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1. What does lawn care cost on the south side?
2. Which grass rule applies to you?
3. Why are Allendale lots their own category?
4. What about drainage on the flats?
5. Which places does this cover?
6. Questions

The south side is Vigo County's suburban half: ZIP 47802 has the newest housing and the highest home values of any Terre Haute ZIP. It also straddles the city limit, so which grass rule applies depends on your side of the line, and it holds Allendale, the hardest lots in the county to maintain.

What does lawn care cost on the south side?

Lot size	Mowing, trim, edge and blowper visit	Fertilization and weed controlper treatment	Seasonal cleanup (leaf mulching)per cleanup	Core aerationper visit
¼ acre	$49	$66	$147	$249
½ acre	$54–$61	$73–$82	$162–$183	$249
¾ acre	$63–$71	$85–$96	$189–$213	$249
1 acre	$70–$80	$95–$108	$210–$240	$249–$286

Mowing, trim, edge and blowper visit

¼ acre

$49

½ acre

$54–$61

¾ acre

$63–$71

1 acre

$70–$80

Fertilization and weed controlper treatment

¼ acre

$66

½ acre

$73–$82

¾ acre

$85–$96

1 acre

$95–$108

Seasonal cleanup (leaf mulching)per cleanup

¼ acre

$147

½ acre

$162–$183

¾ acre

$189–$213

1 acre

$210–$240

Core aerationper visit

¼ acre

$249

½ acre

$249

¾ acre

$249

1 acre

$249–$286

Median year built, ZIP 47802

1977

Median home value, ZIP 47802

$170,200

People in ZIP 47802, the largest in Terre Haute

33,135

Most of 47802 is 1970s and later subdivisions: open grass, wide frontage, attached garages, no alley and few trees mid-lawn. That means less trim for each square foot of grass, and on our schedule a bigger lawn costs less per square foot. Allendale is the opposite, below.

Which grass rule applies to you?

Honey Creek Township holds both city ground and unincorporated county ground. The height limit is eight inches on both sides; the rest is not:

• Inside the city limits, Terre Haute's rules apply, including the duty to cut at least four times between May 1 and October 31. See the Terre Haute page.
• Outside them, Vigo County's Chapter 47 applies: five days to cure, and a flat $250 or $400 if the county mows. The full comparison is on the North Terre Haute page.

Why are Allendale lots their own category?

Allendale is "built into a bluff overlooking Honey Creek" and "known for its winding roads, heavily wooded lots, deep ravines and large houses", most of them architect-designed between the 1920s and 1960s. That changes the job:

• Slope is the job. Ravine sections cannot be mowed on a rider. They are walk-behind and hand work, much slower, which is why steep slope is a named condition on the quote rather than a surprise on the invoice. See how we quote.
• Shade changes the grass. Purdue's advice for shaded Indiana lawns is to cut half an inch to an inch higher than normal and use up to 50% less nitrogen than the same grass in full sun. A sunny-lawn program under an Allendale canopy is the wrong program.
• Leaves collect downhill. Wooded ravine lots need several leaf visits, not one. See seasonal cleanup.
• The soil is thin. The steep ground sits on Hickory soils: well drained, prone to erosion, with runoff rated "medium to very high". About 18,800 acres of Vigo County, roughly 7%, is like this.

We take on ravine and steep-slope properties. There is no fixed slope limit; how steep the lawn is can change the price, and the quote says so.

What about drainage on the flats?

Off the bluffs the south side is mostly Iva silt loam, the county's most common soil, which stays wet through winter and spring. Honey Creek drains the whole south side of the city, so a soggy low corner is water on its way to the creek. How fast it gets there decides whether a bed works or drowns; see landscape design and installation.

Which places does this cover?

The US 41 corridor and Honey Creek Township: Allendale, Southwood, Woodgate and Spring Hill. Landmarks locals will know: Union Hospital Regional on South 7th Street, William S. Rea Park, and the Terre Haute Action Track at the fairgrounds on US 41.

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