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With 38% of homes built before 1960 and about 31 hard-freeze nights a year, frozen and split pipes are a leading winter risk in the county.
Basements flood here mostly in June. Beaver County averages 3.9 days a year with an inch of rain or more.
Sewage backups in Beaver County spike on heavy-rain days, about 3.9 a year, when sewer mains fill up and water finds the lowest drain.
Beaver County's wettest day in the 2015–2024 record brought 3.17 inches, and about 104 freeze-thaw days a year mean ice dams in some winters.
23% of occupied homes in Beaver County heat mainly with wood or propane, above the Oklahoma county median of 12.5%.
About 60 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 2,471 homes and around 5,028 residents, Beaver County is 1,815 square miles of northwest Oklahoma. The county seat is Beaver, and Turpin, Little Ponderosa and Forgan round out the largest towns. The county's median home was built in 1968.
56/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Elevated Beaver County ranks 17 of 77 Oklahoma counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Beaver County ranks highest compared with other Oklahoma counties.
Beaver is on the colder side of Oklahoma for pipes. In the 2015–2024 record the county logged about 31 nights a year at or below 20°F (2nd of 77) and 112 below freezing. Twenty degrees is roughly where uninsulated pipes start to freeze.
Cold snaps are the real risk. The worst in the record lasted 11 days below freezing (ending February 2021), and the low bottomed out near -13°F on February 15, 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 28 and the last spring freeze around Apr 9.
Beaver gets fewer downpours than most Oklahoma counties, but they still fill basements. About 3.9 days a year bring an inch or more (75th of 77), most often in June, out of 22.2 inches of total precipitation. On June 19, 2024, 3.17 inches fell in a single day. Multi-day storms matter most for basements; the wettest three days on record here totaled 3.64 inches (through October 9, 2018).
Freeze-thaw days, below freezing overnight and above it by afternoon, come about 104 times a year here. They're the main driver of ice dams and of water working its way through foundation cracks in late winter.
Housing
70% of homes in Beaver County predate 1980, above the Oklahoma county median of 54.8%, which ranks 13th of Oklahoma's 77 counties.
38% were built before 1960. Homes from that era often still have galvanized steel supply pipe, which rusts from the inside until it pinholes, and cast iron drains that crack with age. Slow leaks behind walls are a common start to water damage in these houses.
Here 12% 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 32% of homes as vacant, above the Oklahoma county median of 17.1%. Empty houses are where a small leak turns into a large claim, because nobody is there to hear it.
Beyond water
Summer nights that don't drop below 65°F, a good marker of humid air, come about 60 times a year here, below the Oklahoma county median of 98. Mold grows when indoor humidity stays above about 60%, the EPA's ceiling. A basement dehumidifier set to 50% and drying anything wet within 24 to 48 hours prevents most problems.
Mold remediation: what to expectBy main heating fuel, Beaver County homes break down as 59% utility gas, 16% electric, 21% propane and 2% wood. Propane heat is more common here than in most Oklahoma counties. Heating equipment is one of the leading causes of home fires nationally, and the NFPA recommends having chimneys and vents inspected every year.
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Population from ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Townships and unincorporated areas are covered too.
Nearby
Beaver gets more pipe-freeze nights than any of its neighbors. Harper County has the oldest housing nearby, with 79% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Beaver | Oklahoma median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 38% | 24% | 14 of 77 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 70% | 55% | 13 of 77 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 9.5% | 22% | 71 of 77 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 12% | 12% | 39 of 77 |
| Vacant homes | 32% | 17% | 3 of 77 |
| Wood or propane heat | 23% | 13% | 12 of 77 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 31/yr | 13/yr | 2 of 77 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 3.9/yr | 11/yr | 75 of 77 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 104/yr | 65/yr | 3 of 77 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 60/yr | 98/yr | 75 of 77 |
Rank 1 is the highest value. Bars run from the lowest to the highest Oklahoma county; the tick marks the median; orange means higher water damage risk than the median, green means lower.
Questions
Peak risk months in Beaver County: freezing from November to March, heavy rain in May, June 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