Frontier County, Nebraska · Stockville
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Frontier County averages 65 nights a year at 20°F or colder, mostly November to March, and 53% of its homes predate 1960.
Heavy rain days of an inch or more come about 3.5 times a year here, most often in May. A sump pump that hasn't run since last season is a common weak point.
53% of homes here predate 1960, when clay and cast iron sewer laterals were standard. Roots and cracks in those lines are a common cause of backups.
In Frontier County, 2.78 inches fell on the wettest day of the 2015–2024 record. Storms like that, and ice dams in snowy winters, cause most roof leaks.
28% of occupied homes in Frontier County heat mainly with wood or propane, above the Nebraska county median of 19.4%.
About 18 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 1,350 homes and around 2,569 residents, Frontier County is 975 square miles of southern Nebraska. The county seat is Stockville, and Curtis, Eustis and Maywood round out the largest towns. It has some of the oldest housing in the state: the median home went up in 1956.
48/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Elevated Frontier County ranks 55 of 93 Nebraska counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Frontier County ranks highest compared with other Nebraska counties.
For frozen pipes, Frontier County is a typical Nebraska county, which is still plenty. From 2015–2024 it averaged 65 nights a year at 20°F or colder, the range where pipes in exterior walls, crawl spaces and unheated garages freeze, and 153 nights at or below 32°F. That ranks 45th of 93 counties.
On February 15, 2021 the low fell to about -26°F, and in the stretch ending February 2021 the county went 14 days in a row below freezing. Leaks from split pipes typically appear the day the thaw arrives.
Expect the hardest freezes in January, inside a season that runs November to March. 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 Oct 11 and the last spring freeze around Apr 29.
Frontier gets fewer downpours than most Nebraska counties, but they still fill basements. Of roughly 22.1 inches of yearly precipitation, the damage comes from the 3.5 days a year with an inch or more, ranked 68th of 93. April, May and August see the most. The single wettest day in the record: 2.78 inches, April 17, 2016. Multi-day storms matter most for basements; the wettest three days on record here totaled 4.35 inches (through April 18, 2016).
About 128 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 79% of the county's housing was built before 1980. That puts Frontier among the oldest housing stocks of Nebraska's 93 counties.
Older and newer homes sit side by side here: 53% predate 1960 and 7% are from 2000 or later. Corroded pipe is the typical failure in the first group, burst supply hoses in the second.
Here 11% 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 20% of homes as vacant, above the Nebraska county median of 14.2%. Empty houses are where a small leak turns into a large claim, because nobody is there to hear it.
Beyond water
About 18 nights a year in Frontier County stay at 65°F or warmer, a sign of muggy summer air (59th of 93 counties). May 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 Frontier County's occupied homes: 36% utility gas, 28% electric, 23% propane and 6% wood. Wood and propane heat are more common here than the state median. Have chimneys swept and fuel-burning appliances serviced each fall, and keep three feet clear around stoves and space heaters.
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
Dawson and Lincoln get more pipe-freeze nights than Frontier. Furnas County has the oldest housing nearby, with 84% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Frontier | Nebraska median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 53% | 49% | 31 of 93 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 79% | 73% | 22 of 93 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 6.6% | 12% | 83 of 93 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 11% | 5% | 13 of 93 |
| Vacant homes | 20% | 14% | 27 of 93 |
| Wood or propane heat | 28% | 19% | 28 of 93 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 65/yr | 64/yr | 45 of 93 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 3.5/yr | 5.1/yr | 68 of 93 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 128/yr | 112/yr | 20 of 93 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 18/yr | 27/yr | 59 of 93 |
Rank 1 is the highest value. Bars run from the lowest to the highest Nebraska county; the tick marks the median; orange means higher water damage risk than the median, green means lower.
Questions
Peak risk months in Frontier County: freezing from November to March, heavy rain in April, May 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