Grant County, Arkansas · Sheridan
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Grant County averages 4 nights a year at 20°F or colder, mostly January, and 6% of its homes predate 1960.
April brings the most downpours to Grant County, part of 19 heavy-rain days a year. Check the sump first.
Backups often follow heavy rain, which Grant County gets about 19 days a year, when storm water overloads sewer mains and pushes up through the lowest drain in the house.
In Grant County, 4.78 inches fell on the wettest day of the 2015–2024 record. Storms like that, and ice dams in snowy winters, cause most roof leaks.
10% of occupied homes in Grant County heat mainly with wood or propane, close to the Arkansas county median of 10.9%.
About 110 nights a year here stay at 65°F or warmer, so basements and crawl spaces can grow mold even without a leak.
Local risk profile
About 18,242 people live in Grant County, 632 square miles in central Arkansas, in roughly 7,957 homes. The county seat is Sheridan, and Tull, Poyen and Prattsville round out the largest towns. Much of its housing is recent, with a median build year of 1991.
39/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Moderate Grant County ranks 63 of 75 Arkansas counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Grant County ranks highest compared with other Arkansas counties.
Winters here are on the gentler end for Arkansas, and pipes still freeze. In the 2015–2024 record the county logged about 4 nights a year at or below 20°F (53rd of 75) and 48 below freezing. Twenty degrees is roughly where uninsulated pipes start to freeze.
Cold snaps are the real risk. The worst in the record lasted 7 days below freezing (ending February 2021), and the low bottomed out near 2°F on February 16, 2021.
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 12 and end around Mar 15.
Heavy rain is a bigger factor here than in most of Arkansas. The county gets about 60.7 inches of rain and melted snow a year, with 19 days of an inch or more (8th of 75). Those downpours cluster in March, April and May, when sump pumps and gutters are tested hardest. The wettest day on record brought 4.78 inches on August 28, 2020. The worst three-day stretch dropped 8.07 inches, ending February 23, 2018, the kind of soaking that overwhelms sump pumps and storm sewers.
About 46 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
31% of homes in Grant County predate 1980, below the Arkansas county median of 46%, which ranks 70th of Arkansas's 75 counties.
34% of homes were built in 2000 or later, more than in most of Arkansas. Newer plumbing rarely corrodes, so damage here tends to come from appliance supply lines, water heaters, sump pumps and storms.
The 1980s and 1990s account for 36% of the county's homes. If yours is from those decades, look under the sinks and at the water heater for gray plastic pipe stamped PB, which is polybutylene and leak-prone.
22% of homes are manufactured or mobile homes, above the Arkansas county median of 15%. 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
About 110 nights a year in Grant County stay at 65°F or warmer, a sign of muggy summer air (27th of 75 counties). March is the wettest month. The EPA recommends keeping indoor humidity below 60%, ideally 30 to 50%. Basements can pass 60% on their own in summer, so a dehumidifier matters even without a leak, and anything wet should be dried within 24 to 48 hours.
Mold remediation: what to expectMain heating fuel in Grant County's occupied homes: 38% utility gas, 51% electric, 7% propane and 3% wood. Most homes here heat with gas or electricity, so cooking and electrical faults are the likelier fire sources. Even a contained kitchen fire can send soot through the ductwork to every room.
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
Hot Spring, Pulaski and Saline get more pipe-freeze nights than Grant. Dallas County has the oldest housing nearby, with 56% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Grant | Arkansas median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 6% | 15% | 73 of 75 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 31% | 46% | 70 of 75 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 34% | 23% | 7 of 75 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 22% | 15% | 14 of 75 |
| Vacant homes | 12% | 18% | 60 of 75 |
| Wood or propane heat | 10% | 11% | 41 of 75 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 4/yr | 6/yr | 53 of 75 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 19/yr | 17/yr | 8 of 75 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 46/yr | 48/yr | 44 of 75 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 110/yr | 105/yr | 27 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 Grant County: freezing from January, heavy rain in March, April and May.
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