Highway 108, east of Sonora
Many Twain Harte homes are cabins and second homes, so the owner is often somewhere else when the inspection notice or the insurance letter comes. Our brush clearing in Twain Harte starts with defensible space clearing: the 100 feet around the cabin cleared to CAL FIRE's zones, needles raked away from the walls and out from under the deck, and before and after photos sent to you. One written price before we start.
Twain Harte is in the mixed conifer belt that the county's 2024 wildfire plan puts above about 3,000 feet: ponderosa and sugar pine, incense cedar, white fir and black oak. Cabin lots here are often steep and close together, so most of the work is by hand. We cut out the brush and young trees, lift the limbs, and rake needles back from walls, decks and stairs, where CAL FIRE asks for nothing that burns.
The town center is mapped Very High fire hazard in the State Responsibility Area. Zones change parcel by parcel, so check your address. Twain Harte is unincorporated, so the state's 100 feet, checked by CAL FIRE's Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit, and [[/defensible-space-rules-sonora#county|Tuolumne County's Chapter 8.14]] both apply. The town's own Community Services District, formed in 1996, runs the fire department, water and sewer, and the county's wildfire plan says it assesses vacant properties every year, so an empty lot here needs lot clearing too.
There is no transfer station in Twain Harte, and curbside garbage is Waste Management. Green waste can go to the Plainview site on Highway 108 at the top of the Twain Harte Grade, open Tuesday to Saturday for a fee, or we chip it on site, with the dump fee in your price. The town center sits just above the 3,500-foot line CAL FIRE uses for burning, so in 2026 burning stayed open here until June 15, three weeks longer than below the line.
Our own job photos: the ground under a deck raked clear, brush cut by a creek and the chipper at work.
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
Tell us what the inspector or insurer asked for, and we price all of it on one written quote.
The 100-foot fire clearance CAL FIRE inspects
The 100 feet around the cabin cleared zone by zone, before and after photos of each zone, and the work done while you are away if you like.
Also called brush removal or clearing overgrown brush
Manzanita, young firs and cedars and blackberry cut out of steep cabin lots by hand, then chipped or hauled.
Vacant lots, acreage, fence lines and fire breaks
Vacant lots cleared ahead of the district's yearly check, with grass cut to 4 inches and needles raked down to 3 inches or less.
Twain Harte is on Highway 108 east of Sonora. Mi-Wuk Village is next up the highway, past Sugar Pine, and Soulsbyville and Tuolumne sit below it toward Sonora.
Every town we serve in Tuolumne and Calaveras countiesIf you live away, put the cabin's street and your phone number in the form and we will call to walk the lot with you. Mention any inspection notice and its date.
Call (209) 243-5574Yes. Twain Harte is a regular stop for us on Highway 108, and so is Sugar Pine just up the road. We give a free estimate on site or by phone, then one written price before any work starts.
Yes. Close to half the homes in Twain Harte are seasonal, so this is common. We walk the lot with you by phone, send one written price, do the work, and send before and after photos you can keep for the inspector or your insurer.
Yes. The county's 2024 wildfire protection plan says the Twain Harte Community Services District assesses vacant properties every year. County Chapter 8.14 also asks for a reduced fuel zone on any part of a vacant lot within 100 feet of a neighbor's building. We clear lots to that standard.
We chip on site with the chipper or haul to a green waste site, and the dump fee is in your written price. There is no transfer station in Twain Harte. The closest green waste drop is the Plainview site at the top of the Twain Harte Grade on Highway 108.
In spring, once the snow is gone and before fire season. CAL FIRE says 75 percent of the county's large damaging fires since 1951 burned between mid-June and mid-August, so call early enough that the work is done by June.
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.
