Burleson County, Texas · Caldwell
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With 13% of homes built before 1960 and about 1 hard-freeze night a year, frozen and split pipes are a leading winter risk in the county.
Heavy rain days of an inch or more come about 12.3 times a year here, most often in May. A sump pump that hasn't run since last season is a common weak point.
Backups often follow heavy rain, which Burleson County gets about 12.3 days a year, when storm water overloads sewer mains and pushes up through the lowest drain in the house.
In Burleson County, 8.03 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 Burleson County heat mainly with wood or propane, above the Texas county median of 6.5%.
About 158 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 9,579 homes and around 18,857 residents, Burleson County is 659 square miles of eastern Texas. Caldwell is the county seat; Somerville, Beaver Creek and Snook are the next largest communities. Much of its housing is recent, with a median build year of 1991.
44/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Moderate Burleson County ranks 168 of 232 Texas counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Burleson County ranks highest compared with other Texas counties.
Winters here are on the gentler end for Texas, and pipes still freeze. From 2015–2024 it averaged 1 night a year at 20°F or colder, the range where pipes in exterior walls, crawl spaces and unheated garages freeze, and 13 nights at or below 32°F. That ranks 159th of 232 counties.
The longest cold spell was straight 4 days without the temperature rising above freezing, ending in February 2021. The coldest night reached about 5°F on February 16, 2021. Burst pipes usually show up when a spell like that breaks and the ice thaws.
Hard freezes are uncommon here, about 13 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 5°F on February 16, 2021.
Heavy rain is a bigger factor here than in most of Texas. Of roughly 43.7 inches of yearly precipitation, the damage comes from the 12.3 days a year with an inch or more, ranked 64th of 232. April, May and December see the most. The single wettest day in the record: 8.03 inches, August 27, 2017. The worst three-day stretch dropped 15.77 inches, ending August 28, 2017, the kind of soaking that overwhelms sump pumps and storm sewers.
Housing
29% of homes in Burleson County predate 1980, below the Texas county median of 45.8%, which ranks 195th of Texas's 232 counties.
Growth since 2000 added 35% 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.
36% 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.
28% 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
Burleson County averages 158 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 expectHeating fuel matters for fire risk. In Burleson County it's 12% utility gas, 74% electric, 12% propane and under 1% wood. Propane heat is more common here than in most Texas counties. Heating equipment is one of the leading causes of home fires nationally, and the NFPA recommends having chimneys and vents inspected every year.
Fire and smoke cleanup: first stepsCoverage
Calls connect to restoration companies that work across Burleson County. The largest communities by population:
Population from ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Townships and unincorporated areas are covered too.
Nearby
Milam and Robertson get more pipe-freeze nights than Burleson. It also has the most heavy-rain days in its area. Milam County has the oldest housing nearby, with 46% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Burleson | Texas median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 13% | 20% | 168 of 232 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 29% | 46% | 195 of 232 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 35% | 26% | 58 of 232 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 28% | 13% | 14 of 232 |
| Vacant homes | 18% | 17% | 100 of 232 |
| Wood or propane heat | 13% | 6.5% | 52 of 232 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 1/yr | 3/yr | 159 of 232 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 12/yr | 7.8/yr | 64 of 232 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 13/yr | 27/yr | 171 of 232 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 158/yr | 129/yr | 54 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 Burleson County: freezing from midwinter, heavy rain in April, May 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