10+ years in excavation and dirt work · North Central Texas
TRINITYLAND AND EXCAVATION
(940) 435-4727Free quote
Excavator on a dirt work site
High Mesa Estates · Justin, TX

High Mesa Estates pads on High Mesa Dr and AA Bumgarner

Acreage off High Mesa Dr, southwest of Ponder, with a Justin address and no city limits. Nineteen lots of an acre or more are still empty, and the listings say bring your own builder. We walk it before we price the pad.

Free quote(940) 435-4727
Pads, drives, and septic digging on High Mesa DrAll of JustinQuestions
OwnershipVeteran owned & operated
From downtown PonderAbout 6.5 miles southwest, straight line
School and sewerNorthwest ISD, outside city limits, septic dig only
HoursMon–Fri 7 AM–5 PM · Closed Sat–Sun
Residential

Pads, drives, and septic digging on High Mesa Dr

House and shop pads, driveway base off High Mesa Dr or AA Bumgarner Rd, French drains, and the septic dig on the High Mesa Estates acreage. That’s 53 Denton CAD parcels, a median of 2.139 acres, and 19 vacant homesites of at least an acre still on the roll. We don’t write the number from the truck. We walk the lot, see what you want built, and then price it. Staking the pad can happen that same day. The pad, then the drive, then the grade — that build is not a one-day finish. Soft spots, fill stacked too thick, water pooling on the clay. It depends.

Excavator on a dirt work site

Septic digs and well-line trenches on High Mesa Dr

Excavation here is the OSSF hole, opened to the licensed installer's stamped plan, plus footings and trenches for a well service line, propane, irrigation, or electric the owner is bringing. The AA Bumgarner vacant listing, MLS 21402520, prints aerobic septic, a well that is not installed yet, no city water, and CoServ. The 5926 High Mesa Dr mirror prints a septic tank and a well. Aerobic on those listings is not a finding for all 53 accounts, and CoServ is named on that one vacant listing only. Sanger and Slidell clay stick, and the walls can slough. Bolar bedrock can be about 30 inches down, and Somervell about 27 inches. Call Texas 811 before the trench. That dig is part of the build. It is not finished the day we stake it. Trinity digs. The installer designs, permits, and installs. Environmental Health is 940-349-2920.

Service page
Land and lot clearing

Fence-line clearing on High Mesa, without a tree count

Clearing on High Mesa Estates is selective brush, a fence line, or stump grinding so a pad or a drive off High Mesa Dr or AA Bumgarner Rd can start. The AA Bumgarner vacant listing notes open grassy ground and tree-lined edges. That note is one 1.22-acre listing. Tree cover was not counted lot by lot, and the page does not promise a tree count. Clearing is part of the build, so it takes longer than the day we walk the lot.

Service page
Skid steer in the cut

Pads for 2021–2024 houses and vacant bring-your-own-builder lots

Site prep is a house pad, or a shop, barn, or workshop pad, on High Mesa Estates acreage. Recent years on the roll include 5614 High Mesa Dr in 2021, 5308, 5501, and 6251 in 2022, 5950 in 2023, and 5317, 5611, and 5926 in 2024. Vacant homesite examples of at least 1 acre include Lot 1, the east part, 1.22 acres, with a CAD situs on High Mesa Dr and a listing address on AA Bumgarner Rd; Lot 18R-2, 2.25 acres on High Mesa Dr, listed bring your own builder; Lot 2R2 at 3.713 acres; Lot 39 at 2.88 acres; and Lot 32 at 5001 High Mesa Dr, 1.76 acres. Other High Mesa Dr lots in the 50R through 55R, 26R, and 52R range sit about 2.1 to 2.4 acres. Acreage for a shop or barn pad is on the roll. That acreage is not county or deed approval for an accessory building. Sanger and Slidell clay swell and shrink, so compaction stays even. Bolar or Somervell can mean rock about 2.5 to 3 feet down. We can stake the pad the same day we walk it and write the number. Building it takes longer. Fill stacked too thick will push it, and it depends on what the next trade needs.

Service page
Grading and pad work

Finish grade off Bolar, Somervell, Sanger, and Slidell

Bolar and Somervell are hydrologic group C. Sanger, including the SaB Wise County survey symbol in the same box, and Slidell are group D. These soils shed a rain. Grading on High Mesa Dr or AA Bumgarner Rd sends the fall away from the slab on a new pad and on the houses built from 2014 through 2024. The grade is part of the build. It is not a same-day finish.

