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With 24% of homes built before 1960 and about 27 hard-freeze nights a year, frozen and split pipes are a leading winter risk in the county.
Heavy rain days of an inch or more come about 6.2 times a year here, most often in May. A sump pump that hasn't run since last season is a common weak point.
24% 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 Woodward County, 3.89 inches fell on the wettest day of the 2015–2024 record. Storms like that, and ice dams in snowy winters, cause most roof leaks.
13% of occupied homes in Woodward County heat mainly with wood or propane, close to the Oklahoma county median of 12.5%.
About 74 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 9,391 homes and around 20,158 residents, Woodward County is 1,243 square miles of northern Oklahoma. Besides Woodward, the county seat, the biggest communities are Mooreland, Fort Supply and Quinlan. The county's median home was built in 1978.
46/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Elevated Woodward County ranks 52 of 77 Oklahoma counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Woodward County ranks highest compared with other Oklahoma counties.
Woodward is on the colder side of Oklahoma for pipes. From 2015–2024 it averaged 27 nights a year at 20°F or colder, the range where pipes in exterior walls, crawl spaces and unheated garages freeze, and 99 nights at or below 32°F. That ranks 6th of 77 counties.
Cold snaps are the real risk. The worst in the record lasted 12 days below freezing (ending February 2021), and the low bottomed out near -11°F on February 16, 2021.
Expect the hardest freezes in January, inside a season that runs December to February. That's when an outdoor spigot left connected to a hose, or a pipe in a crawl space, is most likely to split.
On average the first fall freeze arrives around Oct 27 and the last spring freeze around Apr 8.
Woodward gets fewer downpours than most Oklahoma counties, but they still fill basements. The county gets about 26.8 inches of rain and melted snow a year, with 6.2 days of an inch or more (71st of 77). Those downpours cluster in May, June and July, when sump pumps and gutters are tested hardest. The wettest day on record brought 3.89 inches on October 8, 2018. Multi-day storms matter most for basements; the wettest three days on record here totaled 8.07 inches (through October 10, 2018).
Freeze-thaw days, below freezing overnight and above it by afternoon, come about 90 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
55% of homes in Woodward County predate 1980, close to the Oklahoma county median of 54.8%, which ranks 35th of Oklahoma's 77 counties.
Housing age is mixed: 24% of homes are pre-1960 and 19% are 2000 or newer. Ask any plumber which era your house is from and you'll know which failures to watch for.
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.
13% of homes are manufactured or mobile homes, close to 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
Woodward County averages 74 warm, muggy nights a year (lows of 65°F or more) and gets the most rain in May. 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, Woodward County homes break down as 47% utility gas, 39% electric, 11% propane and 1% wood. Most homes here heat with gas or electricity, so cooking and electrical faults are the likelier fire sources. Even a contained kitchen fire can send soot through the ductwork to every room.
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
Harper and Woods get more pipe-freeze nights than Woodward. Harper County has the oldest housing nearby, with 79% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Woodward | Oklahoma median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 24% | 24% | 39 of 77 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 55% | 55% | 35 of 77 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 19% | 22% | 48 of 77 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 13% | 12% | 38 of 77 |
| Vacant homes | 16% | 17% | 47 of 77 |
| Wood or propane heat | 13% | 13% | 43 of 77 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 27/yr | 13/yr | 6 of 77 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 6.2/yr | 11/yr | 71 of 77 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 90/yr | 65/yr | 7 of 77 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 74/yr | 98/yr | 72 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 Woodward County: freezing from December to February, heavy rain in May, June and July.
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