Built where the water already was
Fort Branch's name and original 1811 site trace directly to a spring-fed stream that guaranteed a water supply for the frontier fort that once stood there. The town that grew up after 1852 inherited that same water-rich ground, which is worth knowing before diagnosing a drainage or supply-line issue as something else.
Supply lines and drainage on naturally wet ground
Plumbing work in Fort Branch, from drain-and-sewer service to supply-line upgrades, benefits from treating the town's naturally high water table as a starting assumption rather than a surprise, given that the same groundwater conditions have been part of this site since 1811.