Service page
Excavator bucket in a cut

French drains that leave Sanger and Slidell clay

Groups C and D absorb little. A French drain on a High Mesa Estates lot, including houses built from 2014 through 2024 and older houses back to the 1947 AA Bumgarner account, has to reach a real outlet. A pipe that stops in Sanger or Slidell clay stores the water. Laying that drain in is part of the build. It is not done the day we stake the pad. The next crew still needs the water leaving the slab.

Service page
Skid steer spreading fill

Drive base off High Mesa Dr and the FM 1384 corridor

USDA rates local roads and streets very limited on Sanger and Slidell, and somewhat limited on Bolar and Somervell. A drive from High Mesa Dr, or from AA Bumgarner Rd on the FM 1384 corridor, to the pad gets real subgrade and base. A Culvert Permit applies when the new drive meets a county-maintained road, or when new development already has a drive. Confirm that frontage with Denton County Development Services at 940-349-2990 before the cut. This page does not call every High Mesa frontage a county road. Building the drive takes longer than the day we stake it.

Service page
Cut, fill, and haul-off

A shed or old flatwork on a High Mesa lot

Small residential demo on High Mesa Estates lots, built from 1947 through 2024, means a shed or old flatwork in the way of a pad, hauled off, with the grade left as quoted. The customer is the homeowner on that lot. The scope is what we see. It is not a one-day finish.

Service page

Residential lots only. On septic, we dig to the licensed installer’s stamped plan. We don’t design it, permit it, or install it, and the aerobic maintenance contract stays with the owner and that installer. The AA Bumgarner listing, MLS 21402520, 1.22 acres, prints aerobic septic, a well needed, no city water, and CoServ electric. The 5926 High Mesa Dr mirror prints a septic tank and a well. The TBD High Mesa Dr listing, MLS 21142154, Lot 18R-2, 2.25 acres, prints electricity available and bring your own builder, and it does not name a provider. CoServ is that one AA Bumgarner listing, not a provider named for every lot. Confirm the lot with Denton County Environmental Health at 940-349-2920. We do not offer stock tanks or ponds on this page. Matt walks the lot and can stake the pad the same day he writes the number. A pad, drive, grade, drain, trench, clearing job, or septic dig is not a one-day finish. The clay, and what you hand the next trade, decide that.

The road

Mostly High Mesa Dr. One house on AA Bumgarner.

Fifty-two of these places front High Mesa Dr. One doesn't: 17648 AA Bumgarner Rd, Lot 41, built in 1947, out on the FM 1384 corridor. Justin 76247 on the address, Northwest ISD, and no city tax, so you're in unincorporated Denton County, about 6.5 miles southwest of downtown Ponder in a straight line. Nineteen accounts with no year built are still at least an acre. Six smaller pieces, 0.14 to 0.86 acre, say DENTON CO PT. Those six aren't full homesites. If you pull the subdivision layer, Denton CAD calls it HIGH MESA EST, code SJ0130A. Volume, page, approval date, and file date are blank there. The 53 residential parcels, property type R, use the abstract name HIGH MESA ESTATES. Legal acres run 0.14 to 8.53. The median is 2.139, about 2.14. Together about 133.44 acres. Twenty-eight have a year built, including 1947, 1985, 1997, 2003 through 2008, and 2014 through 2024. Recent ones: 2021 at 5614 High Mesa Dr; 2022 at 5308, 5501, and 6251; 2023 at 5950; 2024 at 5317, 5611, and 5926. Twenty-five have no year built. We walk the lot before we write a number. Staking the pad can be that same day. Building it takes longer. Depends on the clay and what you hand the next crew.

