Cleaning, mowing, grading, vegetation control, debris removal and erosion repair for drainage swales, channels, ditches and culverts.
Swale, channel and culvert maintenance keeps water moving the way a Marble Falls site was built to handle it. Between Gregg Ranch, Meadowlakes and Horseshoe Bay, most of these drainage systems were cut or graded to carry runoff down toward the Highland Lakes, and the granite country around here does not forgive a neglected ditch line. When a swale fills with silt or a culvert mouth chokes with debris, water finds a new path, and that new path is usually across a parking lot, a fairway, or someone's driveway.
The ground here is the real story. Pink granite outcrops and thin, rocky lake soil mean rainfall runs off fast and carries coarse grit instead of fine silt, and that grit drops out right where channels flatten or culverts narrow. We see slow drawdown in low spots, forebays packed with granite sand, bare slopes that never held grass after the last gully-washer, and volunteer cedar or mesquite rooted into embankments that were supposed to stay clear. Culvert outlets get buried under a season of leaf litter and grit faster here than in deeper-soil parts of the corridor.
Working with Corral Bros on this scope means a straightforward walk of your swales, channels and culverts, a clear scope of cleaning, mowing, grading or erosion repair, and a crew that shows up and does that work without turning it into a bigger project than it needs to be. We work alongside your property engineer when the job calls for it, and we keep board members, HOA managers and site contacts in the loop on timing so the work fits your property's schedule, not ours.
We're a local, family-built company that treats your Marble Falls property like our own, tidy crews, clear pricing, and swale, channel & culvert maintenance that holds up to Burnet County conditions. Available as a one-time project or part of an ongoing plan.
We walk the swale, channel or culvert line with you or your maintenance contact and look at flow paths, culvert inlets and outlets, and any eroded or silted sections. From that we scope cleaning, grading, or erosion repair and give you a free no-obligation estimate, usually scheduled within 48 hours of your call. No long consulting process, just a direct look at what the water is actually doing on your site.
It depends on tree cover, slope and how much granite grit is washing in, but most properties in this area need a check at least once or twice a year. A heavy rain event, a culvert that starts backing up, or a swale that stays wet longer than it used to are all signs it is time to call rather than wait for the next scheduled visit.
Yes, we schedule around your property's traffic patterns, lease turnover, or HOA meeting dates so mowing, grading and debris removal do not land during a move-in weekend or a pool opening. For retail centers and apartment communities we coordinate access to parking areas and drive lanes ahead of time so equipment is not blocking spaces residents or customers need.
Pink granite outcrops and rocky lake soil mean runoff carries coarse grit instead of fine silt, and that grit settles fast in low-flow sections and at culvert mouths, narrowing the opening over time. Thin soil over rock also means vegetation struggles to hold bare slopes after a hard rain, so erosion scars show up faster here than on deeper-soil sites closer to Austin or San Antonio.
Length of channel, how overgrown the vegetation is, how much silt or granite grit has built up in the culvert or ditch line, and whether grading or erosion repair is needed all factor into the cost. A property with volunteer trees rooted into an embankment or a culvert that is more than half silted will run more than a routine mow and clear.
Free, no-pressure estimate from a local crew. Call (737) 404-9343 or request a quote online.
