Creek County, Oklahoma · Sapulpa
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With 15% of homes built before 1960 and about 15 hard-freeze nights a year, frozen and split pipes are a leading winter risk in the county.
May brings the most downpours to Creek County, part of 10.8 heavy-rain days a year. Check the sump first.
Backups often follow heavy rain, which Creek County gets about 10.8 days a year, when storm water overloads sewer mains and pushes up through the lowest drain in the house.
In Creek County, 4.19 inches fell on the wettest day of the 2015–2024 record. Storms like that, and ice dams in snowy winters, cause most roof leaks.
12% of occupied homes in Creek County heat mainly with wood or propane, close to the Oklahoma county median of 12.5%.
Muggy summer nights, lows of 65°F or more, come about 98 times a year in Creek County. Mold after a leak spreads fastest from June through August.
Local risk profile
About 72,830 people live in Creek County, 950 square miles in northeast Oklahoma, in roughly 31,629 homes. Besides Sapulpa, the county seat, the biggest communities are Bristow, Mannford and Kiefer. Much of its housing is recent, with a median build year of 1985.
44/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Moderate Creek County ranks 57 of 77 Oklahoma counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Creek County ranks highest compared with other Oklahoma counties.
Pipe-freeze risk in Creek County sits near the middle of the state. It averaged 71 freezing nights a year over 2015–2024, 15 of them at 20°F or colder, cold enough for pipes in outside walls and crawl spaces to freeze. Among 77 Oklahoma counties that's 27th.
The longest cold spell was straight 10 days without the temperature rising above freezing, ending in February 2021. The coldest night reached about -16°F on February 17, 2021. 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.
Freezing nights typically start around Nov 1 and end around Apr 3.
Rainfall is about average for Oklahoma. About 10.8 days a year bring an inch or more (38th of 77), most often in May, out of 42.1 inches of total precipitation. On May 21, 2019, 4.19 inches fell in a single day. The worst three-day stretch dropped 8.06 inches, ending November 5, 2024, the kind of soaking that overwhelms sump pumps and storm sewers.
About 66 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
43% of homes in Creek County predate 1980, below the Oklahoma county median of 54.8%, which ranks 64th of Oklahoma's 77 counties.
Since 2000 the county has added enough housing that 31% of homes are that new. Modern PEX and copper rarely fail on their own; the leaks come from connections, appliances and storms.
26% 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.
18% of homes are manufactured or mobile homes, above the Oklahoma county median of 12.3%. 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
Creek County averages 98 warm, muggy nights a year (lows of 65°F or more) and gets the most rain in May. 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 expectBy main heating fuel, Creek County homes break down as 45% utility gas, 42% electric, 10% propane and 2% wood. Fires here are likelier to start in the kitchen or the wiring than in the furnace. After any fire, keep the HVAC off until ducts are checked, or soot will travel through the house.
Fire and smoke cleanup: first stepsCoverage
Calls connect to restoration companies that work across Creek County. The largest communities by population:
Population from ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Townships and unincorporated areas are covered too.
Nearby
Pawnee and Payne get more pipe-freeze nights than Creek. Okmulgee County has the oldest housing nearby, with 56% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Creek | Oklahoma median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 15% | 24% | 62 of 77 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 43% | 55% | 64 of 77 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 31% | 22% | 10 of 77 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 18% | 12% | 16 of 77 |
| Vacant homes | 11% | 17% | 68 of 77 |
| Wood or propane heat | 12% | 13% | 46 of 77 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 15/yr | 13/yr | 27 of 77 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 11/yr | 11/yr | 38 of 77 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 66/yr | 65/yr | 34 of 77 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 98/yr | 98/yr | 39 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 Creek County: freezing from December to February, heavy rain in April, May and June.
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