Davie County, North Carolina · Mocksville
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Davie County averages 8 nights a year at 20°F or colder, mostly December to February, and 14% of its homes predate 1960.
Basements flood here mostly in May. Davie County averages 9.1 days a year with an inch of rain or more.
Backups often follow heavy rain, which Davie County gets about 9.1 days a year, when storm water overloads sewer mains and pushes up through the lowest drain in the house.
Roof leaks here come from summer downpours and, with about 67 freeze-thaw days a year, from winter ice dams. Most show up as ceiling stains in the room below.
7% of occupied homes in Davie County heat mainly with wood or propane, below the North Carolina county median of 11.7%.
About 78 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
Davie County covers 264 square miles of northern North Carolina, with about 44,122 residents and 19,311 homes. Mocksville is the county seat; Bermuda Run, Advance and Cooleemee are the next largest communities. Much of its housing is recent, with a median build year of 1990.
38/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Moderate Davie County ranks 85 of 100 North Carolina counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Davie County ranks highest compared with other North Carolina counties.
Davie is on the colder side of North Carolina for pipes. It averaged 69 freezing nights a year over 2015–2024, 8 of them at 20°F or colder, cold enough for pipes in outside walls and crawl spaces to freeze. Among 100 North Carolina counties that's 28th.
The longest cold spell was straight 3 days without the temperature rising above freezing, ending in January 2017. The coldest night reached about 2°F on February 20, 2015. Burst pipes usually show up when a spell like that breaks and the ice thaws.
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 4 and the last spring freeze around Mar 30.
Davie gets fewer downpours than most North Carolina counties, but they still fill basements. The county gets about 46.8 inches of rain and melted snow a year, with 9.1 days of an inch or more (97th of 100). Those downpours cluster in May, September and October, when sump pumps and gutters are tested hardest. The wettest day on record brought 3.25 inches on September 17, 2018. Multi-day storms matter most for basements; the wettest three days on record here totaled 4.67 inches (through September 17, 2018).
The temperature crosses 32°F in both directions on roughly 67 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
36% of homes in Davie County predate 1980, below the North Carolina county median of 41.2%, which ranks 64th of North Carolina's 100 counties.
Growth since 2000 added 32% 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.
32% 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.
16% of homes are manufactured or mobile homes, close to the North Carolina county median of 17.4%. 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.
Beyond water
About 78 nights a year in Davie County stay at 65°F or warmer, a sign of muggy summer air (64th of 100 counties). August 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 Davie County it's 14% utility gas, 73% electric, 4% propane and 3% wood. Wood heat is more common here than in most North Carolina 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
Yadkin gets more pipe-freeze nights than Davie. All of its neighbors see more heavy-rain days. Rowan County has the oldest housing nearby, with 47% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Davie | North Carolina median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 14% | 18% | 64 of 100 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 36% | 41% | 64 of 100 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 32% | 26% | 30 of 100 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 16% | 17% | 58 of 100 |
| Vacant homes | 11% | 13% | 71 of 100 |
| Wood or propane heat | 7.3% | 12% | 79 of 100 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 8/yr | 5/yr | 28 of 100 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 9.1/yr | 12/yr | 97 of 100 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 67/yr | 57/yr | 30 of 100 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 78/yr | 89/yr | 64 of 100 |
Rank 1 is the highest value. Bars run from the lowest to the highest North Carolina county; the tick marks the median; orange means higher water damage risk than the median, green means lower.
Questions
Peak risk months in Davie County: freezing from December to February, heavy rain in May, September 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