Logan County, Arkansas · Booneville
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Pipes freeze in Logan County on about 9 nights a year, mostly December to February. Older homes, 21% of the stock here, are most at risk.
Basements flood here mostly in May. Logan County averages 16.3 days a year with an inch of rain or more.
Sewage backups in Logan County spike on heavy-rain days, about 16.3 a year, when sewer mains fill up and water finds the lowest drain.
Logan County's wettest day in the 2015–2024 record brought 5.71 inches, and about 58 freeze-thaw days a year mean ice dams in some winters.
8% of occupied homes in Logan County heat mainly with wood or propane, below the Arkansas county median of 10.9%.
About 95 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 21,277 people live in Logan County, 709 square miles in western Arkansas, in roughly 9,759 homes. The county seat is Booneville, and Paris, Magazine and New Blaine round out the largest towns. The county's median home was built in 1979.
61/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Elevated Logan County ranks 13 of 75 Arkansas counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Logan County ranks highest compared with other Arkansas counties.
Logan is on the colder side of Arkansas for pipes. From 2015–2024 it averaged 9 nights a year at 20°F or colder, the range where pipes in exterior walls, crawl spaces and unheated garages freeze, and 61 nights at or below 32°F. That ranks 24th of 75 counties.
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 -7°F on February 16, 2021.
The freeze season here runs December to February, with January the coldest. If you travel then, leave the thermostat at 55°F or above and open sink cabinets on outside walls.
On average the first fall freeze arrives around Nov 10 and the last spring freeze around Mar 26.
Rainfall is about average for Arkansas. About 16.3 days a year bring an inch or more (45th of 75), most often in May, out of 53.9 inches of total precipitation. On December 28, 2015, 5.71 inches fell in a single day. Multi-day storms matter most for basements; the wettest three days on record here totaled 7.47 inches (through December 28, 2015).
The temperature crosses 32°F in both directions on roughly 58 days a year. Each cycle melts and refreezes water at roof edges and in foundation cracks, which is how ice dams and basement seepage get started.
Housing
52% of homes in Logan County predate 1980, above the Arkansas county median of 46%, which ranks 21st of Arkansas's 75 counties.
In Logan County 21% of homes are older than 1960. If yours is one of them and the plumbing has never been replaced, expect galvanized steel supply pipe and cast iron drain lines, the two materials most likely to fail quietly.
28% 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.
10% of homes are manufactured or mobile homes, below 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 95 nights a year in Logan County stay at 65°F or warmer, a sign of muggy summer air (47th of 75 counties). May 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 Logan County it's 31% utility gas, 59% electric, 4% propane and 4% 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.
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Population from ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Townships and unincorporated areas are covered too.
Nearby
Franklin, Johnson and Pope get more pipe-freeze nights than Logan. Its housing is the oldest in the area by share of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Logan | Arkansas median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 21% | 15% | 13 of 75 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 52% | 46% | 21 of 75 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 20% | 23% | 52 of 75 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 10% | 15% | 62 of 75 |
| Vacant homes | 13% | 18% | 58 of 75 |
| Wood or propane heat | 7.9% | 11% | 51 of 75 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 9/yr | 6/yr | 24 of 75 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 16/yr | 17/yr | 45 of 75 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 58/yr | 48/yr | 20 of 75 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 95/yr | 105/yr | 47 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 Logan County: freezing from December to February, heavy rain in March, May and August.
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