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Troy neighborhoods and ZIP codes we cover
Updated October 20, 2026
Troy was wetland and farmland sixty years ago, and the soils still remember it: Brookston and Colwood muck near Long Lake, Shebeon clay under Emerald Lakes, loamy sand in Sylvan Glen. Pick your area below for what a contractor usually finds, or send the form from any page and the one local pro we refer will figure it out at the house.
Northfield Hills
Long Lake and Coolidge · 1970s–80s colonials and condos
The water table is high, sumps here work harder than almost anywhere else in Troy, and a dead pump in April can mean inches of water the same day..
What we see in Northfield Hills →Sylvan Glen
Rochester Road and Square Lake · 1960s–70s ranches and colonials
Rain soaks in fast, then sits on the denser layer at footing depth.
What we see in Sylvan Glen →Emerald Lakes
Wattles and John R · 1970s subdivisions
Clay holds water, so after a multi-day rain the soil stays saturated and pushes water through the cove joint and any crack it can find.
What we see in Emerald Lakes →Big Beaver corridor and Somerset
central Troy · newer poured walls, condos and townhouses
The soil survey calls it urban land, which means every lot is different and the construction details matter more than the map..
What we see in Big Beaver corridor →Oak River and the west side
west Troy near the Rouge headwaters · 1970s–90s subdivisions
Water has a path through these neighborhoods, and when it backs up in a storm the egress wells and the low corners of the basement are the first to know..
What we see in Oak River →Every street in Troy
The referral covers all of Troy, ZIP codes 48083, 48084, 48085 and 48098, not only the neighborhoods above. If your street is not named, send the form anyway: the one independent contractor we refer works across the whole city. Area notes are general observations about housing age and mapped soils from the sources on the Troy facts page, not records of specific addresses.
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Sources
- USDA NRCS Soil Data Access, map unit components at Long Lake/Coolidge (Northfield Hills), Rochester/Square Lake (Sylvan Glen), Wattles/John R (Emerald Lakes) and Big Beaver/Rochester, queried Oct 19 2026 — https://sdmdataaccess.sc.egov.usda.gov/
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 1-year estimates, tables B25034, B25035, B25003, Troy city, MI (via Census Reporter API) — https://censusreporter.org/profiles/16000US2680700-troy-mi/