Warren County, Mississippi · Vicksburg
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Pipes freeze in Warren County on about 2 nights a year, mostly midwinter. Older homes, 22% of the stock here, are most at risk.
Basements flood here mostly in January. Warren County averages 15.8 days a year with an inch of rain or more.
Sewage backups in Warren County spike on heavy-rain days, about 15.8 a year, when sewer mains fill up and water finds the lowest drain.
Warren County's wettest day in the 2015–2024 record brought 6.47 inches, and about 22 freeze-thaw days a year mean ice dams in some winters.
15% of occupied homes in Warren County heat mainly with wood or propane, close to the Mississippi county median of 15.1%.
About 138 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
With 21,566 homes and around 43,020 residents, Warren County is 589 square miles of western Mississippi. Besides Vicksburg, the county seat, the biggest communities are Beechwood, Eagle Bend and Redwood. The county's median home was built in 1978.
57/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Elevated Warren County ranks 24 of 82 Mississippi counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Warren County ranks highest compared with other Mississippi counties.
For frozen pipes, Warren County is a typical Mississippi county, which is still plenty. In the 2015–2024 record the county logged about 2 nights a year at or below 20°F (47th of 82) and 23 below freezing. Twenty degrees is roughly where uninsulated pipes start to freeze.
With only about 23 freezing nights a year, many homes here aren't built for cold, so a single arctic outbreak can burst pipes across the county. The record low in this data was about 8°F, on January 17, 2024.
Rainfall is about average for Mississippi. About 15.8 days a year bring an inch or more (52nd of 82), most often in January, out of 58.6 inches of total precipitation. On April 3, 2017, 6.47 inches fell in a single day. Multi-day storms matter most for basements; the wettest three days on record here totaled 9.42 inches (through August 25, 2022).
The temperature crosses 32°F in both directions on roughly 22 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
53% of homes in Warren County predate 1980, above the Mississippi county median of 45.1%, which ranks 14th of Mississippi's 82 counties.
In Warren County 22% 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.
28% 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.
19% of homes are manufactured or mobile homes, close to the Mississippi county median of 20%. Their water lines run under the floor behind the skirting, so a torn skirt or failed heat tape freezes them faster than lines in a site-built house.
With 22% of homes empty at survey time, landlords and seasonal owners should shut off the main or schedule checks in winter. An unheated vacant house is also where many policies limit freeze coverage.
Beyond water
About 138 nights a year in Warren County stay at 65°F or warmer, a sign of muggy summer air (10th of 82 counties). April 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 Warren County it's 23% utility gas, 61% electric, 14% 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
Warren gets more pipe-freeze nights than any of its neighbors. Hinds County has the oldest housing nearby, with 62% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Warren | Mississippi median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 22% | 15% | 9 of 82 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 53% | 45% | 14 of 82 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 19% | 23% | 60 of 82 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 19% | 20% | 47 of 82 |
| Vacant homes | 22% | 17% | 12 of 82 |
| Wood or propane heat | 15% | 15% | 44 of 82 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 2/yr | 3/yr | 47 of 82 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 16/yr | 16/yr | 52 of 82 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 22/yr | 32/yr | 68 of 82 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 138/yr | 125/yr | 10 of 82 |
Rank 1 is the highest value. Bars run from the lowest to the highest Mississippi county; the tick marks the median; orange means higher water damage risk than the median, green means lower.
Questions
Peak risk months in Warren County: freezing from midwinter, heavy rain in January, February and April.
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