Miller County, Georgia · Colquitt
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With 22% of homes built before 1960 and about 0 hard-freeze nights a year, frozen and split pipes are a leading winter risk in the county.
January brings the most downpours to Miller County, part of 11.6 heavy-rain days a year. Check the sump first.
Sewage backups in Miller County spike on heavy-rain days, about 11.6 a year, when sewer mains fill up and water finds the lowest drain.
Miller County's wettest day in the 2015–2024 record brought 5.59 inches.
9% of occupied homes in Miller County heat mainly with wood or propane, above the Georgia county median of 7.1%.
Muggy summer nights, lows of 65°F or more, come about 140 times a year in Miller County. Mold after a leak spreads fastest from June through August.
Local risk profile
With 2,856 homes and around 5,850 residents, Miller County is 282 square miles of southwest Georgia. The county seat is Colquitt, and Boykin is the other large town. The county's median home was built in 1979.
50/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Elevated Miller County ranks 82 of 159 Georgia counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Miller County ranks highest compared with other Georgia counties.
Miller County is milder than most of Georgia, but not mild enough to skip winterizing. It averaged 14 freezing nights a year over 2015–2024, 0 of them at 20°F or colder, cold enough for pipes in outside walls and crawl spaces to freeze. Among 159 Georgia counties that's 117th.
With only about 14 freezing nights a year, many homes here aren't built for cold, so a single arctic outbreak can burst pipes across the county. The record low in this data was about 16°F, on December 24, 2022.
Rainfall is about average for Georgia. About 11.6 days a year bring an inch or more (105th of 159), most often in January, out of 53.1 inches of total precipitation. On September 17, 2020, 5.59 inches fell in a single day. Multi-day storms matter most for basements; the wettest three days on record here totaled 8.2 inches (through September 17, 2020).
Housing
51% of homes in Miller County predate 1980, above the Georgia county median of 38.4%, which ranks 22nd of Georgia's 159 counties.
In Miller County 22% 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.
The 1980s and 1990s account for 25% 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.
21% of homes are manufactured or mobile homes, close to the Georgia county median of 20.9%. 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
Miller County averages 140 warm, muggy nights a year (lows of 65°F or more) and gets the most rain in December. 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 expectMain heating fuel in Miller County's occupied homes: 4% utility gas, 85% electric, 6% propane and 2% wood. Wood heat is above the Georgia norm. Annual chimney and vent inspection, which the NFPA recommends, is one of the most effective fire-prevention habits for these homes.
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
Early gets more pipe-freeze nights than Miller. All of its neighbors see more heavy-rain days. Baker County has the oldest housing nearby, with 52% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Miller | Georgia median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 22% | 15% | 33 of 159 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 51% | 38% | 22 of 159 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 24% | 27% | 99 of 159 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 21% | 21% | 78 of 159 |
| Vacant homes | 9.9% | 14% | 113 of 159 |
| Wood or propane heat | 8.7% | 7.1% | 75 of 159 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 0/yr | 2/yr | 117 of 159 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 12/yr | 12/yr | 105 of 159 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 14/yr | 29/yr | 140 of 159 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 140/yr | 112/yr | 10 of 159 |
Rank 1 is the highest value. Bars run from the lowest to the highest Georgia county; the tick marks the median; orange means higher water damage risk than the median, green means lower.
Questions
Peak risk months in Miller County: freezing from midwinter, heavy rain in January, February and December.
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