Bee County, Texas · Beeville
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Bee County averages 1 night a year at 20°F or colder, mostly midwinter, and 18% of its homes predate 1960.
Heavy rain days of an inch or more come about 7.6 times a year here, most often in May. A sump pump that hasn't run since last season is a common weak point.
Sewage backups in Bee County spike on heavy-rain days, about 7.6 a year, when sewer mains fill up and water finds the lowest drain.
Roof leaks here come from summer downpours. Most show up as ceiling stains in the room below.
4% of occupied homes in Bee County heat mainly with wood or propane, below the Texas county median of 6.5%.
About 183 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 10,650 homes and around 31,083 residents, Bee County is 880 square miles of southeast Texas. Beeville is the county seat; Skidmore, Blue Berry Hill and Pettus are the next largest communities. Half the homes here were built before 1978, half after.
46/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Elevated Bee County ranks 150 of 232 Texas counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Bee County ranks highest compared with other Texas counties.
Winters here are on the gentler end for Texas, and pipes still freeze. It averaged 5 freezing nights a year over 2015–2024, 1 of them at 20°F or colder, cold enough for pipes in outside walls and crawl spaces to freeze. Among 232 Texas counties that's 159th.
Hard freezes are uncommon here, about 5 nights a year at or below 32°F, and that's exactly why they do damage: pipes in attics, exterior walls and slab-edge plumbing are rarely insulated. The coldest night in the record was about 15°F on February 15, 2021.
Rainfall is about average for Texas. The county gets about 29.6 inches of rain and melted snow a year, with 7.6 days of an inch or more (118th of 232). Those downpours cluster in May, June and July, when sump pumps and gutters are tested hardest. The wettest day on record brought 4.02 inches on August 26, 2017. The worst three-day stretch dropped 6.57 inches, ending June 21, 2018, the kind of soaking that overwhelms sump pumps and storm sewers.
Housing
54% of homes in Bee County predate 1980, above the Texas county median of 45.8%, which ranks 80th of Texas's 232 counties.
The mix runs from 18% built before 1960 to 17% built since 2000, so older neighborhoods bring aging pipe while newer subdivisions bring failed appliance lines and water heaters.
29% 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.
20% of homes are manufactured or mobile homes, above the Texas county median of 13.4%. 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
Summer nights that don't drop below 65°F, a good marker of humid air, come about 183 times a year here, above the Texas county median of 129. 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 expectMain heating fuel in Bee County's occupied homes: 13% utility gas, 83% electric, 4% 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.
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Population from ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Townships and unincorporated areas are covered too.
Nearby
Bee gets more pipe-freeze nights than any of its neighbors. Refugio County has the oldest housing nearby, with 60% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Bee | Texas median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 18% | 20% | 127 of 232 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 54% | 46% | 80 of 232 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 17% | 26% | 180 of 232 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 20% | 13% | 51 of 232 |
| Vacant homes | 17% | 17% | 103 of 232 |
| Wood or propane heat | 4% | 6.5% | 161 of 232 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 1/yr | 3/yr | 159 of 232 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 7.6/yr | 7.8/yr | 118 of 232 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 5/yr | 27/yr | 206 of 232 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 183/yr | 129/yr | 24 of 232 |
Rank 1 is the highest value. Bars run from the lowest to the highest Texas county; the tick marks the median; orange means higher water damage risk than the median, green means lower.
Questions
Peak risk months in Bee County: freezing from midwinter, 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