Burnet County is where the Highland Lakes spread across the Hill Country: Lake Buchanan, Inks Lake, Lake LBJ and Lake Marble Falls strung along the Colorado River on the county’s west side. East of US-281 the land rolls toward Bertram and the headwaters of the San Gabriel River in limestone and cedar. To the west, pink granite breaks the surface at Granite Mountain in Marble Falls and around Inks Lake and Longhorn Cavern state parks.
That mix means no two jobs look alike. Lake-lot owners around Granite Shoals and Meadowlakes want the cedar gone and the view opened without losing shade. Ranch owners along SH-29 and FM 243 need pasture and fence lines back. And as Marble Falls grows, raw acreage off FM 1431 and RM 2147 needs homesites and driveways cut through rock.
This is home. Our shop is in Bertram, so the machines don’t spend half a day on a trailer getting to you, and Jordan LaVine can get out to walk your land quickly.
Communities we work in Burnet County
- Burnet
- Bertram
- Marble Falls
- Granite Shoals
- Meadowlakes
- Cottonwood Shores
- Highland Haven
- Spicewood
- Briggs
- Buchanan Dam
Granite on one side, limestone on the other
The ground changes fast near the lakes: granite and sandy, decomposed-granite soil around Inks Lake and Marble Falls, limestone and caliche across the eastern half toward Bertram. Slopes above Lake LBJ and Lake Marble Falls shed rain quickly, so erosion control is part of every lake-area plan, and Hamilton Creek through Burnet can run hard after a storm.
Typical work here is cedar mulching to release oaks on ranchland, selective clearing and view opening on lake lots, homesite and driveway prep through rock around Marble Falls and Spicewood, and pasture and fence line recovery north and east of Burnet. Lake subdivisions mean narrow, winding streets and tight lots, so machine size and staging get planned before we arrive.
Refuge land, lake rules and burn bans
Most of the county is unincorporated, but that doesn’t mean no rules. The Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge reaches into Burnet County, and mature oak-juniper woodland can be protected golden-cheeked warbler habitat. Inside Marble Falls, Burnet or Horseshoe Bay, city rules can apply, and lake lots may carry HOA or LCRA shoreline requirements.
We avoid wounding oaks February through June and paint every oak wound year round. When the county is under a burn ban, mulching keeps the project moving because nothing gets burned.