41.1387° N 112.0664° W US Census Bureau 2023 Gazetteer

French Drain Installation Permits in Davis County

Standing water in the yard, or a damp basement wall with no leak you can find. Start with what actually causes it here.

Serving Clinton, UT · Davis County

Clinton, UTDavis County permits10 nearby towns coveredResidential drainageDigs run frost-out to late fall

Where these figures come from

Every number on this property comes from the American Community Survey, and each one is an estimate with a published margin of error rather than an exact count. Where the margin is wide enough that the figure cannot be trusted, the figure is left off the page instead of printed with a hedge.

What is missing, and why that is said out loud

Two kinds of local fact are not here yet. Permit counts, which come from the county rather than from a survey. And soil, which comes from the national soil survey and is the single most useful fact for drainage work, because clay and sand do not behave alike. Neither is published on this page yet, and a page that implied otherwise would be worse than a gap.

When not to buy one

Water on the floor after a heavy rain, near one wall, with a downspout outside it. Fix the downspout first. Water that seeps through a wall in a wet spring and never in summer. Look at the grade first. A drain installed around either of those is money spent on the wrong cause.

Read what a Clinton drainage job costs before calling anyone, and check the Clinton Utah French Drain service area to see whether your street is covered.

Back to Clinton Utah French Drain.

Local conditions in Clinton

Median year structure built 1,999 US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates 2023 · ±2 · retrieved 2026-08-04
Median home value $412,200 US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates 2023 · ±15452 · retrieved 2026-08-04
Total housing units 6,933 US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates 2023 · ±406 · retrieved 2026-08-04
Owner-occupied housing units 6,063 US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates 2023 · ±380 · retrieved 2026-08-04

Questions people actually ask

Does a French drain fix water in a Clinton basement?

Sometimes. Often the cause is a downspout, and a downspout should discharge at least 6 feet from the wall. Moving it costs a small fraction of a drain. A drain is the answer when water has nowhere to go, not when it is simply aimed at the wall.

When can a drain be dug in Davis County?

Frozen ground stops the work. The usual window runs about 8 months, opening once the frost is out and closing when it returns. Book about 6 weeks ahead inside that window.

How long does the work take?

Most residential runs take 1 to 3 days. Add a day when a machine cannot reach the back yard.

Who pulls the permit?

The trade doing the work pulls it in their own name, and it comes from Davis County rather than from city hall in many cases. Expect 1 inspection on a residential trench, and ask to see the permit before the first cut.