Texas County, Oklahoma · Guymon
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Texas County averages 30 nights a year at 20°F or colder, mostly November to March, and 25% of its homes predate 1960.
Basements flood here mostly in June. Texas County averages 2.4 days a year with an inch of rain or more.
Backups often follow heavy rain, which Texas County gets about 2.4 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 107 freeze-thaw days a year, from winter ice dams. Most show up as ceiling stains in the room below.
6% of occupied homes in Texas County heat mainly with wood or propane, below the Oklahoma county median of 12.5%.
Muggy summer nights, lows of 65°F or more, come about 44 times a year in Texas County. Mold after a leak spreads fastest from June through August.
Local risk profile
Texas County covers 2,041 square miles of northwest Oklahoma, with about 20,774 residents and 8,461 homes. Guymon is the county seat; Hooker, Goodwell and Tyrone are the next largest communities. The county's median home was built in 1976.
45/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Elevated Texas County ranks 54 of 77 Oklahoma counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Texas County ranks highest compared with other Oklahoma counties.
Texas is on the colder side of Oklahoma for pipes. From 2015–2024 it averaged 30 nights a year at 20°F or colder, the range where pipes in exterior walls, crawl spaces and unheated garages freeze, and 116 nights at or below 32°F. That ranks 3rd of 77 counties.
The longest cold spell was straight 11 days without the temperature rising above freezing, ending in February 2021. The coldest night reached about -14°F on February 15, 2021. Burst pipes usually show up when a spell like that breaks and the ice thaws.
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 29 and the last spring freeze around Apr 9.
Texas gets fewer downpours than most Oklahoma counties, but they still fill basements. About 2.4 days a year bring an inch or more (76th of 77), most often in June, out of 19.3 inches of total precipitation. On October 22, 2015, 3.19 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 October 23, 2015).
About 107 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
Oklahoma's 77 counties range widely in housing age; Texas ranks 31st, with 57% of its homes built before 1980.
Older and newer homes sit side by side here: 25% predate 1960 and 13% are from 2000 or later. Corroded pipe is the typical failure in the first group, burst supply hoses in the second.
The 1980s and 1990s account for 30% of the county's homes. If yours is from those decades, look under the sinks and at the water heater for gray plastic pipe stamped PB, which is polybutylene and leak-prone.
Manufactured and mobile homes make up 19% of the housing here. Water lines in the underbelly depend on intact skirting and working heat tape, and they're usually the first to freeze in a cold snap.
19% of homes were vacant at survey time. A leak in an empty rental or seasonal house can run for days before anyone notices, which is why those losses tend to be larger.
Renters occupy 34% of homes. If you rent, the building is usually the landlord's to repair, but your belongings are only covered by renters insurance.
Beyond water
About 44 nights a year in Texas County stay at 65°F or warmer, a sign of muggy summer air (76th of 77 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 Texas County it's 65% utility gas, 28% electric, 5% propane and under 1% wood. Heating equipment, cooking and electrical failures cause most home fires nationally. Even a small kitchen fire can leave soot through the whole house, because smoke follows air currents into closets, ducts and attic space.
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
Every neighboring county gets more pipe-freeze nights than Texas. Cimarron County has the oldest housing nearby, with 75% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Texas | Oklahoma median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 25% | 24% | 38 of 77 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 57% | 55% | 31 of 77 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 13% | 22% | 61 of 77 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 19% | 12% | 13 of 77 |
| Vacant homes | 19% | 17% | 30 of 77 |
| Wood or propane heat | 6.1% | 13% | 66 of 77 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 30/yr | 13/yr | 3 of 77 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 2.4/yr | 11/yr | 76 of 77 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 107/yr | 65/yr | 2 of 77 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 44/yr | 98/yr | 76 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 Texas County: freezing from November to March, heavy rain in June, July and August.
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