Situs city is Justin and the ZIP is 76247, including some ZIP+4 variants. The school taxing unit on all 53 accounts is Northwest ISD, code S11, which the Denton County tax table lists as S11 - NORTHWEST ISD. Listing school fields name Alan and Andra Perrin or Justin elementary, Chisholm Trail or Pike middle, and Northwest High. Those campus labels vary by listing. The district on the roll is Northwest ISD. OpenStreetMap places Northwest High School at 2301 Texan Drive, Justin, TX 76247. The city taxing unit name and code are null on all 53 accounts. A sample taxing-unit string is CAD, G01, S11: county and school, no city. The subdivision polygon centroid is about 33.14784 N, 97.39150 W. That point, and the average of the parcel centroids, returns zero intersecting features on the Denton CAD municipality layer. Combined with the null city tax, the Denton CAD accounts sit outside city limits, in unincorporated Denton County. That check is not a City of Justin extra-territorial finding for every lot, and it is not a Wise County lot roster. Several legal descriptions say DENTON CO PT. Counts on this page are Denton CAD parcels only. Nominatim reverse at the centroid returns High Mesa Drive, Denton County, Texas, 76247. OpenStreetMap places High Mesa Drive in that box, and places Aa Bumgarner Road with the additional name Farm-to-Market Road 1384. Listing sketches name FM 156, FM 1384, Bumgarner Road, and High Mesa Drive. This page uses those road names and the straight-line distance. It does not give a drive time or turn-by-turn directions. Downtown Ponder is about 6.5 miles northeast of the plat centroid, a straight line, so the plat sits about 6.5 miles southwest of downtown Ponder. The Justin village center is about 7.0 miles southeast of the same centroid, also a straight line. CAD zoning is null. A listing field on the vacant AA Bumgarner lot prints the word RESIDENTIAL. That is a listing field, not a city ordinance district. On this unincorporated ground, Denton County Development Services is the permit desk, at 3900 Morse Street, Denton, TX 76208. A Development Permit covers grading, paving, excavation, and similar man-made changes. A Culvert Permit covers a new drive on a county-maintained road, or new development that already has a drive. Call 940-349-2990 or email developmentpermits@dentoncounty.gov. This page does not call every High Mesa Dr or AA Bumgarner frontage a county road. Confirm the frontage before assuming a culvert permit. OSSF permits go through Denton County Environmental Health at 940-349-2920. A permit is required to install, repair, extend, or alter an on-site system in unincorporated Denton County. The licensed installer designs it, evaluates the site, pulls the permit, and installs it. Aerobic systems need an ongoing maintenance contract, and that contract stays with the owner and the installer. Trinity digs to the stamped plan only.

Grading and pad work
Clay, then rock

Sanger and Slidell clay. Bolar and Somervell rock near 27 to 30 inches.

Five soils turn up around High Mesa. We pulled the USDA map on October 27, 2026, same data as the Web Soil Survey, on a box about 33.1435 to 33.1528 N and 97.3935 to 97.3880 W in Denton County. They're in the box. That is not a share of the acres. Bolar clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes, is map unit 16, hydrologic group C, well drained. Septic absorption fields are very limited, local roads and streets are somewhat limited, and shallow excavations are very limited. Representative lithic bedrock is at 76 centimeters, about 30 inches. Somervell gravelly loam, 1 to 5 percent, is map unit 75, group C, well drained. Septic fields are very limited, local roads are somewhat limited, and shallow excavations are very limited. Lithic bedrock is at 69 centimeters, about 27 inches. Sanger clay, 1 to 3 percent, is map unit 67, group D, well drained. Septic fields and local roads are very limited. Shallow excavations are somewhat limited. Clayey horizons continue to about 203 centimeters, about 80 inches, with no lithic restriction on the dominant component in that query. Slidell clay, 1 to 3 percent, is map unit 74, group D, moderately well drained. Septic fields and local roads are very limited. Shallow excavations are somewhat limited. Clayey horizons run from the surface to about 203 centimeters, about 80 inches, with no lithic restriction on the dominant component. SaB is Sanger clay, 1 to 3 percent, the Wise County survey symbol in the same box, group D, with the same septic, road, and shallow-excavation ratings as map unit 67. It is the same Sanger clay family. The box sits on the Denton-Wise survey edge. Soil maps are general. The cut on the lot decides the dig.

