Walton County, Georgia · Monroe
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Pipes freeze in Walton County on about 3 nights a year, mostly January. Older homes, 8% of the stock here, are most at risk.
Basements flood here mostly in January. Walton County averages 13.5 days a year with an inch of rain or more.
Backups often follow heavy rain, which Walton County gets about 13.5 days a year, when storm water overloads sewer mains and pushes up through the lowest drain in the house.
Roof leaks here come from summer downpours and, with about 39 freeze-thaw days a year, from winter ice dams. Most show up as ceiling stains in the room below.
4% of occupied homes in Walton County heat mainly with wood or propane, below the Georgia county median of 7.1%.
Muggy summer nights, lows of 65°F or more, come about 97 times a year in Walton County. Mold after a leak spreads fastest from June through August.
Local risk profile
With 37,468 homes and around 103,313 residents, Walton County is 327 square miles of northern Georgia. The county seat is Monroe, and Loganville, Social Circle and Walnut Grove round out the largest towns. Much of its housing is recent, with a median build year of 1997.
52/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Elevated Walton County ranks 72 of 159 Georgia counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Walton County ranks highest compared with other Georgia counties.
Walton is on the colder side of Georgia for pipes. From 2015–2024 it averaged 3 nights a year at 20°F or colder, the range where pipes in exterior walls, crawl spaces and unheated garages freeze, and 39 nights at or below 32°F. That ranks 25th of 159 counties.
The freeze season here runs January, 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 19 and the last spring freeze around Mar 15.
Heavy rain is a bigger factor here than in most of Georgia. Of roughly 54.7 inches of yearly precipitation, the damage comes from the 13.5 days a year with an inch or more, ranked 33rd of 159. January, April and December see the most. The single wettest day in the record: 5.14 inches, September 27, 2024. Multi-day storms matter most for basements; the wettest three days on record here totaled 7.57 inches (through September 28, 2024).
About 39 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
22% of homes in Walton County predate 1980, below the Georgia county median of 38.4%, which ranks 134th of Georgia's 159 counties.
Since 2000 the county has added enough housing that 43% of homes are that new. Modern PEX and copper rarely fail on their own; the leaks come from connections, appliances and storms.
The 1980s and 1990s account for 35% 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.
Beyond water
Walton County averages 97 warm, muggy nights a year (lows of 65°F or more) and gets the most rain in January. 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 Walton County it's 27% utility gas, 68% electric, 3% propane and 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
Walton gets more pipe-freeze nights than any of its neighbors. Morgan County has the oldest housing nearby, with 31% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Walton | Georgia median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 7.6% | 15% | 128 of 159 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 22% | 38% | 134 of 159 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 43% | 27% | 24 of 159 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 6.3% | 21% | 133 of 159 |
| Vacant homes | 4.6% | 14% | 153 of 159 |
| Wood or propane heat | 3.6% | 7.1% | 112 of 159 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 3/yr | 2/yr | 25 of 159 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 14/yr | 12/yr | 33 of 159 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 39/yr | 29/yr | 42 of 159 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 97/yr | 112/yr | 123 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 Walton 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