We plan drainage for open, wooded and sloped Huntersville properties in the Rural Hill area, including runoff that crosses long stretches of ground. We come to the property for a free on-site estimate, with no trip fee.
We have no storefront or office because the crew comes to each homeowner. We work across Huntersville and the other towns we serve every week, know Sam Furr Road, Beatties Ford Road and Neck Road, and organize visits so we can get to properties quickly and be there when we say we will.
Historic Rural Hill is a 265-acre historic site and nature preserve at 4431 Neck Road. Six generations of the Davidson family owned and farmed the property.
Eight historic structures remain. They include the Davidson One-Room Schoolhouse from 1890 and the Bethesda Schoolhouse from about 1900, one of the first African-American schools in Mecklenburg County.
The open fields, wooded ground and nearby McDowell Creek reflect the conditions found on the western side of Huntersville. For drainage work, long runs of open ground and a named creek require water to be slowed and routed without treating the creek as a private outlet.
Water crossing a larger property gathers as it moves downhill. Sending it into one straight pipe can concentrate the flow at the outlet. We look for ways to manage the path on the homeowner's property, using grade and collection where they fit while avoiding work in a named creek or public drainage area.
Wooded ground adds roots, leaf litter and changing surface elevations. Open ground can have long shallow slopes that are hard to read when dry. We trace the route from the upper part of the lot, through the problem area and toward a lawful discharge point before recommending a drain or grading plan.
Intercepts subsurface water where it moves through soil along a slope or across a persistently wet area.
Separates roof runoff from broad yard flow and carries it through solid pipe toward an appropriate outlet.
Collects water at a defined low point where open ground directs runoff into one area.
Looks at the full route across the property before selecting grading, collection or subsurface drainage.
Creates or restores a broad channel that slows and guides surface water without piping it straight downhill.
Relieves water behind a wall where a change in grade interrupts the natural path across the lot.
The Town of Huntersville Public Works maintains public pipes, catch basins and culverts within Town-maintained street rights-of-way and recorded public drainage easements. Public Works can be reached at 704-875-7007.
Named creeks and lakes are handled by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services at 311 or 704-336-7600. State-road drainage goes to NCDOT. Drainage on private property is the property owner's responsibility.
McDowell Creek is a named creek and falls under Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services, not the homeowner or the Town of Huntersville. Private-property work must remain on the homeowner's side of that boundary.
I-77 Exit 25, then west on NC-73 (Sam Furr Rd) about 3 miles, past Birkdale Village. Turn left on Beatties Ford Rd and go about 4 miles, past Bradley Middle School. Turn right on Neck Rd and go about 2 miles, crossing the McDowell Creek bridge. Rural Hill is on the right just past the McDowell Creek Water Treatment Plant (use the second entrance).
We trace the flow across the full property, check the slope and identify a lawful outlet. The plan may use a broad swale, collection points or subsurface drainage depending on how the water moves.
We do not treat a named creek as a private drainage feature. We keep the proposed work on the homeowner's property and identify questions that belong with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services.
We account for roots, leaf litter, uneven grade and access before laying out excavation or an outlet. The route is planned to manage water while staying within the private work area.
Call 704-460-2019 or send the contact form. There is no trip fee.