Sanger and Slidell clay swell and shrink, so a house pad, a shop pad, or a barn pad on High Mesa Estates needs even moisture and consistent compaction. Where Bolar or Somervell show up, rock can sit about 2.5 to 3 feet down, near 30 inches on Bolar and near 27 inches on Somervell. Groups C and D shed water and absorb little. Grade falls away from the slab. A French drain needs a real outlet, not a trench that stops in fat clay. USDA rates local roads very limited on Sanger and Slidell, and somewhat limited on Bolar and Somervell, so a drive off High Mesa Dr or AA Bumgarner Rd needs real subgrade and base on these roughly 1 to 3 acre homesites and on the larger ones. Trenches in Sanger and Slidell are sticky clay with unstable walls. Bolar and Somervell can put rock in the ditch. Call Texas 811 before any trench. Septic absorption is rated very limited for a conventional field, which fits the engineered and aerobic systems common on this clay. The vacant AA Bumgarner listing, MLS 21402520, prints aerobic septic. The 5926 High Mesa Dr mirror, built 2024 on 2.05 acres, prints septic tank. Those two listings are not a reading for all 53 accounts. The installer stamps the plan. Trinity digs that hole and does not install the system. We’ll walk it before we write a number. Staking the pad can land the same day. Building the pad, the drive, the grade, the drain, the trench, the clearing, or the septic dig takes longer — soft spots, fill too thick, water that wants to pool. Depends on what you want the next crew to have.

Excavator bucket in a cut
Listing note

Vacant-lot listings say no HOA. You confirm the documents.

Active vacant-lot listing copy for High Mesa Estates says no HOA, and the monthly HOA field is not applicable. A search of the Texas HOA management-certificate list for Justin and Denton did not surface a High Mesa association in the snippets checked on 2026-10-27. That is the whole association note. It is not a deed-restriction reading, and it is not a finding for every lot. Trinity works for the homeowner. We do not take association work, and we do not sell it. You read your own documents before we move dirt.

Trinity Land and Excavation LLC is based in Ponder, TX 76259. Owner Matt Hall is a veteran with 10+ years in excavation. Call or text (940) 435-4727 about a lot on High Mesa Dr or AA Bumgarner Rd. A few photos are enough to start. Hours are Mon–Fri 7 AM–5 PM, closed Saturday and Sunday. We don’t price the pad over the phone. Matt walks it, then writes the number, and staking can land that same day. The build takes longer — depends on the clay and what you want. The plat centroid is about 6.5 miles southwest of downtown Ponder in a straight line.

Skid steer in the cut
Sequence

How a High Mesa Estates job gets quoted

The quote follows one residential lot on High Mesa Dr or AA Bumgarner Rd, and whether the bucket hits Sanger clay or shallow Bolar rock. Matt walks it, reads the plan, and can stake the pad the same day he writes the number. The digging after that takes longer. Soft spots and water pooling change the day.

01

Text the High Mesa Dr or AA Bumgarner address

Call or text (940) 435-4727 with a High Mesa Estates address on High Mesa Dr or AA Bumgarner Rd, and photos of the pad or the drive. Say whether you want a house pad, a shop or barn pad, drive base, grade, a French drain, a utility trench, light clearing, a shed or flatwork demo, or the septic dig. Matt can come walk it and stake the pad the same day he writes the number. The build takes longer than that visit. Depends on the clay and what you hand the next trade. Hours are Mon–Fri 7 AM–5 PM.

02

Start from the 53 Denton CAD parcels

The subdivision layer is HIGH MESA EST, code SJ0130A. Volume, page, and the approval and file dates are null on that layer. The 53 HIGH MESA ESTATES accounts run from 0.14 to 8.53 legal acres, median 2.139. Nineteen vacant accounts are at least 1 acre. Six smaller DENTON CO PT fragments are not full homesites. The soil box shows Bolar, Somervell, Sanger, Slidell, and the SaB Sanger symbol. Those are units in the box, not acreage shares. The cut on the lot decides the dig.

03

Use the county desks, and confirm the frontage

The Denton CAD accounts sit outside city limits. The city taxing unit is null, and the municipality point test at about 33.14784 N, 97.39150 W missed. Northwest ISD is the school unit. We do not assign a city zoning district. A Development Permit is the county path for grading, paving, excavation, and similar man-made changes. A Culvert Permit is the county path when a new drive is on a county-maintained road, or when new development already has a drive. Call Denton County Development Services at 940-349-2990, or email developmentpermits@dentoncounty.gov, before treating High Mesa Dr or AA Bumgarner Rd as that kind of frontage. OSSF permits go through Environmental Health at 940-349-2920. The owner's licensed installer designs, permits, and installs. Weekdays are 7 AM to 5 PM.

