Yard drainage planning, not a product name
On a larger lawn it is tempting to skip diagnosis and order a trench. On a smaller one it is tempting to blame only the downspout. Both shortcuts fail for the same reason: they skip the path.
Yard drainage is the planning page. French drain vs. grading and catch basin vs. French drain are the two comparisons that stop people from buying the wrong layer.
Standing water, runoff, and the house
Water that sheets across a yard is a slope and path problem. Water that ponds in one footprint is a low-spot problem. Water that rings the foundation is often roof discharge or reverse grade in the first several feet.
Downspout drainage belongs in the plan whenever an outlet is feeding the wet area. Drainage around the house is not a separate interior trade on this site. It is still yard water, managed outside.
Grading vs. a French drain in this grouping
If the ground sends runoff the wrong way, reshape it or give it a swale. If the soil stays wet after the surface looks drained, a French drain may be the missing exit — with an outlet that does not soak the next low area.
Roscoe and Rockton get equal weight here because the decision is the same in both: match the method to the water, then confirm the water has somewhere appropriate to go.
Services this grouping uses most
Planning first, then the tool that matches surface water, roof water, or groundwater.
Decision pages for Roscoe and Rockton
Northern Winnebago County
This page is the northern grouping. Machesney Park is south of here; South Beloit and Beloit sit farther north along the state line.