Taliaferro County, Georgia · Crawfordville
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Pipes freeze in Taliaferro County on about 2 nights a year, mostly January. Older homes, 34% of the stock here, are most at risk.
Basements flood here mostly in January. Taliaferro County averages 11.8 days a year with an inch of rain or more.
Sewage backups in Taliaferro County spike on heavy-rain days, about 11.8 a year, when sewer mains fill up and water finds the lowest drain.
Taliaferro County's wettest day in the 2015–2024 record brought 5.81 inches, and about 37 freeze-thaw days a year mean ice dams in some winters.
21% of occupied homes in Taliaferro County heat mainly with wood or propane, above the Georgia county median of 7.1%.
About 100 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
Taliaferro County covers 195 square miles of northern Georgia, with about 1,558 residents and 927 homes. Crawfordville is the county seat; Sharon is the next largest community. The county's median home was built in 1975.
62/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Elevated Taliaferro County ranks 27 of 159 Georgia counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Taliaferro County ranks highest compared with other Georgia counties.
Taliaferro is on the colder side of Georgia for pipes. It averaged 38 freezing nights a year over 2015–2024, 2 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 48th.
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.
On average the first fall freeze arrives around Nov 19 and the last spring freeze around Mar 15.
Rainfall is about average for Georgia. About 11.8 days a year bring an inch or more (94th of 159), most often in January, out of 48.5 inches of total precipitation. On September 27, 2024, 5.81 inches fell in a single day. Multi-day storms matter most for basements; the wettest three days on record here totaled 8.83 inches (through September 28, 2024).
The temperature crosses 32°F in both directions on roughly 37 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
Roughly 56% of the county's housing was built before 1980. That puts Taliaferro among the oldest housing stocks of Georgia's 159 counties.
Before 1960 is when 34% of these homes went up. Galvanized supply lines and cast iron drains were standard then, and after 60-plus years both corrode and crack, often out of sight inside a wall or under a slab.
About 26% 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.
Here 32% 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.
The Census counted 37% of homes as vacant, above the Georgia county median of 14%. Empty houses are where a small leak turns into a large claim, because nobody is there to hear it.
Beyond water
Summer nights that don't drop below 65°F, a good marker of humid air, come about 100 times a year here, below the Georgia county median of 112. 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 Taliaferro County's occupied homes: 22% utility gas, 55% electric, 20% propane and 2% wood. Wood and propane heat are more common here than in most Georgia counties. Heating equipment is one of the leading causes of home fires nationally, and the NFPA recommends having chimneys and vents inspected every year.
Fire and smoke cleanup: first stepsCoverage
Calls connect to restoration companies that work across Taliaferro County. The largest communities by population:
Population from ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Townships and unincorporated areas are covered too.
Nearby
Taliaferro gets more pipe-freeze nights than any of its neighbors. Its housing is the oldest in the area by share of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Taliaferro | Georgia median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 34% | 15% | 1 of 159 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 56% | 38% | 3 of 159 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 18% | 27% | 141 of 159 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 32% | 21% | 31 of 159 |
| Vacant homes | 37% | 14% | 5 of 159 |
| Wood or propane heat | 21% | 7.1% | 19 of 159 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 2/yr | 2/yr | 48 of 159 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 12/yr | 12/yr | 94 of 159 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 37/yr | 29/yr | 51 of 159 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 100/yr | 112/yr | 115 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 Taliaferro County: freezing from January, heavy rain in January, April 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