Scott County, Kentucky · Georgetown
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With 10% of homes built before 1960 and about 22 hard-freeze nights a year, frozen and split pipes are a leading winter risk in the county.
Basements flood here mostly in February. Scott County averages 10 days a year with an inch of rain or more.
Sewage backups in Scott County spike on heavy-rain days, about 10 a year, when sewer mains fill up and water finds the lowest drain.
Scott County's wettest day in the 2015–2024 record brought 3.4 inches, and about 74 freeze-thaw days a year mean ice dams in some winters.
7% of occupied homes in Scott County heat mainly with wood or propane, below the Kentucky county median of 12.6%.
With 57 muggy nights a year, mold in Scott County can appear within days of a leak. Dry first, then clean.
Local risk profile
Scott County covers 282 square miles of northern Kentucky, with about 59,536 residents and 23,725 homes. Besides Georgetown, the county seat, the biggest communities are Stamping Ground and Sadieville. Much of its housing is recent, with a median build year of 2000.
40/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Moderate Scott County ranks 95 of 120 Kentucky counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Scott County ranks highest compared with other Kentucky counties.
Scott is on the colder side of Kentucky for pipes. From 2015–2024 it averaged 22 nights a year at 20°F or colder, the range where pipes in exterior walls, crawl spaces and unheated garages freeze, and 86 nights at or below 32°F. That ranks 16th of 120 counties.
Cold snaps are the real risk. The worst in the record lasted 13 days below freezing (ending January 2018), and the low bottomed out near -15°F on February 21, 2015.
Most freezing nights fall from December to February, peaking in January. Disconnect garden hoses and shut off outdoor spigots before the first hard frost, and keep the heat at 55°F or higher if you'll be away.
On average the first fall freeze arrives around Nov 2 and the last spring freeze around Apr 15.
Scott gets fewer downpours than most Kentucky counties, but they still fill basements. The county gets about 53.1 inches of rain and melted snow a year, with 10 days of an inch or more (88th of 120). Those downpours cluster in February, March and October, when sump pumps and gutters are tested hardest. The wettest day on record brought 3.4 inches on April 3, 2015. Multi-day storms matter most for basements; the wettest three days on record here totaled 4.82 inches (through April 4, 2015).
About 74 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
Roughly 22% of the county's housing was built before 1980. That puts Scott among the newer housing stocks of Kentucky's 120 counties.
Growth since 2000 added 49% of today's homes. In houses that new, the weak points are washing machine hoses, ice maker lines, water heaters and sump pumps rather than the pipes in the walls.
29% 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.
Beyond water
About 57 nights a year in Scott County stay at 65°F or warmer, a sign of muggy summer air (67th of 120 counties). July 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 expectMain heating fuel in Scott County's occupied homes: 20% utility gas, 72% electric, 6% propane and under 1% wood. Most homes here heat with gas or electricity, so cooking and electrical faults are the likelier fire sources. Even a contained kitchen fire can send soot through the ductwork to every room.
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
Bourbon gets more pipe-freeze nights than Scott. Franklin County has the oldest housing nearby, with 55% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Scott | Kentucky median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 9.9% | 18% | 110 of 120 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 22% | 44% | 119 of 120 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 49% | 25% | 2 of 120 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 4.4% | 19% | 111 of 120 |
| Vacant homes | 4.6% | 13% | 118 of 120 |
| Wood or propane heat | 6.6% | 13% | 95 of 120 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 22/yr | 20/yr | 16 of 120 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 10/yr | 12/yr | 88 of 120 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 74/yr | 73/yr | 44 of 120 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 57/yr | 59/yr | 67 of 120 |
Rank 1 is the highest value. Bars run from the lowest to the highest Kentucky county; the tick marks the median; orange means higher water damage risk than the median, green means lower.
Questions
Peak risk months in Scott County: freezing from December to February, heavy rain in February, March and October.
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