Logan County, Nebraska · Stapleton
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Pipes freeze in Logan County on about 73 nights a year, mostly November to April. Older homes, 54% of the stock here, are most at risk.
Basements flood here mostly in May. Logan County averages 3.7 days a year with an inch of rain or more.
Sewage backups in Logan County spike on heavy-rain days, about 3.7 a year, when sewer mains fill up and water finds the lowest drain.
Logan County's wettest day in the 2015–2024 record brought 2.56 inches, and about 130 freeze-thaw days a year mean ice dams in some winters.
70% of occupied homes in Logan County heat mainly with wood or propane, above the Nebraska county median of 19.4%.
About 8 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 773 people live in Logan County, 571 square miles in central Nebraska, in roughly 330 homes. The county seat is Stapleton, and Gandy is the other large town. It has some of the oldest housing in the state: the median home went up in 1956.
57/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Elevated Logan County ranks 25 of 93 Nebraska counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Logan County ranks highest compared with other Nebraska counties.
Logan is on the colder side of Nebraska for pipes. From 2015–2024 it averaged 73 nights a year at 20°F or colder, the range where pipes in exterior walls, crawl spaces and unheated garages freeze, and 161 nights at or below 32°F. That ranks 16th of 93 counties.
Cold snaps are the real risk. The worst in the record lasted 22 days below freezing (ending March 2019), and the low bottomed out near -26°F on February 16, 2021.
The freeze season here runs November to April, 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 11 and the last spring freeze around May 7.
Logan gets fewer downpours than most Nebraska counties, but they still fill basements. About 3.7 days a year bring an inch or more (64th of 93), most often in May, out of 24 inches of total precipitation. On August 16, 2017, 2.56 inches fell in a single day. Multi-day storms matter most for basements; the wettest three days on record here totaled 4.01 inches (through May 20, 2018).
The temperature crosses 32°F in both directions on roughly 130 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
75% of homes in Logan County predate 1980, close to the Nebraska county median of 73.1%, which ranks 40th of Nebraska's 93 counties.
In Logan County 54% 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.
Beyond water
About 8 nights a year in Logan County stay at 65°F or warmer, a sign of muggy summer air (76th of 93 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 6% utility gas, 23% electric, 65% propane and 5% wood. Wood and propane heat are more common here than in most Nebraska counties. Heating equipment is one of the leading causes of home fires nationally, and the NFPA recommends having chimneys and vents inspected every year.
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
Thomas gets more pipe-freeze nights than Logan. McPherson County has the oldest housing nearby, with 86% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Logan | Nebraska median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 54% | 49% | 27 of 93 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 75% | 73% | 40 of 93 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 18% | 12% | 20 of 93 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 5.8% | 5% | 36 of 93 |
| Vacant homes | 9.4% | 14% | 69 of 93 |
| Wood or propane heat | 70% | 19% | 4 of 93 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 73/yr | 64/yr | 16 of 93 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 3.7/yr | 5.1/yr | 64 of 93 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 130/yr | 112/yr | 15 of 93 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 8/yr | 27/yr | 76 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 Logan County: freezing from November to April, heavy rain in April, May and July.
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