Rolling ground by Hendricks County standards, 151 feet of relief, and water that leaves for the Eel rather than the White.
Clayton is one of the towns people are surprised by. At about 151 feet of relief it is three times as varied as Lizton and noticeably steeper than Brownsburg or Plainfield, which puts it in erosion and slope territory rather than flat-lot ponding territory. On ground that moves like that, water gains speed, and speed is what cuts a channel through a lawn or undermines the edge of a drive.
Clayton drains to the Eel basin, not the White. That puts it in a different major watershed from Danville, Avon, Plainfield and Brownsburg despite sitting in the same county. For most homeowners that is trivia, but on any project involving an outlet into a ditch or a regulated drain, knowing which system you are actually discharging into is the difference between a permitted job and a problem.
Clayton is not an MS4 and has no municipal stormwater program, so what happens on the property is largely up to the property owner to design and pay for. That cuts both ways. There is less process to work through, and there is also no public system standing by to take your water. Rip rap, slope stabilization, culverts and properly built retaining walls do more work here than they do in the flat towns.
Eel basin, a different HUC-8 from its own county seat.
About 151 feet of relief, among the more incised ground in Hendricks County. Erosion and velocity, not ponding.
Small-town stock with a rural surround. Expect original drainage or none.
Not an MS4. No municipal stormwater program, so solutions are private and have to work on their own.
We do all nine services everywhere we work. These are the ones the ground in Clayton asks for first.
Walls built on a proper base with drainage behind them, plus rip rap and slope stabilization.
See the work →Our specialty. We find where the water is actually coming from, then build the system that moves it away for good.
See the work →Site clearing, grading, building pads and trenching for residential, commercial and new construction.
See the work →Start with a call or a text to (317) 503-6782. Tell us what is going on in your own words. Water pools by the back door. The old driveway has to go. The yard slopes toward the house. You do not need the technical terms and you do not need a plan drawn up. If it is something we handle we will set a time to come look. If it is not, we will tell you that and point you somewhere better if we can.
Casey comes out and looks at the actual site with you. This part matters more in dirt work than in almost any other trade. Two back yards that sound identical on the phone can be completely different once you see the slope, the access, the soil and where the water wants to go. Walking it together means you can point at the problem and we can talk through options on the spot, including options that cost you less than what you had in mind.
After the walkthrough we put the estimate together and email it to you, with the scope of work written out so you can see what is and is not included. It is free and there is no pressure attached. Take your time with it and compare it if you want to. Honest pricing only works if you have room to check it.
Free, in writing, with no obligation to move forward. A deposit reserves your spot on the schedule once you approve it.
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Slowing it down or intercepting it before it gets moving, usually both. On Clayton's slopes the fix is rarely a bigger pipe at the bottom. It is a curtain drain or swale higher up, sometimes with rip rap or geotextile where the water has to cross, so the energy never builds in the first place.
Clayton is not an MS4, so there is no municipal stormwater permit program the way there is in Brownsburg or Avon. That does not mean nothing applies. Anything touching a regulated drain or a utility still does, and we pull what the work requires.
Sometimes, and sometimes a wall is the expensive way to postpone the problem. We look at grade and soil first. If water is what is destabilizing the slope, drainage behind and above the wall matters more than the block, and occasionally it removes the need for the wall entirely.
Yes. Clayton is in Hendricks County, one of the four counties we work. We are based in Brownsburg, and Clayton is regular territory.
There is no honest way to answer that without seeing the property, because the price is driven by where the water is coming from, how far it has to be carried and what it has to cross. The estimate is free, Casey walks it with you, and you get the scope in writing by email.
Tell us what is going on in your own words. You do not need the technical terms, and you do not need a plan drawn up.
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