Ok, class is in 2 weeks. I might have found a piece of land: 3.5 acres, completely flat and almost cleared except for about 20 mature southern yellow pine that are about 30' tall. It's about 5-10 minutes to the Tennessee river. There are about 20 homes on the street- mobile, brick, cinder block foundation and frame- and they all are on the ground- none are built up our on stilts. I asked the neighbors about flooding, one said she's lived there 25 years with no floods. We just had historic flooding 2 weeks ago, and another neighbor said that area never flooded. All of that being said, there's a 12" deep area of water on the property behind the one we're looking at, and we looked in a couple of gopher holes on the property we want, and there's water about 6 inches down. I'm hoping it is just remnants of the rains, and will go away on it's own. So here's my question: is water 6 inches below ground going to be a factor in how I build this cabin? I'm thinking I can do the pier method, and not have to dig down- will it sink?
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