04

Locate, then open sticky clay or shallow rock

Texas 811 marks public lines before a trench. The AA Bumgarner listing names CoServ and says a well is needed and city water is not available. The 5926 High Mesa Dr mirror names a well and a septic tank. The TBD High Mesa Dr listing says electricity is available and does not name a provider. We do not assign CoServ, a well, or aerobic septic to all 53 accounts. Sanger and Slidell trenches are sticky clay with unstable walls. Bolar can put rock near 30 inches, and Somervell near 27 inches. The septic hole follows the stamped plan. Trinity digs only, and the dig takes longer than the day we start.

05

Leave the pad, the base, and the grade

You get the residential scope that was quoted. We do not offer stock tanks or ponds on this page. The customer is the homeowner. Vacant-lot listings say no HOA, and you confirm your own documents. We are based in Ponder, TX 76259. The plat centroid is about 6.5 miles southwest of downtown Ponder in a straight line. Call Matt Hall at (940) 435-4727.

Straight line, not a drive time

About 6.5 miles southwest of downtown Ponder.

High Mesa Estates uses a Justin 76247 situs and Northwest ISD, and the Denton CAD accounts sit outside city limits, on High Mesa Dr and AA Bumgarner Rd along FM 1384. Downtown Ponder is about 6.5 miles northeast of the plat centroid, a straight line. The Justin village center is about 7.0 miles southeast of that centroid, also a straight line. No drive time and no turn-by-turn. Trinity is based in Ponder, TX 76259. The cards below are the other town pages already on this site.

Justin, TX

The Justin town page. High Mesa Estates is the unincorporated acreage on High Mesa Dr, ZIP 76247, Northwest ISD.

Open the page

Ponder, TX

Our home base. The High Mesa plat centroid is about 6.5 miles southwest of downtown Ponder, a straight line.

Open the page

Decatur, TX

The plat sits near the Denton-Wise county line. This page counts Denton CAD parcels only. Decatur is the Wise County town page.

Open the page

Denton, TX

Dirt work farther into Denton County, where the High Mesa OSSF and development permits are filed.

Open the page

Roads on the High Mesa corridor

High Mesa DrAA Bumgarner RdFM 1384FM 156Northwest ISDJustin 76247

County desks for High Mesa Estates

  • Denton County Development Services — Development Permit for grading, paving, excavation, and similar man-made changes, and a Culvert Permit for a new drive on a county-maintained road. Phone 940-349-2990. Email developmentpermits@dentoncounty.gov. Office at 3900 Morse Street, Denton, TX 76208. High Mesa Estates accounts on the Denton roll sit outside city limits. Confirm the frontage before assuming a culvert permit.
  • Denton County Environmental Health — OSSF permits for unincorporated Denton County. Phone 940-349-2920. The AA Bumgarner listing prints aerobic septic. A licensed installer designs, permits, and installs. Trinity digs to that stamped plan, and the dig is part of the build, not a same-day finish.
  • Denton County OSSF handout — A permit is required to install, repair, extend, or alter an on-site sewage facility in unincorporated Denton County. Design, site evaluation, and, for aerobic systems, an ongoing maintenance contract are part of that process. Trinity excavates only.
  • USDA Web Soil Survey — Bolar 16, Sanger 67, Slidell 74, Somervell 75, and SaB Sanger intersect a box around the High Mesa plat, queried 2026-10-27. Confirm the map unit on the lot. Acreage shares were not calculated.
  • Denton Central Appraisal District — HIGH MESA EST, code SJ0130A, and 53 HIGH MESA ESTATES parcels. Situs Justin 76247, Northwest ISD, city taxing unit null. Volume, page, and file date are null on the subdivision layer.
  • Denton County tax jurisdictions — The tax table lists S11 as NORTHWEST ISD. High Mesa parcels carry S11. The city taxing unit is null on the Denton CAD accounts.
  • Texas 811 — Call before a trench, a footing, or any other dig on High Mesa Dr or AA Bumgarner Rd. Public locates are free. Private lines on the lot, including a well service line, are yours to mark.
Before the first bucket

Questions on High Mesa Estates, code SJ0130A

The CAD name, the 53 Justin 76247 parcels, Northwest ISD, High Mesa Dr and AA Bumgarner Rd, the soils, county permits, and septic digging only.

