to take 10 acres of swamp and turn it into 2-3 acres of usable land and sell it for a lot more. Happens all the time.
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Posted on 2/27/18 at 5:45 pm to baldona
quote:First time I EVER hear of something ike that.
It's not that out of norm for someone to take 10 acres of swamp and turn it into 2-3 acres of usable land and sell it for a lot more. Happens all the time.
Posted on 2/27/18 at 5:46 pm to tenfoe
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This is seriously the kind of thread I’d expect from a 16 yr old white subdivision girl.
Lol, this is the reply I'd suspect from an hourly or salary middle manager that has no idea how people get wealthy.
I realize full and well it's probably a pipe dream, I just figured if there's anyone to ask how much it would cost to fill in a swamp it would be some Cajuns.
Posted on 2/27/18 at 5:49 pm to baldona
I'm in the Destin area. This land isn't in Destin, but have you looked at lot prices on 30a? .25 acre of Beachfront goes for $2 mil. I'm not bullshitting prices. Doubtful I do anything, but I was just curious what it would cost. I can accept people thinking it's absurd.
Posted on 2/27/18 at 5:55 pm to civiltiger07
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If it is wetlands you have to deal with the Army Corps of Engineers
Step 1...this. If ACE doesn't give you permission the amount of dirt doesn't come into play.
But ballpark ..... ~ footage of an acre is 210' x 210' which = 44100 sq ft.
One yard of dirt will cover ~90-100 sq ft at 3" deep....
Posted on 2/27/18 at 6:43 pm to baldona
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take 10 acres of swamp and turn it into 2-3 acres of usable land and sell it for a lot more
You would need to get the land looked at and if it was previously not wetlands they may not have any restrictions on the land.
Posted on 2/27/18 at 7:16 pm to baldona
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Doubtful I do anything, but I was just curious what it would cost. I
so basically you're just wasting everyone's time.
you should go in halves with the dude from last week asking for the value of a boat he wasn't going to buy
Posted on 2/27/18 at 8:42 pm to LSUEnvy
If it has transitioned into wetlands, it is a wetland.
Posted on 2/27/18 at 9:14 pm to baldona
For fill dirt around Cenla it’s about $400 for 24 yds.
Posted on 2/27/18 at 10:34 pm to Jenar Boy
Time to get a little more creative...
Posted on 2/28/18 at 5:16 am to baldona
Sounds like a perfect crawfish pond. Go that route.
Posted on 2/28/18 at 5:57 am to baldona
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this is the reply I'd suspect from an hourly or salary middle manager that has no idea how people get wealthy.
Or from someone who works in the area of permitting residential, commercial, and industrial developments, advising developers on strategies for mitigating for wetland impacts, calculating fill volumes, and contracting people to do the work. Good luck with your getting wealthy.
Posted on 2/28/18 at 6:02 am to baldona
The units/volume you have to think in is acre-feet.
Posted on 2/28/18 at 6:21 am to baldona
Don't walk, RUN away unless you want to open a land fill. 
Posted on 2/28/18 at 6:25 am to Huey Lewis
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A dump truck holds 10-14 cubic yards. So 115 or more dump trucks can add a foot of dirt to one acre if my math is right. Probably around $100 or a little less per load of dirt. Probably looking at $10,000 or more unless my math is waaaaay off.
Buying fill dirt cost around $6 a yard around here. Like I said, run away. Also, the OP is looking at years for that dirt to settle before being able to build on it.
Posted on 2/28/18 at 7:22 am to Huey Lewis
What you are way off on is the “100.00 or a little less per truck of dirt”
I wish I could get it that cheap in walker/watson
I wish I could get it that cheap in walker/watson
Posted on 2/28/18 at 8:07 am to baldona
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It was regular land someone took the dirt and sold, so now its wetlands basically. It looks 1-2 feet deep of water, there's a bunch of plants and trees in it so I don't think its much deeper than that. Basically looks flooded.
This is what I would build.
Posted on 2/28/18 at 8:38 am to baldona
just to give you a rough idea based on weight, an acre furrow slice which is 6 inches deep, basically topsoil, weighs 2 million pounds. That is a lot of dirt.
Posted on 2/28/18 at 8:53 am to baldona
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$100k or so an acre
I thought Manhattan was pretty full already
Posted on 2/28/18 at 9:16 am to SportTiger1
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quote: $100k or so an acre I thought Manhattan was pretty full already
Lol, some ignorant people in this thread. $100k an acre is $25k for 4 .25 acre lots, this is cheaper then your average suburban lot anywhere in the USA all day everyday. Manhatten is more like $100 million an acre lol.
I called it 'swamp' because it looks like a very shallow pond. It's not considered wetlands at this time. People dig ponds all the time to make a pond or to use the dirt to level or build up other ground. So I don't see the difference in digging a pond from above ground, to make a very shallow pond a little deeper?
I like the location. My thought was to make 1-2 acres usable, sell half and then have 9 acres with a pond for myself.
So I guess my questions is more like are we talking $10,000, $25k, $50k, $100k? Just looking for ballpark.
This post was edited on 2/28/18 at 9:18 am
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