If you have a marshy area around your place, they can live there as well. I have seen a low spot in a field behind a school that had crawfish in it. It never had standing water for more than a week, but they were there. The science teacher used to take her kids out to dig them up to dissect each fall.

Water dries, rocks crumble, and trees die. The only thing that is eternal is the reputation we leave behind.
- Ancient Viking Proverb