There is an area that I have been driving by since the early 1970's. It is right on State Line Road between Ill and Ind at about 121st Avenue. It is probably unincorporated Dyer in Lake County. About 7 years ago a small part of a corn field seemed to keep water much longer than it used to after heavy rains. About a quarter of a mile away on the Illinois side the yard surrounding a prefab house built on a slab turned into about a 1 acre marsh. The area on the Indiana side in the cornfield gradually kept getting larger and has flooded 121st ave for most of the last year. It has now turned into about a 3 acre pond. The county came out a couple of weeks ago and dumped gravel on the road raising it about 2ft for about 300ft in length. There is now water on both sides of the road and it is starting to encroach in the yard on a house just to the south side of the street. The nearest subdivision is about a half mile away. I haven't noticed any other changes in the topography.
How common is it for something like this to happen? Do the land owners just have to sit back and watch this happen?
How common is it for something like this to happen? Do the land owners just have to sit back and watch this happen?