UPDATE: MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP - Residents of Indian Lakes are worried and they have good reason too.

"Two years ago we did not have water standing in our backyards. Now it does not seep, the water table has risen," said Bud Chapman, a resident of Indian Lakes.

Pat Lindemann, Ingham County Drain Commissioner said, "And theres about 20 or 30 different houses in here that could be severely damaged by floodwater if we don't take care of this."

There are many causes to this problem but one of the first to address is the log jam in the Red Cedar River.

"The banks have weakened in the river forcing these trees to fall down and into the river. As they have fallen into they river they collect other debris thats coming downstream and they create an actual dam," said Lindemann.

The log jam in the Red Cedar River is causing the water to back up into the neighborhood leaving residents to worry about the property value of their homes.

"My property was not in the 100 year flood plain. It's now been reassessed. This last summer they were out there, the little surveyor guys, and I didn't know what was going on until I got the bill for the now 2,000 dollars a year that I will be paying," said a resident of Indian Lakes.

In addition to extra insurance, trees are falling everywhere. The increase of water is oversaturating the roots causing trees to fall, sometimes on homes.

One Indian Lakes resident said, "I was sitting in my house with four people and glass went shattering everywhere. Not only did we have over 80,000 dollars of damage to our house, but we were very fortunate that no one was hurt."

Both Ingham County and Meridian Township will be removing the logs from the jam this summer and will continue to assess the situation.

ORIGINAL STORY: MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP - Trees are falling everywhere in the Indian Lakes Subdivision. HOMTV has all of the details on what is causing this and what the township is doing to help.