Tuolumne Road, east of Sonora
The Canyon Fire of August 2024 started near Buchanan Road and Canyon Drive in Tuolumne and burned about 80 acres before the Ponderosa-Mira Monte fuel break stopped its forward progress, according to CAL FIRE. A cleared break works the same way on one property. Our brush clearing in Tuolumne leads with lot and land clearing: grass, weeds and brush cut on open ground, and wide breaks cut where a fire would travel. You get one written price first, with dump fees in it.
Tuolumne is foothill country where oak woodland starts turning to pine. The county's 2024 wildfire plan puts oak savanna, gray pine, manzanita and chamise below about 3,000 feet and ponderosa pine, incense cedar and black oak above it, so one Tuolumne lot can carry dry grass, brush and a layer of needles at once. CAL FIRE's unit plan also names Tuolumne among the towns facing more risk from dead trees.
The town center is mapped High fire hazard in the State Responsibility Area. Zones change parcel by parcel, so check your address on the state's fire hazard map. Tuolumne is unincorporated, so California's 100-foot rule, checked by CAL FIRE's Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit, and [[/defensible-space-rules-sonora#county|Tuolumne County's Chapter 8.14]], enforced by the county's Fire Prevention Division, both apply.
Garbage pickup in the Tuolumne area is Burns Refuse, a family business since 1955, and there is no transfer station in town. Brush we haul goes to the county's green waste site on Camage Avenue, off Tuolumne Road, and the dump fee is in your price. Residential burning has been suspended since June 15, 2026. When it reopens, piles stay 4 feet across or smaller and you check the burn line at (209) 533-5598 first.
Our own job photos: the same kind of fence lines, yards and brush we clear on Tuolumne lots.
A tangle of dead branches and brush under the oaks along a fence, cut, hauled and raked so the slope is open again.
West of Sonora, July 2026
From a customer in Tuolumne
Hard workers, did an awesome job removing my trees and cleaned up after they were done. Very courteous and punctual. They did a very good job, I would recommend them to anyone who needs the same job done!
A 5-star Google review of our crew, quoted word for word.
One crew can do all three on the same visit, on one written price.
Vacant lots, acreage, fence lines and fire breaks
On a Tuolumne parcel we start where a fire would come in, at the field edge, the fence line and the drive, and cut before the grass cures in late spring.
Also called brush removal or clearing overgrown brush
Manzanita, blackberry and small trees cut out where they have closed in a drive or a slope, then chipped or hauled to Camage Avenue.
The 100-foot fire clearance CAL FIRE inspects
The 100 feet around the house cleared to CAL FIRE's zones, with before and after photos when the inspector or your insurer asks.
We come out from Sonora on Mono Way through East Sonora, then up Tuolumne Road. Soulsbyville is just north of Tuolumne, and Twain Harte sits above both on Highway 108.
Every town we serve in Tuolumne and Calaveras countiesIn the form, give your road and say whether the break runs along a fence, a drive or around outbuildings. A rough length in feet helps us price it.
Call (209) 243-5574Yes. Tuolumne is one of our regular towns, out Tuolumne Road from our base in Sonora. We give a free estimate on site or by phone, then one written price before any work starts, with dump fees in it.
Yes. Tuolumne is outside Sonora city limits, so Tuolumne County Chapter 8.14 applies on top of the state's 100-foot rule. It asks for 15 feet of clearance over driveways, a 10-foot strip of short fuel along them, and cleared vacant lots within 100 feet of a neighbor's building.
Yes. That is lot clearing. We cut grass and brush down along fence lines and drives, and clear 10 feet to bare soil around wood piles and propane tanks, as the county rule asks. Tell us roughly how many feet of fence and what sits beside it.
Before it dries out. CAL FIRE's unit plan says the lowland grass turns in late spring, and in 2026 it suspended burning below 3,500 feet on May 25. We aim to have grass and fire breaks done by late May, and cut in the morning if it runs later.
We chip it on site with the chipper or haul it to the county green waste site on Camage Avenue, off Tuolumne Road. The dump fee is in your written price. Burning waits until CAL FIRE lifts the residential burn suspension that began June 15, 2026.
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.
