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Erosion control that stops the washout before it eats your property
When a hard rain is carving ruts down your slope, undercutting a driveway, or threatening to take a chunk of yard with it, the fix isn't more dirt dumped in the gully — it's controlling where the water goes and armoring the ground it runs across. I rebuild and reinforce the grade, install rock and rip-rap where the water hits hardest, and clear the drainage path so runoff moves through instead of tearing things apart. Protect the investment before the next storm finds the weak spot.
Brandon Bange, owner. I bid every erosion job myself.
Erosion only moves one direction — toward your stuff
A washout doesn't heal itself. Every storm takes a little more — a rut turns into a ditch, a ditch undercuts a slope, and a slope failure threatens a structure, a culvert, or a driveway. Up here a single heavy rain can cut a hillside or blow out a levee overnight. The longer you wait, the more ground you lose and the bigger the repair gets. Controlling the water early is always cheaper than rebuilding what it carried off.
How I get erosion under control
- Read where the water's running. I find what's actually driving the washout — concentrated runoff, a failed grade, a blocked drainage path — before I move any dirt. Treating the symptom and not the source is how you end up doing it twice.
- Rebuild and reinforce the grade. I reshape the slope or levee, compact it so it holds, and set proper transitions so water sheets off instead of channeling and cutting.
- Armor the high-impact spots with rock. Rip-rap and rock at the points where water hits hardest — outfalls, toes of slopes, channel bottoms — so the ground stops eroding right there.
- Clear and shape the drainage path. I open up where the water's supposed to go so it moves through cleanly and quits backing up and overtopping.
Erosion control often ties into drainage and culvert work — if water's the root problem, we solve the whole water problem, not just the spot that washed out this time.
Real work and reviews
Real reviews from real neighbors are on the way.
I post them with a first name and a town as folks send them in — I don't run made-up quotes. Want to be the first? Book a bid and I'll earn it.
Losing ground to the water?
Show me where it's washing. I'll walk it, find what's driving it, and put a real number on stopping it before the next storm makes it worse.
Frequently asked questions
Erosion Control questions I hear
What causes erosion on a property like mine?
Almost always concentrated water with nothing to slow it down — runoff funneling off a roof, a driveway, or a slope that's graded wrong, hitting bare or soft ground and cutting it away. Clay-heavy ground sheds water fast, so it picks up speed and digs in. The fix is controlling where the water goes and armoring the spots it hits — which often overlaps with drainage and water routing.
How do you actually stop a slope or hillside from washing out?
I rebuild the grade so it's stable and sheds water instead of channeling it, compact it so it holds, and install rock or rip-rap at the high-impact points where water concentrates. Then I make sure the drainage path is open so runoff has somewhere to go. Done right, the hillside stays put through the heavy rains.
Will rock and rip-rap fix it for good?
Rock armoring is one of the most durable tools there is for the spots water hits hardest — outfalls, slope toes, channel bottoms. Paired with proper grading and drainage so the water's controlled, it holds for the long haul. Rock thrown down without fixing the grade and the flow is just decoration that washes out next to the problem.
How much does erosion control cost?
It depends on how big the area is, how much grade has to be rebuilt, and how much rock the job needs. A small problem spot caught early is a far smaller number than a failed slope that's already threatening a structure. That's the case for calling before it gets worse — I'll give you a straight figure when I walk it.
How fast can you get out before the next storm?
I bid most jobs the week you call and work's usually two-to-three weeks out, but if water's actively threatening a structure tell me — I'll prioritize it. Call (573) 754-2482 or text me a photo of the washout.
Want a ballpark fast? Text us a photo of the problem to (573) 754-2482.
Towns I do erosion control in
This is some of my most-asked-for work across Lincoln County and the St. Charles County line. Here's where I do the most of it — tap your town for the local details.
Book a bid
Book a bid for your erosion control
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Name, phone, your town, and a sentence (or a photo) of where it's washing out. Email's optional. I come out and look at every job myself — across Lincoln, Pike, Warren, and the surrounding counties. Bid this week, work usually in the next two-to-three, sooner if water's threatening a structure.