What does Denton CAD call High Mesa Estates?

The subdivision layer reads HIGH MESA EST, code SJ0130A. Volume, page, approval date, and file date are null on that layer. The 53 residential parcels use the abstract name HIGH MESA ESTATES. All 53 are property type R, situs city Justin, ZIP 76247. This page does not cite a plat book volume or a filing date.

How many High Mesa lots are on the Denton roll, and how big are they?

Denton CAD has 53 HIGH MESA ESTATES parcels. Legal acreage runs from 0.14 to 8.53 acres. The median is 2.139 acres. The sum is about 133.44 acres. Fifty-two accounts sit on High Mesa Dr. One sits on AA Bumgarner Rd: 17648 AA Bumgarner Rd, Lot 41, built 1947. Twenty-five accounts have no improvement year built. Nineteen of those are at least 1.0 acre, vacant homesite scale. Six are DENTON CO PT fragments from 0.14 to 0.86 acre, and this page does not treat those fragments as full homesites. Vacant examples of at least 1 acre include Lot 1, the east part, at 1.22 acres; Lot 18R-2 at 2.25 acres; Lot 2R2 at 3.713 acres; Lot 39 at 2.88 acres; Lot 32 at 5001 High Mesa Dr, 1.76 acres; and lots in the 50R through 55R, 26R, and 52R range at about 2.1 to 2.4 acres on High Mesa Dr.

Is High Mesa Estates inside Justin, and which school district is it?

Situs city is Justin and the ZIP is 76247. The school taxing unit on all 53 accounts is Northwest ISD, code S11. Listing school fields name Alan and Andra Perrin or Justin elementary, Chisholm Trail or Pike middle, and Northwest High, and those labels vary. OpenStreetMap places Northwest High School at 2301 Texan Drive, Justin, TX 76247. The city taxing unit is null. A point at about 33.14784 N, 97.39150 W returns no Denton CAD municipality polygon, so the Denton CAD accounts sit outside city limits, in unincorporated Denton County. That is not an extra-territorial finding for every lot, and it is not a Wise County lot roster. The plat centroid is about 6.5 miles southwest of downtown Ponder, a straight line. The Justin village center is about 7.0 miles southeast of that centroid, also a straight line. CAD zoning is null. A listing field prints RESIDENTIAL. This page does not name a city zoning district.

What do listings say about septic, water, and electric?

The vacant AA Bumgarner listing, MLS 21402520, 1.22 acres, prints aerobic septic, co-op electric, a well, and the remarks say no well is installed yet, a well is needed, there is no city water, and the electric provider is CoServ. The 5926 High Mesa Dr mirror, built 2024 on 2.05 acres, prints septic tank and well. The TBD High Mesa Dr listing, MLS 21142154, Lot 18R-2, 2.25 acres, prints electricity available, bring your own builder, and no HOA, and it does not name an electric provider. Those fields are the listings that were checked. They are not a utility reading for all 53 accounts. Denton CAD shows no city taxing unit, so these accounts are outside a city water or city sewer unit. A new house on this ground typically needs an OSSF, permitted by Denton County Environmental Health, and a private well or other non-city water the owner confirms. Trinity excavates to the licensed installer's stamped plan. The installer designs, permits, and installs.

What do the soils under High Mesa mean for a pad, a drive, a drain, or a trench?

Queried 2026-10-27, the units in the plat box are Bolar clay loam 16, Sanger clay 67, Slidell clay 74, Somervell gravelly loam 75, and SaB Sanger clay from the Wise County survey symbol on the county-line edge. Bolar is group C, well drained, with bedrock about 30 inches down. Somervell is group C, well drained, with bedrock about 27 inches down. Sanger, including SaB, is group D, well drained, clay to about 80 inches, with no lithic restriction on the dominant component. Slidell is group D, moderately well drained, clay from the surface to about 80 inches, with no lithic restriction on the dominant component. Septic absorption is very limited on all of them. Local roads are very limited on Sanger and Slidell, and somewhat limited on Bolar and Somervell. Shallow excavations are very limited on Bolar and Somervell, and somewhat limited on Sanger and Slidell. Those are units in the box, not acreage shares. Sanger and Slidell pads need even moisture and consistent compaction. French drains need a real outlet because groups C and D shed water. Driveway base off High Mesa Dr or AA Bumgarner Rd has to be built. Trenches can be sticky clay, and Bolar or Somervell can mean rock near 2.5 to 3 feet. Call Texas 811 before a trench. Septic digging follows the installer's stamped plan. The soil map is general. We’ll stake the pad the same day we walk it and write the number. Building the pad, the base, the drain, or the septic hole takes longer. Clay that swells, rock near three feet, water that won’t soak — it depends on what you want.

