Is this a new house to you?

We moved to our house 2 years ago and also had ponding and very wet soil. We had drainage installed last year.

This is our second year in the house. Last winter it got wet but once trees were taken down it is bad. Our neighborhood has a man made pond diagonally behind our house to collect drainage from neighborhood I believe. There are houses higher up so we may be collecting their water. We have a French drain so luckily there are no issues with water in our house but since this is the lowest level in the yard it collects here.

Thanks yes we have another smaller pond directly behind our yard and a large pond made when they built our development for this reason I believe. I am not sure how to go about getting approval for the drainage to go directly to that pond..I just got off the phone with a guy who is possibly going to give us some fill for free!! the pumping/draining will need to be figured out. I have seen trucks come and pump flooded parking lots at the school I used to work at and they take it away. What type of company would do something like that?

Aren't there laws you must follow about diverting water? Better check with your city hall.