A valley soil association like Plainfield's, no stormwater fee at all, and water that leaves for a different river than Lebanon's fifteen miles away.
Zionsville shares something with Plainfield and Franklin that sets it apart from most of the towns around it: its broad soil association is a valley association rather than a till association. That is the Eagle Creek corridor showing up in the soil map, and it means more alluvium, a closer water table on the low ground, and outlet elevations that need checking rather than assuming.
The town runs a real MS4 program, and it funds it unusually. Zionsville has no stormwater fee. The program and its maintenance, running to roughly $943,000 a year, come out of motor vehicle highway funds, and a fee was still under discussion as recently as late 2025. For a property owner that mostly means the town is not collecting from you for stormwater, and it also means public capacity is finite.
The properties themselves split cleanly. The older village sections have drainage that was frequently never designed at all, so the work is footing drains, downspout routing and grading against houses that predate the idea of a storm system. The newer acreage on the edges has the opposite problem: water arriving from a neighboring property that sits higher, needing somewhere to go that does not start an argument. Zionsville and Lebanon are fifteen miles apart and send their water to different rivers.
Upper White basin via Eagle Creek. Lebanon, fifteen miles north, drains to the Wabash instead.
A valley soil association, like Plainfield and Franklin, from the Eagle Creek corridor. More alluvium and a closer water table on low ground.
Split between an old village core and newer large-lot development on the edges.
An MS4, but with no stormwater fee. The program is funded from motor vehicle highway funds at roughly $943,000 a year.
We do all nine services everywhere we work. These are the ones the ground in Zionsville 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 →Exterior foundation waterproofing, sump pits, pumps and discharge lines, for basements and crawlspaces.
See the work →Walls built on a proper base with drainage behind them, plus rip rap and slope stabilization.
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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Practically, the reliable answer is to intercept and carry it on your own ground rather than to litigate it. A curtain drain along the uphill boundary, sized for what is actually arriving, is the usual approach. County surveyors across this area are consistent that neighbor water disputes are civil matters, not government ones.
Yes, and it is common work. On a house of that age the sequence is usually to correct grade and roof water first, because that is cheap and it solves a surprising share of cases, then excavate to the footing and install drainage and membrane where water is still reaching the wall.
No. As of the most recent information we have, Zionsville funds its stormwater program from motor vehicle highway funds rather than a utility fee, though a fee has been discussed. It does still run an MS4 program, so permitted work still has to meet its standards.
Yes. Zionsville is in Boone County, one of the four counties we work. We are based in Brownsburg, and Zionsville 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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