Onondaga County
Water Damage in Camillus: Nine Mile Creek and Village Basements
When Nine Mile Creek backs up at the Main Street bridge, Camillus village basements take in creek water, which is handled as contaminated. Half the village rents. Send what happened and we connect you with a licensed, insured contractor.
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Tell us where the water came from, what got wet and whether it has stopped. A person reads every request and matches it to a licensed, insured water damage contractor. If water is still coming in, close the main shutoff before anything else.
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The county's record of Nine Mile Creek flooding
The county hazard plan records that Nine Mile Creek has flooded the Village of Camillus several times, and that hundreds of dead trees lying upstream are carried down and caught in the Main Street bridge, exposing 150 residences. The state's Resilient NY study names upstream of that bridge as one of two high risk areas in the watershed.
Source: Onondaga County 2025 Hazard Mitigation Plan; NYSDEC Resilient NY, accessed 2026-09-02
ACS 2020 to 2024 estimates put 375 of the Village of Camillus's 728 occupied units, 51.5 percent, as renter occupied, the highest share of any village in this metro, while the surrounding Town of Camillus is 20.6 percent renter occupied with a median year built of 1966.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020 to 2024 five year estimates, accessed 2026-09-24
Creek water in a Camillus basement?
Treat it as contaminated, keep people out and photograph the water line. Then send the details.
What Nine Mile Creek does to Camillus basements
The county hazard plan records that Nine Mile Creek has flooded the Village of Camillus several times, and that dead trees carried down from upstream catch in the Main Street bridge, exposing about 150 residences. The state's Resilient NY study names the stretch upstream of that bridge as one of two high risk areas in the watershed. Creek water crosses yards, streets and whatever is stored in them before it reaches a basement, so it is handled as contaminated water: porous materials it soaked generally come out rather than being dried in place. It is also a flood policy question, not a homeowners one. The village is 51.5 percent renter occupied, the highest share of any village in this metro, so after a creek flood the owner's building and the tenant's belongings are two separate claims, each needing its own photographs.
Areas within Camillus: Camillus village, Main Street bridge area, Nine Mile Creek corridor, Fairmount, Split Rock
What we connect Camillus homes with after a creek flood
Water Extraction and Cleanup
Get standing water out of a house in the Syracuse area on the first day, record the damage before anything is moved, and start the drying before the EPA's 24 to 48 hour window closes.
Water Extraction in Camillus →Structural Drying and Moisture Control
Dry the walls, floors, subfloor and framing of a water-damaged house in the Syracuse area to a measured dry standard, and decide on the readings what can be dried in place and what has to come out.
Structural Drying in Camillus →Sewage and Category 3 Water Cleanup
Clean up sewage and other grossly contaminated water in a Syracuse area house safely: remove what cannot be saved, disinfect what can, dry the structure, and record it all for the insurer.
Sewage Cleanup in Camillus →Tell us how the water reached your Camillus home
Creek, pipe or drain, and whether you own or rent. No obligation.