Soggy lawn spot in East Port Orchard, WA

The likely causes here

Start with a service line leak surfacing downhill. The pressurized line between the meter and the house has failed, and the water has followed the trench or the hardpan to the nearest low spot. Around Jackson Avenue and South Kitsap High the housing dates from the 1970s and 80s South Kitsap build-out, which makes this the likeliest answer to soggy lawn spot.

Then an irrigation leak. A cracked lateral or a weeping valve wets the ground on watering days. We've seen it near South Kitsap High more than once, usually on copper pinholed under driveways.

Finally, a natural seep or perched water. Common on bluff and hillside lots. Worth five minutes before anyone digs clay seams near Retsil.

What to check first

Near Retsil and Annapolis the clay seams delay the signs.

First steps for soggy lawn spot near Village Greens: note whether the spot is wet in dry weather or only after rain. Do the meter test with everything closed, then with the house isolated. Don't dig at the spot. Then call; the rest is a locate through clay seams near Retsil, not guesswork.

The fix in East Port Orchard

When it's the buried line, the fix in East Port Orchard is underground water leak detection: we correlate, confirm and mark through till sloping toward Sinclair Inlet at the marked spot on 1980s subdivision lots off Mile Hill, and trace the line. Pressure gauges and isolation and the mini excavator ride on the first trip so it's finished the same visit.

the Veterans Home, Village Greens, Annapolis: near any of them, soggy lawn spot gets the same crew and the same equipment. About twenty minutes across the inlet, day or night, with the mini excavator on the trailer for mid-size lots along Bethel Avenue.