Fortenberry Project Solutions installs fences in Pheba, Clay County MS. Deep posts for Black Belt clay on MS-50 acreage. Field, livestock, gates. Free quotes.
If you're in Pheba or out in western Clay County and you need a fence built or repaired, we can be there - Fortenberry Project Solutions runs out of Starkville and covers this whole area. Pheba is an unincorporated community along the MS-50 corridor near the MS-389 junction and the Pheba Historic District, with landmarks like the Pheba Community Center on Highway 50 and the historic Clay County Agricultural High School campus still anchoring the area. Whether you're fencing a perimeter across timber ground, closing in a pasture for cattle or horses, or hanging a solid gate for equipment access, we'll come walk the property, talk through your options, and give you a straight estimate.
Here's what matters about the ground out here: Clay County sits in Mississippi's Northeast Prairie and Black Belt soil region, where the expansive shrink-swell clay - including regional series like Sumter and Brooksville - moves enough through wet winters and summer dry-downs to rack a fence line if the posts aren't set right (more on that below). One thing we'll take off your plate: because Pheba is unincorporated, there's no city building department - fence permitting is handled at the county level. We recommend confirming right-of-way, easement, and floodplain questions with the Clay County Chancery Clerk before breaking ground, and we'll help you get that sorted.
If you've got a large tract of timber or farm ground, this is the cost-effective way to control your boundary. Field fence handles the long perimeter runs off MS-50 and along the farm roads without overbuilding for agricultural use - so you get a solid line without paying for more fence than the job needs.
If you run horses or cattle on rolling fields, pasture fence gives you a clean, easy-to-maintain perimeter. It handles gate openings and long spans better than heavier livestock wire on land that grades and flows across several low spots, so it works with your terrain instead of fighting it.
If you're running cattle or mixed livestock on acreage next to open fields and timber, this one keeps your animals in. Livestock fence is built to take the push-through pressure at corners and gates that comes with the wide rural spans around Pheba.
If your driveway or equipment access needs room for a tractor and trailer, a swing gate sized for that clearance is the reliable, low-maintenance answer. Brace it properly and it'll take the hunting-club traffic and farm equipment cycling in and out all year without sagging on you.
Here's what you're building on: Clay County is part of Mississippi's Northeast Prairie and Black Belt region, where the expansive clay - mapped regionally as series like Sumter and Brooksville - moves enough season to season to rack a fence line if the posts are shallow or the corners aren't braced right. So on the long runs near MS-50, we set posts to 24-36 inches depending on the fence load and what the site gives us, and we treat corner and gate posts as structural elements with heavier bracing and concrete collars wherever the fence carries wind load or animal pressure. In the lower, wetter areas we pay extra attention to drainage so your post holes don't stay saturated and work loose after a wet winter. You won't see any of this once it's up, but it's what keeps the line tracking true through the wet-to-dry cycles out on the prairie belt.
Out here it's handled at the county level - the Clay County Chancery Clerk keeps the county records and plats, and you can reach them at (662) 494-3124 - https://www.claycountyms.com/chancery-clerk/. You don't have to figure this out on your own. Tell us where your property is and we'll point you to exactly what's needed, or help you handle it.
Most standard fence jobs in Pheba don't need a city permit, simply because Pheba is unincorporated and there's no city process. What can vary from parcel to parcel is right-of-way, utility easements, floodplain rules, and any recorded subdivision plats - so the smart move is to verify your specific site with the Clay County Chancery Clerk at (662) 494-3124 before you dig, and we'll help you do that. If your fence ties into a driveway entrance or runs near a county road, we'll confirm the setback from the right-of-way with the county before we set any corner posts.
Most land around Pheba is rural and not under an HOA, so the things that usually matter are your property lines, utility easements, and any recorded deed covenants. If your tract is part of a recorded subdivision plat or carries written restrictions, we build right to those documents and keep the gate and entry locations consistent with the covenant language. When none of that applies, we focus on verified property lines, clean corners, and access points that fit how you actually use the land.
It will if the posts are set right, and that's on us. In Clay County's prairie belt, the shrink-swell clay heaves and settles noticeably through the wet and dry cycles, which is exactly why shallow quick-set posts fail on a working fence here. We use post depths matched to the fence load - usually in the 24-36 inch range - brace the corners and gate posts to resist movement, and keep the long runs tensioned off properly built end assemblies, so one soft spot doesn't throw the whole line out of line. Where the fence crosses a low or wetter area, we change the setting method so the holes don't stay saturated and work the post base loose over time.
Yes - most Pheba properties have subtle grades, road ditches, and small seasonal drainages, and a fence out here has to follow the land without leaving bottom gaps that animals push through or under. For woven and livestock styles we grade-follow the run, and where we need to, we step the sections so the tension stays consistent while the bottom wire stays tight to the ground. If you've got a known wet-weather flow path, we can plan a hardened gate opening or a deliberately accessible section that's easier to fix after a high-water event.
We usually recommend at least one wide primary entry - a swing gate - sized for your largest trailer or piece of equipment, plus a secondary service gate that takes some wear off the main opening. On a long rural driveway, position matters: keeping the gate off the road right-of-way and out of the low, muddy approaches lets it work year-round without mud blocking it. If it's a hunting lease or multi-user access, we can add keyed or coded locking hardware and lay the gate out so vehicles can't cut the corner and tear up your hinge posts over time.
Call 601-562-2540 or send the project details and FPS will follow up.