Tyler, TX land clearing for pine and post oak country
The Tyler area of East Texas is now part of 9 Arrow Land Service's service area. We bring forestry mulchers to Tyler and Smith County land to grind pine, post oak, yaupon and brush in place, with no burn piles and nothing to haul.
- Tyler area now in our service area
- Working next door in Henderson County
- No burn piles during Smith County bans
- GPS survey line and ROW clearing
Does 9 Arrow do land clearing in Tyler, TX?
Yes. Tyler and Smith County are part of 9 Arrow Land Service's East Texas service area, and we're working next door in Henderson County now. Forestry mulching grinds pine, hardwood brush and yaupon where they stand, with no burn piles and no hauling. Our home base is Spring Branch, so every Tyler job starts with a discovery call.
Smith County ground around Tyler
Tyler is the Smith County seat, about 99 miles southeast of Dallas. US 69 and US 271 meet there, Loop 323 circles the city, and I-20 crosses the north end of the county. The Sabine River runs along the northern county line, and the Neches forms part of the western line, across from Henderson County.
Smith County sits where the Post Oak Savannah meets the Piney Woods. The Handbook of Texas puts about two-thirds of it in post oak, blackjack oak and tall grass and one-third in heavy pine and hardwood forest, on sandy loams and loam over clay. Rain averages about 44 inches a year, against about 33 in Comal County, where we're based.
Lake Tyler and Lake Tyler East, the city's water supply, lie about 12 miles southeast of town. Lake Palestine runs along the southwest county line.
Know the ground
32.35° N, 95.30° W · Smith County
Tyler and Smith County at a glance
Tyler is part of our East Texas service area. Smith County sits just across the Neches from Henderson County, where we're working now.
- County
- Smith County seat, about 99 miles southeast of Dallas; about 921 square miles of land between the Sabine and the Neches
- Ground
- Post Oak Savannah meeting the Piney Woods at 300 to 600 feet; sandy loams and loam over clay; about 44 inches of rain a year
- What grows
- Post oak, blackjack oak and tall grass on about two-thirds of the county, pine and hardwood forest on the rest, with eastern red cedar and yaupon in the mix
- Water
- Lake Tyler and Lake Tyler East to the southeast, Lake Palestine on the southwest line, the Sabine along the north
- Burn bans
- Smith County's 2026 ban took effect August 18 for a 90-day term
- Growth
- Tyler from 96,900 people in 2010 to 105,995 in 2020; Smith County from 209,714 to 233,479, and an estimated 252,549 in 2025
Homesites, pasture and timber around Tyler
Tyler keeps growing. Smith County went from 209,714 people in 2010 to 233,479 in 2020, and every new homesite, lot and pad starts with clearing.
Site prep on a Tyler homesite can stay selective. We keep the pines and oaks you want and grind the understory, so the lot shows what it can be. We don't just clear land. We stage property.
Outside town, Smith County is still hay, cattle and timber country. The 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 42,375 acres of hay. Texas A&M Forest Service tallied about 4.9 million cubic feet of industrial timber harvested in the county in 2023, most of it pine. Ranch and pasture clearing takes back fields that brush has claimed.
Yaupon, red cedar and tallow in Smith County
East Texas brush is not Hill Country cedar. Texas Parks and Wildlife says Post Oak Savannah woods that lost their fire filled in with "a thick understory of yaupon." The Native Plant Society of Texas counts eastern red cedar as widespread there too. Texas A&M Forest Service survey maps from 2017 show invasive Chinese tallowtree turning up just south of Tyler.
Forestry mulching grinds all of it where it stands, with no tree size limit, and leaves a fine finish you can drive over. Larger high-horsepower machines clear about 1 to 3 acres a day with reasonable tree coverage.
Yaupon comes back from its roots. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension says mechanical removal will see resprouting that calls for follow-up herbicide treatment, so plan that step with your county extension office.
Survey lines, corridors and pads around Tyler
Tyler became a regional oil and gas center after the East Texas oilfield was discovered in 1930. Right of way clearing for gas pipelines, power line corridors and waterlines typically runs 30 to 120 feet wide, often 90 feet or more, and 9 Arrow is often the first contractor on site.
For property lines, subdivision streets and lot lines, precision survey line clearing loads your licensed surveyor's CAD files onto Trimble receivers on the mulcher, so the machine follows certified survey data in real time. We are not surveyors, and we don't replace yours.
Across the Neches, we're working in Henderson County now. See land clearing in Henderson County and our East Texas land clearing page.
Serving Tyler
Tyler is part of our East Texas service area. Our crew is based in Spring Branch, in the Hill Country, and the machines come to your land. We're working in Henderson County now, with Pittsburg coming up soon and work going in North Texas.
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Questions from Tyler landowners
Is 9 Arrow based in Tyler?
No. 9 Arrow Land Service is based in Spring Branch, in the Texas Hill Country, roughly 250 miles southwest of Tyler in a straight line. The Tyler area is part of our East Texas service area, and we're working in Henderson County now, so our crews and machines come to your Smith County land.
Do I need a permit to clear land near Lake Tyler or Lake Palestine?
It depends on the ground. Section 404 of the Clean Water Act covers the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States, including wetlands, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers handles those permits. Floodplain rules can apply too. If your land has a creek or wet bottom, check with the Corps and your floodplain administrator first.
Can you keep the pines when clearing a Tyler homesite?
Yes. Selective clearing keeps the pines, post oaks and hardwoods you choose and grinds the yaupon and brush around them. The mulch is a fine finish you can drive over, and the root balls stay put to hold the soil. The site visit is the time to point out the trees that stay.
Can I burn brush piles in Smith County?
Not while a burn ban is on. Smith County's 2026 ban took effect August 18 and runs 90 days unless commissioners end it sooner, with exceptions such as enclosed grills and TCEQ-authorized burning. Texas A&M Forest Service posts county ban information daily. Mulching brush in place skips the burn pile entirely.
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Have land in Tyler?
Book a discovery call. We'll talk through the property and your goals, walk it with you, and price the work by the acre or by the day.