The county seat, the oldest housing in Hendricks County, and the only one of the nine towns where the dominant soil is Miami rather than Crosby.
Danville has the oldest housing stock in the county, with about 12.4% predating 1940. In and around the square that means drainage designed, if it was designed at all, for a different century. Clay tile that has collapsed, roof water that has been landing in the same place for eighty years, and basements that have been damp so long the owner has stopped mentioning it are all normal here.
The bigger surprise is the terrain. Danville is the flattest-sounding name in the county that is not actually flat. Roughly 21% of its mapped soils sit on slopes over 6%, the highest of the nine Hendricks towns, and the valley walls along West Fork White Lick and East Fork Mill Creek run steeper still. Danville is also Miami-dominant at around 40%, the only town in the county that flips away from Crosby.
Slope changes the work. Where Pittsboro and Lizton get flat-lot ponding and outlet problems, Danville gets erosion, washouts, slope stability and retaining walls. It is also on a divide: water west of town heads for East Fork Mill Creek and the Eel, while the southeast side drains to West Fork White Lick and the White. Two jobs on opposite sides of Danville can be in different river basins.
On a divide. West to East Fork Mill Creek and the Eel, southeast to West Fork White Lick and the White River.
The steepest of the nine Hendricks towns: about 21% of mapped soils on slopes over 6%, with Miami at 12-18% and Hennepin at 25-50% on the valley walls. Miami-dominant at around 40%.
Oldest in the county. 12.4% predates 1940. Original clay tile and no perimeter drains are normal.
Danville is an MS4 with its own certified construction program and adopted a stormwater ordinance in 2024.
We do all nine services everywhere we work. These are the ones the ground in Danville asks for first.
Our specialty. We find where the water is actually coming from, then build the system that moves it away for good.
See the work →Walls built on a proper base with drainage behind them, plus rip rap and slope stabilization.
See the work →Exterior foundation waterproofing, sump pits, pumps and discharge lines, for basements and crawlspaces.
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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Not always, and we will tell you honestly if it is not. Danville has real slope, so the instinct is to build something to hold the ground. Often the better fix is upstream: intercept the water before it reaches the slope, slow it down, and the washout stops. A wall that is holding back a problem nobody diverted is a wall that will be leaning in a few years.
Usually, from the outside. Most of what makes an old Danville basement wet is water arriving at the wall, and that is a grading, downspout and footing drain problem rather than a masonry problem. We do not do structural foundation repair, but excavating to the footing, waterproofing the wall and giving the water somewhere else to go is squarely our work.
Because ground falls where it falls, and around Danville it falls more than most of the county. The Hendricks County Surveyor's office is blunt that a dispute between neighbors is a civil matter and not county jurisdiction. What we can do is design something on your property that intercepts and carries that water rather than arguing about it.
Yes. Danville is in Hendricks County, one of the four counties we work. We are based in Brownsburg, and Danville 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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