Mono Way, the east side of Sonora
Our brush clearing in East Sonora cuts brush back along driveways and roads, clears the hillsides behind homes, and comes with one written price before we start. East Sonora sits outside Sonora's city limits, so the county's rules apply here, not the city's.
East Sonora is oak country: gray pine and blue, valley and live oaks over grass, with chamise, deer brush and manzanita on the south-facing slopes, as Tuolumne County's 2024 wildfire plan describes the foothills below about 3,000 feet. CAL FIRE's local unit lists East Sonora, Phoenix Lake and Mono Vista as Communities at Risk, and Crystal Falls is pending that designation.
The rule on top of state law here is the county's Chapter 8.14 (2022). Along a driveway or road it asks for 15 feet of clear space overhead and a 10-foot strip of reduced fuel out from the road edge, so the limbs come off over the drive and the grass and brush beside it get cut down. CAL FIRE's Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit inspects the state's 100 feet; Tuolumne County Fire Prevention, (209) 533-5118, enforces 8.14. The town center is mapped High fire hazard on the 2024 state map, and zones change parcel by parcel, so check your address. High is one of the two zones where selling a house needs AB 38 defensible space paperwork, explained on our Sonora defensible space rules page.
The brush does not have to go far. The county places the Cal Sierra Transfer Station in East Sonora, on Industrial Drive, and green waste goes to the Earth Resource Facility on Camage Avenue off Tuolumne Road, open Tuesday to Saturday. We haul it there with the dump fees in the price, or chip it on site.
Our own photos from a July chipper day on a driveway west of Sonora. Tap one to see it larger.
Low limbs and brush under a row of oaks beside the drive, cut back so the trunks stand clear and the ground underneath is open.
West of Sonora, July 2026
From a customer in East Sonora
They cleared around my trees, took care of a couple hillsides, and did the full perimeter. Got it all done at a reasonable price.
A 5-star Google review of our crew, quoted word for word and shortened.
Driveway clearance, the 100 feet and an empty lot next door can all go on one written price.
Also called brush removal or clearing overgrown brush
Brush and limbs cut back from driveways and roads to the county's 15 feet overhead and 10 feet out from the road edge, and the hillsides behind the house cleared.
The 100-foot fire clearance CAL FIRE inspects
The full 100 feet around the house, which CAL FIRE's Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit inspects here, with before and after photos you can send your insurer.
Vacant lots, acreage, fence lines and fire breaks
Vacant lots that come within 100 feet of a neighbor's building, which county Chapter 8.14 asks owners to keep cleared.
Sonora, Columbia and Jamestown are back west of East Sonora, Soulsbyville and Tuolumne lie east toward Tuolumne Road, and Twain Harte and Mi-Wuk Village are up Highway 108.
Every town we serve in Tuolumne and Calaveras countiesPut the road you live on in the form, and the date on any CAL FIRE or county notice, and we will plan the visit around it.
Call (209) 243-5574Yes, and to Mono Vista, Crystal Falls and Phoenix Lake beyond it. The same crew works there as in Sonora, with the same free estimate and one written price before work starts.
No. East Sonora is outside city limits, so the county's Chapter 8.14 applies on top of state law. It asks for 15 feet of clearance over driveways and roads, a 10-foot reduced fuel strip from the road edge, and clearing on vacant lots near a neighbor's building.
CAL FIRE's Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit inspects for the state's 100-foot rule, and Tuolumne County Fire Prevention, (209) 533-5118, enforces the county's Chapter 8.14. If you have a notice from either, send us its date with your estimate request.
We haul it to the county's green waste site on Camage Avenue, off Tuolumne Road, with the dump fees in your price, or chip it on site. Stacking it for a permitted burn is a third choice when burning is allowed.
Tell us where the property is and what needs clearing. We call you back the same day, usually within the hour, and set a time to walk it with you, in person or on the phone if you are out of the area.
