Fence installation in Forest, MS. Scott County seat on I-20 Exit 88. Ruston sandy loam pine country, near Bienville National Forest. Farm, privacy, chain link. Free quotes.
If you're in Forest and you need a fence built or repaired, we can be there. Fortenberry Project Solutions runs out of Starkville and covers all of Forest - the Scott County seat, sitting right at I-20 Exit 88 about 40 miles east of Jackson. It's a busy spot on the corridor: Koch Foods and Raytheon/RTX are major employers here, and with new homes going up, the Crossgates area has the highest home values in the county (median around $265K). Whether you're fencing a new-construction backyard, keeping livestock in, or securing a commercial lot near the interstate, we'll walk your property, talk through your options, and give you a straight estimate.
Here's the thing that matters most for your fence in Forest: Scott County gets about 62 inches of rain a year, the most of anywhere we work, so drainage around your posts isn't optional - it's the whole game (more on that below). Most of your ground is well-drained Ruston sandy loam, easy to work, with Savannah fragipan soils on the gentler terraces that can fight an auger. For permits, if you're inside city limits they go through the City of Forest Community Development Department at 105 E. 1st St., (601) 469-2251, and we'll point you to exactly what's needed - especially handy if you're building in a newer development like Crossgates where things move fast.
If you're settling into a home in Crossgates or an established Forest neighborhood and you want a private backyard under the pine canopy, board-on-board wood is the one - the boards overlap so there are no gaps to see through, even after the wood settles.
If you've got pasture or cattle on the rural edges of Forest or out in the county, this is your fence - we build woven wire and barbed wire with treated posts for livestock and pasture division on Scott County's sandy loam uplands.
If you've got a business or industrial site near the I-20 Exit 88 corridor - the kind around Koch Foods and Raytheon/RTX - commercial chain link gives you a tough facility perimeter and heavy-duty gate hardware built for truck and equipment traffic.
If you're in Crossgates or one of Forest's newer developments and you'd rather not stain or refinish, full-privacy vinyl gives you clean, low-maintenance privacy that shrugs off Scott County's high-rainfall pine-country weather.
Two things about Forest's ground drive how we build for you. First, most of your lot is Ruston fine sandy loam - well-drained, a little acidic (pH around 5.1), easy to auger, with a clay subsoil that grabs a post nicely. On the gentler terraces you can hit a Savannah fragipan at 18 to 30 inches, a hard layer that resists an auger, so we punch through it instead of stopping short. Second, and this is the big one: Scott County gets about 62 inches of rain a year - the most in our whole service area - so we set every fence up to drain. That means gravel bases at the bottom of the holes on most jobs and extra care in the low spots and bottomland near Pelahatchie Creek and the Strong River, where water likes to sit. On a typical yard we go 30 inches deep, and corners and gates get 36 inches minimum. You won't see any of it once it's built, but in a place this wet it's exactly what keeps your fence from leaning.
You don't have to figure this out on your own. If your property is inside the Forest city limits, permits go through the City of Forest Community Development Department at 105 E. 1st St., (601) 469-2251, and we'll confirm what's needed before we start - which is especially helpful in a fast-moving development like Crossgates. If you're out in unincorporated Scott County, there's usually no permit required for a standard residential fence. Tell us where you are and we'll make sure nothing gets missed.
If you're inside the city limits, yes - and you don't have to sort it out alone. Permits go through the City of Forest Community Development Department at 105 E. 1st St., (601) 469-2251, and we'll confirm the height limits, setbacks, and whether your fence needs a full permit or a simpler approval before we start. This matters most in the Crossgates area, where there's a lot of new residential building going on, so we make sure the requirements are nailed down before a post goes in.
Most of Forest doesn't - it's largely a non-HOA area. The exception to watch is Crossgates, which is more structured and has higher home values, so if you're there it's worth checking your title documents or asking your neighborhood association whether covenants apply. If you're building new in that area, send us your plat and any HOA paperwork you have and we'll factor it in before we schedule, so nothing gets flagged after the fact.
It will if the posts are set for the conditions, and that's on us. Most of your uplands are well-drained Ruston fine sandy loam, which is easy to auger. On the gentler terraces you can hit a Savannah fragipan at 18 to 30 inches that resists an auger, so we punch through it rather than stop short. The bigger factor here is water: Scott County gets about 62 inches of rain a year, the most anywhere we work, so we pack gravel drainage bases at the post bottoms on most jobs to keep water from sitting. On a typical yard we set posts 30 inches deep, with corners and gates at 36 inches minimum. That's what keeps your fence from heaving or leaning in a wet climate.
Yes, that's a big part of our work here. The I-20 Exit 88 corridor around Forest includes Koch Foods, Raytheon/RTX, and related industry, and commercial chain link with heavy-duty gate hardware is the go-to for facility perimeters, equipment yards, and access points. We spec the gates to your actual traffic and security needs - slide gates, swing gates, and automated operators included - so trucks and equipment move through the way your operation needs them to.
Yes, and you're in good company - Scott County has 587 farms and 27,536 cattle. We build woven wire and barbed wire field fence with treated posts for cattle perimeter, pasture division, and general farm use around Forest and across the county. The well-drained Ruston sandy loam on your ridges and hillslopes is good post-setting ground, and we size the corner bracing to your run length and slope so long runs stay tight.
Call 601-562-2540 or send the project details and FPS will follow up.