# Edgewater, MD Yard Drainage: River Rock for Wet Yards > Yard drainage in Edgewater, MD. County records show a swale regraded and a storm drain extended on Edgewater streets; in the yard we build river rock drainage. Page: https://fannonpropertyservices.com/service-area/edgewater/drainage/ Last changed: 2026-10-12 --- # Yard drainage in Edgewater, for the rain on your lawn. County records show a storm drain extended and a swale regraded on Edgewater streets. In the yard itself, we put river rock to work. - Free estimates - Insured - Locally owned ![Drawing of a house behind a roadside swale holding water, with a pipe carrying the swale under the driveway](https://fannonpropertyservices.com/assets/drawn/eddr-hero.svg) ## What the county's own records show 25 of 31 storm drain repair records the county maps inside Edgewater cite a sinkhole or a rotten, rusted, corroded, deteriorated or collapsed pipe. *Thirty-one pipe ends in rows, one for each storm drain repair record the county maps inside Edgewater: 25 are marked as citing a sinkhole or a rotten, rusted, corroded, deteriorated or collapsed pipe, and 6 are not* - **Hilltop Road** The storm drain system was extended to deal with flooding at a property in a low area. Completed in March 2020. - **Oak Bluff Road** A swale was regraded and a driveway culvert replaced over flooding concerns. Completed in September 2026. ### Who can I call about a wet yard in Edgewater, MD? You can call us. Our river rock drainage in Edgewater is a dry creek bed or rock channel that takes rain off the lawn and downspout water away from the wall. Of the county's 31 storm drain repair records inside Edgewater, 25 cite a sinkhole or a rotten, rusted, corroded, deteriorated or collapsed pipe. Estimates are free. Sources: Anne Arundel County, USDA NRCS, NOAA and FEMA through Maryland iMap. Checked on 11 October 2026. ## And under the lawn About 9% of the land in Edgewater sits in soil map units where the water table can come within 30 centimetres, about a foot, of the surface. ![River rock laid in a channel between a lawn and a driveway](https://fannonpropertyservices.com/assets/own/drainage-hero-phone.webp) *River rock moves water over the ground. It does not lower the water under it.* - **About 3%** of the land is in soil map units rated mainly poorly or very poorly drained, against about 71 percent rated mainly well drained. ## Next door, and up the county. - ![Drawing of the ground cut through, with river rock heaped in a shallow channel between a lawn and a driveway, and arrows showing water running off both into the rock](https://fannonpropertyservices.com/assets/drawn/g09-river-rock.svg) [Yard drainage](https://fannonpropertyservices.com/drainage/) Dry creek beds, and what to send us. - ![Map with Edgewater and Londontowne marked south of Annapolis, and Riva to the west](https://fannonpropertyservices.com/assets/own/map-edgewater-desk.webp) [Edgewater](https://fannonpropertyservices.com/service-area/edgewater/) Lawns, gutters, washing and December lights. - ![Map with Riva, Edgewater and Davidsonville marked, southwest of Annapolis](https://fannonpropertyservices.com/assets/own/map-riva-desk.webp) [Riva yard drainage](https://fannonpropertyservices.com/service-area/riva/drainage/) Beards Creek country, and the Sylvan Shores road rules. - ![Map with Pasadena, Lake Shore, Riviera Beach and Gibson Island marked, north of Severna Park and Arnold](https://fannonpropertyservices.com/assets/own/map-pasadena-desk.webp) [Pasadena yard drainage](https://fannonpropertyservices.com/service-area/pasadena/drainage/) Lake Shore and Riviera Beach in a cloudburst. ## Edgewater, straight answers ### My Edgewater street floods at high tide. Will yard drainage help? Not with the tide. County storm drain records list a job on Shore Drive in Edgewater for street flooding during high tide, received in July 2022 and completed in May 2023. That record is the county's, and it is about a street. River rock in a yard handles rain and roof water, and it cannot hold a tide back. ### My Edgewater yard is outside the flood zone. Why does it still hold water? Because a flood map does not show where rain ponds on a lawn. About 7 percent of Edgewater's land lies in the A, AE or VE zones of FEMA's effective flood map, and about 92 percent lies outside every flood area the map draws. That counts land, not homes. A yard that stays wet outside those zones is a question of rain and ground. ### How much rain does it take to leave standing water in Edgewater? Less than a record storm. Standing water forced the closure of Pike Ridge Road in Edgewater on September 6, 2011, when a rain gauge near there recorded 2.29 inches. A road is not a lawn, but if yours ponds after an ordinary rain, tell us how deep it gets and how many days it lasts. ### Runoff is cutting a gully down my bank toward the water. Is that a drainage job? It may be more than a yard job. On a steep part of the Historic London Town grounds, a 2023 county presentation describes stormwater runoff gathering into a channel and discharging into tidal water at high speed, with head cut erosion developing upland. Describe your bank and we will tell you whether river rock suits it or whether it needs a walkthrough first. ## Get a free estimate. Name the Edgewater street and say whether the water sits in the yard or out by the road. We come back with a text or a call. 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