Retaining Walls in Edneyville, NC.
Edneyville is gentle loam on big lots. Only 17% of the ground is at a 15% slope or steeper, so the wall that fits here is a long, low terrace wall.
We'll reach out within 24 hours to schedule your free on-site estimate. Prefer to talk now? Call (828) 702-7125.
- We confirm the details and book a time
- We walk the site and talk through the slope, soil, and access
- You get a clear, written, line-item scope
Mostly it turns a long gentle slope into level ground you can use. Within a mile and a half of Edneyville the USDA soil survey maps 53% of the ground under an 8% slope and only 17% at 15% or steeper. The main soil is Hayesville loam: 23% of the area on 7 to 15 percent slopes and 19% on 2 to 7 percent. On a 12 percent grade about 2.4 feet of wall levels 20 feet of yard. With a median lot of 1.87 acres, the wall is often a long one.
Hayesville loam and five creeks
Edneyville sits at 2,173 feet in the Clear Creek watershed, with Lewis Creek, Byers Creek, Henderson Creek, Coon Branch and Saconon Creek inside a mile and a half. Beside the Hayesville loam, the larger soil units are Codorus loam along the creeks (8% of the area), Tate fine sandy loam on 2 to 7 percent slopes (7%) and Edneyville fine sandy loam on 15 to 25 percent slopes (6%). About 8% of the ground is at a 30% slope or steeper. Bedrock is within 40 inches under only 5% of the ground, so a footing trench here is nearly always dug in soil.
Long terrace walls: stone, block and boulder retaining walls
With 76.8% of lots at an acre or more, a wall here can be a long one, along a garden, a field edge or a drive. Low walls suit gravity construction. Dry-laid stone and a boulder retaining wall both hold a 2 to 3 foot terrace, drain through their joints, and follow a curve. Segmental block is the pick where the line has to be straight and exact, or where the wall carries a driveway. A wall is priced by the square foot of face: block $30 to $60 and stone or boulder $35 to $90 in Western NC. So a long low wall can cost the same as a short tall one.
Retaining wall repair in Edneyville
The survey puts 48% of the ground here in the slower-draining hydrologic groups, and the nearest NOAA station, 2.3 miles off, averages 57 inches of precipitation a year. On a long wall, water collects at the low point along its length. That is where a bulge or a washout shows first. We rebuild the damaged stretch with stone and fabric behind it, and add an outlet at the low point so the rest of the wall is relieved too. Typical residential wall projects in Western NC run $4,000 to $25,000.
See the full service on our retaining walls page, and the wider Edneyville service area.
USDA soil survey, USGS and NOAA figures for the ground within 1.5 miles of Edneyville.
Photos from recent jobs
The soils mapped around Edneyville.
What the USDA soil survey maps inside a circle of 1.5 miles around Edneyville: 27 soil map units over about 4,500 acres. These are the largest, with the slope and water figures behind the work on lots around Edneyville.
| Soil map unit | Share of ground | Slope | Drainage class | On the map | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayesville loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes | 23% | 12% | Well drained | no flooding, shallow rock or shallow water on the map | Surface grade |
| Hayesville loam, 2 to 7 percent slopes | 19% | 5% | Well drained | no flooding, shallow rock or shallow water on the map | Surface grade |
| Codorus loam (arkaqua) | 8% | 1% | Somewhat poorly drained | flooding: occasional; water table about 21 in down | Drain + grade |
| Tate fine sandy loam, 2 to 7 percent slopes | 7% | 5% | Well drained | no flooding, shallow rock or shallow water on the map | Surface grade |
| Bradson gravelly loam, 2 to 7 percent slopes | 6% | 5% | Well drained | no flooding, shallow rock or shallow water on the map | Surface grade |
| Edneyville (edneytown) fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes | 6% | 20% | Well drained | no flooding, shallow rock or shallow water on the map | Wall / slope work |
Across the whole circle: 17% of the ground is mapped at a 15% slope or steeper, 16% as moderately well to very poorly drained soil, and 5% with bedrock within about 40 inches. The town point sits in the USGS watershed unit "Clear Creek". Nearest NOAA rainfall normal: 57 inches a year (Hendersonville 9.6 ENE, 2.3 miles off). Pulled 2026-11-09 from USDA-NRCS Soil Data Access, the USGS hydrography datasets and NOAA 1991–2020 normals. A soil map is not a site test: we confirm your Edneyville lot on the free site walk.
What a retaining wall costs in Edneyville, NC
These are typical Western North Carolina market ranges, not a Maidenhair Landscaping quote. North Carolina construction runs about 12% below the national average, but our mountain terrain — 15–40%+ slopes, weathered bedrock and saprolite, clay, and tight access — pushes most jobs toward the high end of every range. A flat infill lot sits low; a steep escarpment lot sits at or above the top. Your exact price comes from a free on-site estimate.
| Item | Typical WNC range | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Segmental block wall (SRW), installed | $30–$60/sq ft face | interlocking concrete block; geogrid + drainage on taller walls |
| Natural stone / boulder wall, installed | $35–$90/sq ft face | labor- and stone-heavy; mountain access pushes the high end |
| Timber / treated-tie wall | $16–$35/sq ft face | lowest up-front, shortest life on a WNC slope |
| Typical residential wall project | $4,000–$25,000 | small garden wall to a tall engineered slope wall |
What drives it: wall height (over ~4 ft usually needs engineering), wall type (boulder/stone vs block vs timber), drainage and geogrid behind the wall, slope and equipment access, stone haul distance, and whether a failing wall has to be torn out first.
Source: published WNC/NC market ranges via homeguide.com and angi.com . Exact pricing on your lot comes from a free on-site estimate — call (828) 702-7125.
How we do it in Edneyville.
Read the slope & soil
We check the grade and the drainage class on your Edneyville lot, and find where rock or saprolite starts.
Set drainage & base
We build the drainage and the base first — the part that decides whether the work lasts on a slope.
Build it
Wall, driveway, or grade built to the slope, with the right batter, footing, and outlet.
Prove & clean
We confirm it sheds water and holds, then restore the surface clean.
Retaining Walls in Edneyville: common questions
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We'll reach out within 24 hours to schedule your free on-site estimate. Prefer to talk now? Call (828) 702-7125.
- We confirm the details and book a time
- We walk the site and talk through the slope, soil, and access
- You get a clear, written, line-item scope