Playa country southwest of Lubbock — flat Terry County plains over caliche where runoff migrates to low basins and lingers. We give it a path off your lot.
Tell us what your yard is doing and we’ll come take a look — no charge.
Brownfield, southwest of Lubbock in Terry County, sits on the same flat, caliche-underlain plains — cotton and oil country dotted with playa basins, and yards that flood for the reasons the whole region shares.
The Terry County plains are classic playa terrain: shallow, clay-lined basins scattered across the flat land, each collecting runoff from its little watershed and holding it, because the ground drains internally rather than to any river. A lot near one of these basins sits in the path of migrating runoff, and with caliche below blocking infiltration, the water lingers. Understanding where your property sits relative to the local low ground is central to draining it.
The same engineered approach the plains require: leveling and swales to build fall, catch basins for surface water, a French drain for water trapped above the caliche, and — on the flat and playa-adjacent lots that are common here — a sump to carry water off when gravity can’t. On the larger properties, grading directs field and storm runoff away from the house. Every design starts from where the water can actually go, because the ground won’t take it.
Whatever the yard is doing, we bring the full range to Brownfield — and it all starts with understanding why yards here flood:
On the Terry County plains, a quick way to understand a flooding yard is to look at where the nearest playa or low basin sits, because the land quietly funnels runoff toward it. A lot on the path to that low ground receives water from well beyond its own boundaries, and with caliche blocking it from soaking in, that water lingers. Part of our assessment is reading your property’s place in the local drainage — whether it’s feeding a basin or sitting in one — because that determines how much water you’re really dealing with and where a drain can send it.
We cover Brownfield and the Terry County area for the full range of residential drainage work. A flooding yard, water pushing toward the foundation, or a drain that never worked — call (806) 298-6289 for a free on-site assessment.
Free on-site drainage assessments across Lubbock and the South Plains. We’ll tell you what’s actually causing the water — caliche, a flat lot, a nearby playa — and what it takes to fix it.