Suquamish: There's a Soggy, Green Patch in My Lawn That Won't Dry Out

Why this happens in Suquamish

An irrigation leak: a cracked lateral or a weeping valve wets the ground on watering days. In Suquamish that usually means copper and galvanized on 1950s village homes near Augusta Avenue, and the ground, hardpan on the uplands toward Indianola, decides how far the water travels before you see it.

The second thing we rule in or out is a natural seep or perched water. Common on bluff and hillside lots. It's common enough on parcels along Augusta Avenue that we never skip it.

Don't overlook a failed drain line. A crushed downspout or yard drain line discharging into the lawn instead of its outlet. On Suquamish properties from mid-century village homes ringed by 1970s-to-2000s construction it comes up more than you'd think.

Before you call

Suquamish locates start with confirming which utility serves the parcel, Kitsap PUD or the Tribe's utility, because the meter is where we begin.

What you can check yourself on waterfront lots on Agate Pass: note whether the spot is downhill of the meter-to-house line's route. Don't dig at the spot. If you get that far, we'll pick it up from there with pipe and cable locator and electronic acoustic ground microphone.

What happens next

In Suquamish the work that follows the diagnosis is underground water leak detection, and it runs in order: confirm there is a leak, correlate, listen. Longer runs out toward Sandy Hook in till under the village grid sets the pace on larger lots off Totten Road; the sequence doesn't change.

Our Suquamish coverage for soggy lawn spot runs the Suquamish Dock, Agate Pass, the museum, Chief Seattle's grave and everything between. We're based in Central Kitsap, twenty-five minutes via Highway 305, with pipe and cable locator and pumps on the truck.