Captain Dirty
Platinum Member
I suspect your field is the top layer in a "bowl" of impermeable or semi-permeable material (rock ledge or clay). If you follow the "stream" you will find the low spot where the water flows over the lip of the bowl. If it is on your property, you could lower that spot a bit to lower the water table in the field without inundating your neighbor any more than happens currently in the wet season. The county may have a geologist or hydrologist, or there may be someone in a nearby university that has knowledge of the geologic strata. In my neighborhood there was a backhoe contractor who had dug most of the perc test holes and installed many of the septic systems and who had extensive, practical, local knowledge.