If you build a permanent berm around your property

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berm

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geology

If you build it then it will come!

I don't think so, simply because of the pandoras box it would open with other potential cases. Everyone could find a reason to sue their neighbor, or even worse, the city.

My aunt and uncle had a neighbor do this to keep runoff from coming into his property. Ended up making his yard flood and he had to remove it

Seems like it would just hold water on your property.

You can't do that unless you dig an empty hole of equal size elsewhere on your property, not a pond, to offset what you have done.

Yes. If you need links start this thread on the OB. I'm way too lazy, tired, and full of dontgiveafrick.

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would your neighbors have a cause of action if it made their flooding worse?

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I would think yes given the current politics.

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You cannot interfere with natural drainage where I am.

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So I added about a 3 inch gradient on the drainage ditch his treatment plant runs into.

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I was under the impression drainage ditches were on easements from the town/county/city where you are? That blocking one would be akin to clogging a city drain on purpose?

There is a house in MS I pass by often with a 5-6' tall berm around the house. When it floods he closes off the flow in the up and down stream culverts in the ditch in front of his house. He also has a tractor with pump that pumps out any water that gets in. He has been high and dry for many years. He would probably flood every 5-7 years if he didn't build the berm. I think the guy is a farmer and probably did all the dirt work. He has no neighbors close enough to worry about.