Who permits a pad, a culvert, or a septic dig at High Mesa?

Unincorporated Denton County uses Denton County Development Services, 3900 Morse Street, Denton, TX 76208, phone 940-349-2990, email developmentpermits@dentoncounty.gov. A Development Permit covers grading, paving, excavation, and similar man-made changes. A Culvert Permit covers a new drive on a county-maintained road, or new development that already has a drive. Confirm whether that High Mesa Dr or AA Bumgarner frontage is county-maintained before assuming the culvert permit. This page does not make that claim for every drive. Septic permits go through Denton County Environmental Health at 940-349-2920. A permit is required to install, repair, extend, or alter an on-site system. The licensed installer does the design, the site evaluation, the permit, and the install. Aerobic systems need an ongoing maintenance contract with the owner and the installer. Trinity digs to the stamped plan. The dig takes longer than the day we stake the pad.

Are vacant lots still open, and which houses were built recently?

Twenty-five Denton CAD accounts have no improvement year built. Nineteen of those are at least 1.0 acre. The AA Bumgarner vacant listing, MLS 21402520, is 1.22 acres and active. The TBD High Mesa Dr listing, MLS 21142154, is Lot 18R-2, 2.25 acres, active, and the copy says bring your own builder. Twenty-eight accounts have a year built, including 1947, 1985, 1997, 2003 through 2008, and 2014 through 2024. Recent examples are 5614 High Mesa Dr in 2021; 5308, 5501, and 6251 High Mesa Dr in 2022; 5950 High Mesa Dr in 2023; and 5317, 5611, and 5926 High Mesa Dr in 2024. That is ongoing pad and drive work on the roll, not a promise that any one lot is cleared for a shop.

Do High Mesa listings show an HOA?

Active vacant-lot listing copy says no HOA, and the monthly HOA field is not applicable. A Texas HOA management-certificate search for Justin and Denton did not surface a High Mesa association in the snippets checked on 2026-10-27. That note is not a deed reading, and it is not a finding for every lot. You confirm the documents. Trinity works for the homeowner on the residential lot.

How does a High Mesa Estates quote start?

Call or text (940) 435-4727 with the High Mesa Dr or AA Bumgarner Rd address and a few photos, or use the form on this page. Hours are Mon–Fri 7 AM–5 PM, closed Saturday and Sunday. Trinity Land and Excavation LLC is based in Ponder, TX 76259. The plat centroid is about 6.5 miles southwest of downtown Ponder in a straight line. Listing sketches name FM 156, FM 1384, Bumgarner Road, and High Mesa Drive. This page does not turn that sketch into driving directions. We don’t price it from the photos alone. Matt walks the lot, then writes the number, and staking can land that same day. Building a pad, a drive, a grade, a drain, a trench, clearing, or a septic dig takes longer. It depends — clay, soft spots, what the next trade needs. Septic work is digging only. We do not offer stock tanks or ponds on this page.

Quote

Quote High Mesa Estates

Text photos of the High Mesa Dr or AA Bumgarner Rd lot to (940) 435-4727. Weekdays are 7 AM to 5 PM. Matt shows up to start the job.

Tell us what you want: a house or shop pad, drive base, a French drain, a trench, light clearing, or the septic dig to the stamped plan. Photos start it. The number comes after we walk the lot. Staking the pad can land that same day. Building it takes longer. Clay, soft spots, water that pools — it depends on what you want.

(940) 435-4727

Or call (940) 435-4727

Trinity Land and Excavation, based in Ponder.

Veteran Matt Hall has 10+ years moving dirt. He shows up to start the job. He walks the lot before he writes the number, and staking the pad can be that same day. The build takes longer. Depends on the dirt and what you want. High Mesa Estates is about 6.5 miles southwest of downtown Ponder in a straight line. Call or text (940) 435-4727.

Quote High Mesa Estates(940) 435-4727