Yard drainage in Fleming Island

Fleming Island is Clay County's largest suburb: about 9,400 detached homes, 87 percent owner-occupied, a median build year of 2000 and a median value near $387,000. It is bounded by the St. Johns on one side and Doctors Lake on the other, and that is the problem in a sentence — the lots are flat, the water table near both shores is high, and the ground is sand over hardpan like the rest of the First Coast. Eagle Harbor and Fleming Island Plantation were master-planned with ponds, and most lots do drain toward one, but the swale between houses settles and the back corner by the preserve holds water after every summer storm. Downspout lines to the street, a French drain along the low fence line and a catch basin in the one spot that ponds are the usual combination. The pines keep the gutters full with needles, so we check the gutters on every inspection here before blaming the yard.

Neighborhoods we cover in Fleming Island

Eagle Harbor, Fleming Island Plantation, Pace Island, Hibernia and Margaret's Walk — if you are between them, you are still in the zone.

What we do most in Fleming Island

Fleming Island prices follow our price guide: the inspection is $0, a French drain $20 – $45 / ft, downspout drainage $300 – $800 per point — written down before we dig. See typical French drain costs and rough out your yard with the calculator.