Erosion control and slope stabilization for construction sites, waterways, and vulnerable properties in Central New York. Serving Rome and all of Oneida County.
Backwell provides professional erosion control services in Rome, Oneida County, and the surrounding area. Erosion costs landowners money and can shut down construction projects with compliance violations. Backwell provides erosion control solutions that protect your land, your waterways, and your project timeline. We install silt fencing, sediment basins, check dams, riprap, and permanent stabilization measures.
Based in Constantia, NY, we are local to Oneida County and know the area, the soil conditions, the regulations, and the contractors. When you hire Backwell for your erosion control project in Rome, you get a crew that shows up on time with the right equipment and gets the job done. Contact us today for a free estimate.
Rome sits on the upper Mohawk River in western Oneida County, on the historic portage between the Mohawk and the Wood Creek / Oneida Lake drainages. Soils across the city's commercial and industrial corridors are a mix of Palmyra gravelly loam and Howard gravelly loam on the outwash terraces, Lamson very fine sandy loam on the flatter river and creek flats, and Madrid fine sandy loam on some of the surrounding upland parcels.
The Mohawk River, Wood Creek, and the Erie Canal all cross the city, and the Griffiss International Airport / former Griffiss Air Force Base legacy footprint defines a substantial fraction of the commercially zoned land. Commercial excavation in Rome routinely involves variable historic fill and former industrial subsurface on the Griffiss parcels, dewatering on the river and canal flats, and stormwater design that ties into the Mohawk River watershed. NYS Canal Corp review applies adjacent to the canal. Bedrock is deep across the city's buildable land. Frost depth is substantial given the interior Mohawk Valley climate.