Randolph County, Georgia · Cuthbert
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Pipes freeze in Randolph County on about 1 night a year, mostly midwinter. Older homes, 25% of the stock here, are most at risk.
Basements flood here mostly in December. Randolph County averages 12.9 days a year with an inch of rain or more.
Sewage backups in Randolph County spike on heavy-rain days, about 12.9 a year, when sewer mains fill up and water finds the lowest drain.
Roof leaks here come from summer downpours and, with about 20 freeze-thaw days a year, from winter ice dams. Most show up as ceiling stains in the room below.
7% of occupied homes in Randolph County heat mainly with wood or propane, close to the Georgia county median of 7.1%.
With 127 muggy nights a year, mold in Randolph County can appear within days of a leak. Dry first, then clean.
Local risk profile
With 3,512 homes and around 6,196 residents, Randolph County is 428 square miles of southwest Georgia. Besides Cuthbert, the county seat, the biggest communities are Shellman and Coleman. Half the homes here were built before 1983, half after.
66/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Elevated Randolph County ranks 14 of 159 Georgia counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Randolph County ranks highest compared with other Georgia counties.
Pipe-freeze risk in Randolph County sits near the middle of the state. In the 2015–2024 record the county logged about 1 night a year at or below 20°F (85th of 159) and 20 below freezing. Twenty degrees is roughly where uninsulated pipes start to freeze.
Hard freezes are uncommon here, about 20 nights a year at or below 32°F, and that's exactly why they do damage: pipes in attics, exterior walls and slab-edge plumbing are rarely insulated. The coldest night in the record was about 14°F on December 24, 2022.
Heavy rain is a bigger factor here than in most of Georgia. Of roughly 53.9 inches of yearly precipitation, the damage comes from the 12.9 days a year with an inch or more, ranked 49th of 159. January, February and December see the most. The single wettest day in the record: 5.42 inches, September 17, 2020. The worst three-day stretch dropped 7.03 inches, ending September 17, 2020, the kind of soaking that overwhelms sump pumps and storm sewers.
Freeze-thaw days, below freezing overnight and above it by afternoon, come about 20 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 47% of the county's housing was built before 1980. That puts Randolph among the oldest housing stocks of Georgia's 159 counties.
In Randolph County 25% 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.
38% 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.
Here 17% of housing is manufactured homes. Check the skirting and the heat tape on the main water line every fall, because that one exposed line is what freezes.
24% 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 49% 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 127 nights a year in Randolph County stay at 65°F or warmer, a sign of muggy summer air (56th of 159 counties). December 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 expectBy main heating fuel, Randolph County homes break down as 14% utility gas, 80% electric, 7% propane and under 1% 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.
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
Randolph gets more pipe-freeze nights than any of its neighbors. Calhoun County has the oldest housing nearby, with 54% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Randolph | Georgia median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 25% | 15% | 11 of 159 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 47% | 38% | 34 of 159 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 16% | 27% | 150 of 159 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 17% | 21% | 98 of 159 |
| Vacant homes | 24% | 14% | 23 of 159 |
| Wood or propane heat | 6.6% | 7.1% | 87 of 159 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 1/yr | 2/yr | 85 of 159 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 13/yr | 12/yr | 49 of 159 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 20/yr | 29/yr | 102 of 159 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 127/yr | 112/yr | 56 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 Randolph 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