Autauga County, Alabama · Prattville
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Pipes freeze in Autauga County on about 2 nights a year, mostly January. Older homes, 7% of the stock here, are most at risk.
January brings the most downpours to Autauga County, part of 15 heavy-rain days a year. Check the sump first.
7% of homes here predate 1960, when clay and cast iron sewer laterals were standard. Roots and cracks in those lines are a common cause of backups.
Autauga County's wettest day in the 2015–2024 record brought 4.49 inches, and about 33 freeze-thaw days a year mean ice dams in some winters.
8% of occupied homes in Autauga County heat mainly with wood or propane, below the Alabama county median of 9.9%.
With 120 muggy nights a year, mold in Autauga County can appear within days of a leak. Dry first, then clean.
Local risk profile
About 59,947 people live in Autauga County, 594 square miles in central Alabama, in roughly 25,039 homes. Besides Prattville, the county seat, the biggest communities are Pine Level, Marbury and Autaugaville. Much of its housing is recent, with a median build year of 1994.
33/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Moderate Autauga County ranks 62 of 67 Alabama counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Autauga County ranks highest compared with other Alabama counties.
Pipe-freeze risk in Autauga County sits near the middle of the state. It averaged 33 freezing nights a year over 2015–2024, 2 of them at 20°F or colder, cold enough for pipes in outside walls and crawl spaces to freeze. Among 67 Alabama counties that's 37th.
Expect the hardest freezes in January, inside a season that runs January. That's when an outdoor spigot left connected to a hose, or a pipe in a crawl space, is most likely to split.
Freezing nights typically start around Nov 17 and end around Mar 7.
Rainfall is about average for Alabama. Of roughly 57.5 inches of yearly precipitation, the damage comes from the 15 days a year with an inch or more, ranked 35th of 67. January, February and March see the most. The single wettest day in the record: 4.49 inches, April 20, 2020. The worst three-day stretch dropped 7.18 inches, ending May 31, 2018, the kind of soaking that overwhelms sump pumps and storm sewers.
About 33 days a year swing from below freezing at night to above freezing by day. Those freeze-thaw cycles feed ice dams on roofs, open cracks in foundations and driveways, and stress pipes that are already marginal.
Housing
34% of homes in Autauga County predate 1980, below the Alabama county median of 43.5%, which ranks 60th of Alabama's 67 counties.
39% of homes were built in 2000 or later, more than in most of Alabama. Newer plumbing rarely corrodes, so damage here tends to come from appliance supply lines, water heaters, sump pumps and storms.
27% date from 1980 to 1999, the window when polybutylene, a gray flexible plastic supply pipe, was used in some homes. It's prone to leaks at the fittings, so it's worth checking for in a house from those years.
16% of homes are manufactured or mobile homes, below the Alabama county median of 21.7%. Their water lines run under the floor behind the skirting, so a torn skirt or failed heat tape freezes them faster than lines in a site-built house.
Beyond water
Summer nights that don't drop below 65°F, a good marker of humid air, come about 120 times a year here, close to the Alabama county median of 112. Keep indoor humidity under 60%, as the EPA advises, and dry any leak within 24 to 48 hours; in a humid month a wet basement left alone won't dry by itself.
Mold remediation: what to expectBy main heating fuel, Autauga County homes break down as 34% utility gas, 58% electric, 8% propane and under 1% wood. Fires here are likelier to start in the kitchen or the wiring than in the furnace. After any fire, keep the HVAC off until ducts are checked, or soot will travel through the house.
Fire and smoke cleanup: first stepsCoverage
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Population from ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Townships and unincorporated areas are covered too.
Nearby
Chilton gets more pipe-freeze nights than Autauga. Dallas County has the oldest housing nearby, with 56% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Autauga | Alabama median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 7.4% | 16% | 63 of 67 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 34% | 44% | 60 of 67 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 39% | 23% | 7 of 67 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 16% | 22% | 46 of 67 |
| Vacant homes | 8.5% | 16% | 64 of 67 |
| Wood or propane heat | 8.3% | 9.9% | 38 of 67 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 2/yr | 3/yr | 37 of 67 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 15/yr | 15/yr | 35 of 67 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 33/yr | 38/yr | 41 of 67 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 120/yr | 112/yr | 26 of 67 |
Rank 1 is the highest value. Bars run from the lowest to the highest Alabama county; the tick marks the median; orange means higher water damage risk than the median, green means lower.
Questions
Peak risk months in Autauga County: freezing from January, heavy rain in January, February and March.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates (2020-2024); weather from NOAA nClimGrid-Daily county averages (EpiNOAA), 2015–2024, averaged across the county; county boundaries from Census TIGER. Reviewed 2026-10-21. Methodology