Logan County, Kansas · Oakley
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Pipes freeze in Logan County on about 57 nights a year, mostly November to March. Older homes, 53% of the stock here, are most at risk.
Basements flood here mostly in August. Logan County averages 2.9 days a year with an inch of rain or more.
Sewage backups in Logan County spike on heavy-rain days, about 2.9 a year, when sewer mains fill up and water finds the lowest drain.
Logan County's wettest day in the 2015–2024 record brought 2.62 inches, and about 123 freeze-thaw days a year mean ice dams in some winters.
13% of occupied homes in Logan County heat mainly with wood or propane, below the Kansas county median of 16.9%.
About 26 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 2,707 people live in Logan County, 1,073 square miles in western Kansas, in roughly 1,369 homes. The county seat is Oakley, and Winona, Monument and Russell Springs round out the largest towns. It has some of the oldest housing in the state: the median home went up in 1959.
52/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Elevated Logan County ranks 50 of 105 Kansas counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Logan County ranks highest compared with other Kansas counties.
Logan is on the colder side of Kansas for pipes. From 2015–2024 it averaged 57 nights a year at 20°F or colder, the range where pipes in exterior walls, crawl spaces and unheated garages freeze, and 141 nights at or below 32°F. That ranks 8th of 105 counties.
Cold snaps are the real risk. The worst in the record lasted 13 days below freezing (ending February 2021), and the low bottomed out near -22°F on February 15, 2021.
The freeze season here runs November to March, 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 Oct 18 and the last spring freeze around Apr 18.
Logan gets fewer downpours than most Kansas counties, but they still fill basements. About 2.9 days a year bring an inch or more (98th of 105), most often in August, out of 19.5 inches of total precipitation. On May 11, 2017, 2.62 inches fell in a single day. Multi-day storms matter most for basements; the wettest three days on record here totaled 3.04 inches (through May 12, 2017).
The temperature crosses 32°F in both directions on roughly 123 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
84% of homes in Logan County predate 1980, above the Kansas county median of 73.7%, which ranks 12th of Kansas's 105 counties.
In Logan County 53% 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.
Renters occupy 35% 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 26 nights a year in Logan County stay at 65°F or warmer, a sign of muggy summer air (96th of 105 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 75% utility gas, 11% electric, 10% propane and 3% wood. Wood heat is more common here than in most Kansas counties. Heating equipment is one of the leading causes of home fires nationally, and the NFPA recommends having chimneys and vents inspected every year.
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Population from ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Townships and unincorporated areas are covered too.
Nearby
Sherman, Thomas and Wichita get more pipe-freeze nights than Logan. Wichita County has the oldest housing nearby, with 87% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Logan | Kansas median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 53% | 48% | 32 of 105 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 84% | 74% | 12 of 105 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 4.4% | 11% | 98 of 105 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 3.7% | 5.6% | 75 of 105 |
| Vacant homes | 9.3% | 15% | 85 of 105 |
| Wood or propane heat | 13% | 17% | 70 of 105 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 57/yr | 39/yr | 8 of 105 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 2.9/yr | 6.8/yr | 98 of 105 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 123/yr | 97/yr | 11 of 105 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 26/yr | 59/yr | 96 of 105 |
Rank 1 is the highest value. Bars run from the lowest to the highest Kansas 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 November to March, heavy rain in May, June 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