Vegetation clearing, debris removal, grading and erosion correction that keep a detention pond's emergency spillway clear and functional.
If your detention pond's emergency spillway cannot pass water the way it was designed to, your property is the one holding the liability when the next heavy rain backs up instead of draining. Corral Bros handles emergency spillway maintenance for HOA boards, property managers and developers across Cibolo, Guadalupe County, including Bentwood Ranch, Falcon Ridge and Buffalo Crossing.
Cibolo sits on expansive clay that swells and cracks with every wet-dry cycle, and that movement shows up in a basin fast. We find slumped spillway slopes, forebays silting in ahead of schedule, and outlets half-blocked by sediment that washed off young, thin-grassed embankments. In the newer subdivisions where landscaping is still establishing, volunteer trees take root on the embankment within a season or two, and their roots do more damage to the spillway's integrity than most boards realize until drawdown slows to a crawl.
Working with us starts with a site walk, not a sales pitch. We look at the spillway, the embankment, and the outlet, tell you plainly what we see, and scope the clearing, grading and erosion work the site actually needs. We are locally owned, licensed and insured, and we handle both the one-time emergency call and the annual maintenance that keeps you from getting one.
We're a local, family-built company that treats your Cibolo property like our own, tidy crews, clear pricing, and emergency spillway maintenance that holds up to Guadalupe County conditions. Available as a one-time project or part of an ongoing plan.
We walk the spillway and embankment with you or your engineer, note what is blocking flow and what grading or erosion work is needed, then give you a free on-site estimate, usually scheduled within 48 hours. For HOA boards, we are glad to walk the site with a board member so everyone sees the same thing before a bid is approved.
Most of the newer basins we see around Cibolo need a real clearing and inspection once a year, more often if last season brought heavy runoff or if the pond is still catching sediment from nearby construction. Volunteer trees and grass can choke a spillway in a single growing season, so annual is the floor, not the ceiling.
Yes. Most of this work happens at the pond or detention area, away from units and parking lots, so we typically do not need to close spaces or reroute traffic. If equipment access does require blocking a drive or a section of curb for a day, we coordinate timing with the property manager or board ahead of time.
The expansive clay common in Guadalupe County swells and shrinks with moisture, which cracks and slumps spillway slopes and slows drawdown after a storm. In newer subdivisions where landscaping is still filling in, bare or thin-grassed embankments erode fast, and silt settles into the forebay and outlet faster than many boards expect.
The main drivers are how much vegetation and sediment have built up, how much grading and erosion correction the slopes need, and whether the outlet structure itself is partially blocked or needs rework. A pond that gets annual attention costs less to maintain than one that has gone two or three years without a clearing.
Free, no-pressure estimate from a local crew. Call (737) 404-9343 or request a quote online.
