Bradley County, Arkansas · Warren
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Bradley County averages 3 nights a year at 20°F or colder, mostly January, and 18% of its homes predate 1960.
Heavy rain days of an inch or more come about 18 times a year here, most often in April. A sump pump that hasn't run since last season is a common weak point.
Backups often follow heavy rain, which Bradley County gets about 18 days a year, when storm water overloads sewer mains and pushes up through the lowest drain in the house.
Roof leaks here come from summer downpours and, with about 36 freeze-thaw days a year, from winter ice dams. Most show up as ceiling stains in the room below.
13% of occupied homes in Bradley County heat mainly with wood or propane, above the Arkansas county median of 10.9%.
Muggy summer nights, lows of 65°F or more, come about 117 times a year in Bradley County. Mold after a leak spreads fastest from June through August.
Local risk profile
Bradley County covers 649 square miles of southern Arkansas, with about 10,208 residents and 5,060 homes. Warren is the county seat; Hermitage and Banks are the next largest communities. The county's median home was built in 1977.
53/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Elevated Bradley County ranks 31 of 75 Arkansas counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Bradley County ranks highest compared with other Arkansas counties.
Bradley County is milder than most of Arkansas, but not mild enough to skip winterizing. From 2015–2024 it averaged 3 nights a year at 20°F or colder, the range where pipes in exterior walls, crawl spaces and unheated garages freeze, and 37 nights at or below 32°F. That ranks 68th of 75 counties.
The longest cold spell was straight 4 days without the temperature rising above freezing, ending in February 2021. The coldest night reached about 7°F on December 24, 2022. Burst pipes usually show up when a spell like that breaks and the ice thaws.
Most freezing nights fall from January, peaking in January. Disconnect garden hoses and shut off outdoor spigots before the first hard frost, and keep the heat at 55°F or higher if you'll be away.
On average the first fall freeze arrives around Nov 13 and the last spring freeze around Mar 3.
Heavy rain is a bigger factor here than in most of Arkansas. Of roughly 60.2 inches of yearly precipitation, the damage comes from the 18 days a year with an inch or more, ranked 20th of 75. January, March and April see the most. The single wettest day in the record: 4.93 inches, August 28, 2020. Multi-day storms matter most for basements; the wettest three days on record here totaled 9.43 inches (through March 11, 2016).
Freeze-thaw days, below freezing overnight and above it by afternoon, come about 36 times a year here. They're the main driver of ice dams and of water working its way through foundation cracks in late winter.
Housing
Roughly 57% of the county's housing was built before 1980. That puts Bradley among the oldest housing stocks of Arkansas's 75 counties.
Housing age is mixed: 18% of homes are pre-1960 and 16% are 2000 or newer. Ask any plumber which era your house is from and you'll know which failures to watch for.
About 27% of homes went up between 1980 and 1999. Some houses from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s were plumbed with polybutylene, a gray plastic pipe known for failing at fittings. A plumber can tell you in a few minutes whether you have it.
Manufactured and mobile homes make up 19% of the housing here. Water lines in the underbelly depend on intact skirting and working heat tape, and they're usually the first to freeze in a cold snap.
26% of homes were vacant at survey time. A leak in an empty rental or seasonal house can run for days before anyone notices, which is why those losses tend to be larger.
Renters occupy 34% of homes. If you rent, the building is usually the landlord's to repair, but your belongings are only covered by renters insurance.
Beyond water
About 117 nights a year in Bradley County stay at 65°F or warmer, a sign of muggy summer air (13th of 75 counties). April is the wettest month. 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 expectHeating fuel matters for fire risk. In Bradley County it's 32% utility gas, 53% electric, 9% propane and 4% wood. Heating equipment, cooking and electrical failures cause most home fires nationally. Even a small kitchen fire can leave soot through the whole house, because smoke follows air currents into closets, ducts and attic space.
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Population from ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Townships and unincorporated areas are covered too.
Nearby
Calhoun and Cleveland get more pipe-freeze nights than Bradley. Its housing is the oldest in the area by share of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Bradley | Arkansas median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 18% | 15% | 23 of 75 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 57% | 46% | 10 of 75 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 16% | 23% | 63 of 75 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 19% | 15% | 24 of 75 |
| Vacant homes | 26% | 18% | 12 of 75 |
| Wood or propane heat | 13% | 11% | 28 of 75 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 3/yr | 6/yr | 68 of 75 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 18/yr | 17/yr | 20 of 75 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 36/yr | 48/yr | 61 of 75 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 117/yr | 105/yr | 13 of 75 |
Rank 1 is the highest value. Bars run from the lowest to the highest Arkansas county; the tick marks the median; orange means higher water damage risk than the median, green means lower.
Questions
Peak risk months in Bradley County: freezing from January, heavy rain in January, March and April.
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