Robertson County, Tennessee · Springfield
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With 12% of homes built before 1960 and about 14 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 13.7 times a year here, most often in February. A sump pump that hasn't run since last season is a common weak point.
Backups often follow heavy rain, which Robertson County gets about 13.7 days a year, when storm water overloads sewer mains and pushes up through the lowest drain in the house.
In Robertson County, 5.54 inches fell on the wettest day of the 2015–2024 record. Storms like that, and ice dams in snowy winters, cause most roof leaks.
6% of occupied homes in Robertson County heat mainly with wood or propane, below the Tennessee county median of 7.8%.
With 80 muggy nights a year, mold in Robertson County can appear within days of a leak. Dry first, then clean.
Local risk profile
With 29,824 homes and around 75,539 residents, Robertson County is 476 square miles of northern Tennessee. Springfield is the county seat; White House, Greenbrier and Coopertown are the next largest communities. Much of its housing is recent, with a median build year of 1994.
52/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Elevated Robertson County ranks 45 of 95 Tennessee counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Robertson County ranks highest compared with other Tennessee counties.
Robertson County gets more hard-freeze nights than most of Tennessee. In the 2015–2024 record the county logged about 14 nights a year at or below 20°F (12th of 95) and 65 below freezing. Twenty degrees is roughly where uninsulated pipes start to freeze.
On December 23, 2022 the low fell to about -3°F, and in the stretch ending February 2021 the county went 8 days in a row below freezing. Leaks from split pipes typically appear the day the thaw arrives.
The freeze season here runs December to February, with January the coldest. If you travel then, leave the thermostat at 55°F or above and open sink cabinets on outside walls.
Freezing nights typically start around Nov 4 and end around Mar 29.
Rainfall is about average for Tennessee. Of roughly 55 inches of yearly precipitation, the damage comes from the 13.7 days a year with an inch or more, ranked 58th of 95. February, March and December see the most. The single wettest day in the record: 5.54 inches, September 1, 2017. The worst three-day stretch dropped 7.52 inches, ending September 2, 2017, the kind of soaking that overwhelms sump pumps and storm sewers.
Freeze-thaw days, below freezing overnight and above it by afternoon, come about 58 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
30% of homes in Robertson County predate 1980, below the Tennessee county median of 41.2%, which ranks 85th of Tennessee's 95 counties.
Growth since 2000 added 38% 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.
31% 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.
Manufactured and mobile homes make up 7% 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.
Beyond water
Summer nights that don't drop below 65°F, a good marker of humid air, come about 80 times a year here, close to the Tennessee county median of 74. 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 Robertson County it's 30% utility gas, 63% 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
Calls connect to restoration companies that work across Robertson County. The largest communities by population:
Population from ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Townships and unincorporated areas are covered too.
Nearby
Robertson gets more pipe-freeze nights than any of its neighbors. It also has the most heavy-rain days in its area. Davidson County has the oldest housing nearby, with 41% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Robertson | Tennessee median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 12% | 16% | 74 of 95 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 30% | 41% | 85 of 95 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 38% | 27% | 10 of 95 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 7.4% | 16% | 84 of 95 |
| Vacant homes | 5.3% | 12% | 93 of 95 |
| Wood or propane heat | 5.9% | 7.8% | 61 of 95 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 14/yr | 11/yr | 12 of 95 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 14/yr | 14/yr | 58 of 95 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 58/yr | 60/yr | 66 of 95 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 80/yr | 74/yr | 31 of 95 |
Rank 1 is the highest value. Bars run from the lowest to the highest Tennessee county; the tick marks the median; orange means higher water damage risk than the median, green means lower.
Questions
Peak risk months in Robertson County: freezing from December to February, heavy rain in February, March and December.
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