Stanton County, Nebraska · Stanton
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With 44% of homes built before 1960 and about 66 hard-freeze nights a year, frozen and split pipes are a leading winter risk in the county.
June brings the most downpours to Stanton County, part of 5.1 heavy-rain days a year. Check the sump first.
44% 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 Stanton County, 2.68 inches fell on the wettest day of the 2015–2024 record. Storms like that, and ice dams in snowy winters, cause most roof leaks.
18% of occupied homes in Stanton County heat mainly with wood or propane, close to the Nebraska county median of 19.4%.
About 32 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
Stanton County covers 428 square miles of eastern Nebraska, with about 5,796 residents and 2,483 homes. Stanton is the county seat; Woodland Park and Pilger are the next largest communities. The county's median home was built in 1967.
50/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Elevated Stanton County ranks 48 of 93 Nebraska counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Stanton County ranks highest compared with other Nebraska counties.
For frozen pipes, Stanton County is a typical Nebraska county, which is still plenty. In the 2015–2024 record the county logged about 66 nights a year at or below 20°F (41st of 93) and 142 below freezing. Twenty degrees is roughly where uninsulated pipes start to freeze.
Cold snaps are the real risk. The worst in the record lasted 20 days below freezing (ending March 2019), and the low bottomed out near -29°F on February 16, 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 23.
Rainfall is about average for Nebraska. About 5.1 days a year bring an inch or more (46th of 93), most often in June, out of 27.1 inches of total precipitation. On August 16, 2017, 2.68 inches fell in a single day. Multi-day storms matter most for basements; the wettest three days on record here totaled 3.6 inches (through August 17, 2017).
About 101 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
Nebraska's 93 counties range widely in housing age; Stanton ranks 61st, with 69% of its homes built before 1980.
The mix runs from 44% built before 1960 to 14% built since 2000, so older neighborhoods bring aging pipe while newer subdivisions bring failed appliance lines and water heaters.
Beyond water
Summer nights that don't drop below 65°F, a good marker of humid air, come about 32 times a year here, above the Nebraska county median of 27. 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 expectHeating fuel matters for fire risk. In Stanton County it's 39% utility gas, 36% electric, 15% propane and 4% wood. Wood heat is above the Nebraska norm. Annual chimney and vent inspection, which the NFPA recommends, is one of the most effective fire-prevention habits for these homes.
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Population from ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Townships and unincorporated areas are covered too.
Nearby
Madison and Wayne get more pipe-freeze nights than Stanton. Cuming County has the oldest housing nearby, with 75% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Stanton | Nebraska median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 44% | 49% | 58 of 93 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 69% | 73% | 61 of 93 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 14% | 12% | 39 of 93 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 2.9% | 5% | 73 of 93 |
| Vacant homes | 6.8% | 14% | 79 of 93 |
| Wood or propane heat | 18% | 19% | 51 of 93 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 66/yr | 64/yr | 41 of 93 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 5.1/yr | 5.1/yr | 46 of 93 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 101/yr | 112/yr | 71 of 93 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 32/yr | 27/yr | 34 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 Stanton County: freezing from November to March, heavy rain in May, June and September.
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