Marana was cotton and alfalfa fields along the Santa Cruz River until it incorporated in 1977, and it is now a town of about 52,000 strung along Interstate 10 from the Tucson line northwest toward Picacho Peak. The river runs the whole length of it, and the flat farmland on both banks is exactly where the October 1983 flood spread widest. The subdivisions came in waves: Continental Ranch on the west bank in the 1990s, Gladden Farms and Rancho Marana on old field ground in the 2000s, and the Tortolita foothills communities climbing toward Dove Mountain since.
Nearly every house is stucco over frame on a slab, built between 1990 and last year. The ones on former farmland sit on deep alluvial soil that stays wet for days after the river runs, and the ones on the foothills sit across the alluvial fans where the Tortolita washes spread out. Roofs are pitched tile more often than flat, and the plumbing runs overhead through the attic.
This site routes Marana homeowners to an independent local water damage provider by phone. The provider reads the slab and the attic before writing the scope down.
A ground-floor room in Gladden Farms or Continental Ranch that took on river water or wash runoff in a July storm needs monsoon flood cleanup, and the wet drywall comes out above the water line. A ceiling stain under an attic supply line is ceiling water damage repair. A floor that stays damp with the house dry overhead is a leak detection call, even in a house from 2005.
The Town of Marana runs its own development services desk, so a rebuild inside town limits pulls its permit there rather than from Pima County. Marana Water serves the newer subdivisions and can shut the meter when a house valve has seized; older parts of town along the river still draw from Tucson Water or private companies, so check the bill before you call the utility.
Call (520) 422-6139 and tell us where the water ended up. We route the call to a local water damage provider serving Marana.
Standing water pulled off saltillo, tile, and carpet on a Tucson slab before it wicks into block walls and the bottom of the drywall.
Air movers and dehumidifiers run until block, stucco, drywall, and cabinets read dry, even after a monsoon week pushes the humidity up.
A spinning meter, a warm patch of tile, or a damp baseboard traced to a pinholed copper line under the slab before concrete is cut.
Rooms soaked when an exposed hose bib line, a cooler supply, or an attic pipe split in a hard desert freeze, pumped out and dried.
Silt and wash water pulled out of a garage or ground floor after a monsoon storm, contaminated materials removed, and the house dried.
A tank that let go in a garage, laundry closet, or outdoor alcove and the flooring and drywall it soaked before anyone noticed.
A stained or sagging ceiling under a rooftop cooler, a package AC unit, or a pooled parapet section, dried and opened only where wet.
Wet insulation, ceilings, and walls dried after a flat roof ponded, a scupper clogged, or a July storm drove water under the coating.