Service areas

Towns covered around Murfreesboro

You can call from anywhere in Murfreesboro and from the Rutherford County towns around it.

The area in plain words

Inside Murfreesboro that means the whole city, older streets and new subdivisions alike. Beyond the city it takes in Smyrna and La Vergne, and the smaller communities of Rockvale, Lascassas, Christiana, Eagleville and Readyville.

If your town is not named, call anyway and give your address. Independent companies set their own travel limits, and many work across the whole county.

Watercolor of a suburban street after rain, with water running along the curb to a storm drain and low brick houses behind — Illustration: rainwater heading for a street drain.

Which public office deals with drainage where you live

Water under a house is the owner's to fix. Water in a street, ditch or storm drain belongs to whoever maintains it, and that depends on which side of a city boundary you are on.

City of Murfreesboro. The city maintains the storm drainage systems inside its limits. Flood zone questions go to the Planning Department on 615-893-6441.
Town of Smyrna. Flooding or high water from a blocked drainage way goes to Public Works on (615) 459-9766.
City of La Vergne. The Stormwater Department, (615) 287-8658, handles blocked ditches and culverts.
Everywhere else in the county. Rutherford County's Engineering and Stormwater office takes drainage and flooding reports on (615) 898-7732.

The town pages below go into what each office will and will not do.

Town pages

Talk to a crawl space company

Say what you have noticed under the house or in the basement. A short description is enough to get the conversation started.

Call from Murfreesboro or nearby

You will be put through to an independent local company that does this kind of work.

Call (615) 555-0113

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