Blanco County is steep, cedar-heavy Hill Country cut by two rivers. The Pedernales winds across the north past Pedernales Falls State Park, and the Blanco River runs through the town of Blanco and Blanco State Park. In between, limestone hills rise along US-281 and US-290 under Ashe juniper and live oak, with Johnson City and the LBJ National Historical Park at the crossroads.
Cedar is the story here. Left alone, it crowds out oaks, pulls water from the soil and builds fuel that makes Hill Country wildfire more dangerous, and old cedar piles can become fire hazards of their own. Landowners near Johnson City and Round Mountain are freeing oaks and bringing grass back, and new owners along RM 962 and FM 2766 are opening homesites.
We reach Blanco County from Bertram down US-281 through Marble Falls, and we’ve mulched cedar for landowners near Johnson City and Blanco. Land clearing in Blanco County starts the same way everywhere: an owner walks the property first.
Communities we work in Blanco County
- Johnson City
- Blanco
- Round Mountain
- Hye
- Cypress Mill
- Twin Sisters
Steep hills that drain fast
Blanco County’s hills are limestone with thin, rocky soil, and the slopes are steeper than they look from the highway. Rain runs off quickly into the Pedernales and Blanco rivers, and both can rise dangerously fast; the county was under a flash flood emergency as recently as July 2026. Cedar grows thick and comes back fast, so clearing plans here usually include a regrowth strategy.
The work leans heavily on cedar mulching and oak liberation, including jobs of a dozen acres or more near Johnson City. We also do hand clearing and selective work around homes, fuel reduction near structures, pasture recovery, and road and crossing work on properties that drain to the rivers.
Fire, warblers and oak wilt
Most of Blanco County is unincorporated, but federal rules still apply: mature oak-juniper woodland can be golden-cheeked warbler habitat, and we check before clearing it. Oak wilt is active in the Hill Country, so we avoid wounding oaks February through June and paint wounds year round.
Blanco County sees frequent burn bans, and mulching lets cedar work continue when burning isn’t allowed. Christian Carter’s years as a federal wildland firefighter on fuels-reduction projects shape how we thin cedar around homes and open fuel breaks.