Haskell County, Texas · Haskell
Water spreading, a burst pipe, sewage, mold or smoke? Call to be connected with a restoration company that serves Stamford, Haskell and Rule. Start the steps below while you wait.
Answered 24/7 by a participating local provider. We're a referral service and don't do the work ourselves. How it works
Start here
Pick the closest match. These steps limit the damage and protect your insurance claim. Skip anything that isn't safe.
Pipes freeze in Haskell County on about 6 nights a year, mostly January. Older homes, 44% of the stock here, are most at risk.
May brings the most downpours to Haskell County, part of 7.5 heavy-rain days a year. Check the sump first.
44% 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.
Haskell County's wettest day in the 2015–2024 record brought 3.88 inches, and about 41 freeze-thaw days a year mean ice dams in some winters.
12% of occupied homes in Haskell County heat mainly with wood or propane, above the Texas county median of 6.5%.
With 112 muggy nights a year, mold in Haskell County can appear within days of a leak. Dry first, then clean.
Local risk profile
Haskell County covers 903 square miles of northern Texas, with about 5,421 residents and 3,081 homes. The county seat is Haskell, and Stamford, Rule and Weinert round out the largest towns. Half the homes here were built before 1964, half after.
68/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Elevated Haskell County ranks 4 of 232 Texas counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Haskell County ranks highest compared with other Texas counties.
Haskell County gets more hard-freeze nights than most of Texas. From 2015–2024 it averaged 6 nights a year at 20°F or colder, the range where pipes in exterior walls, crawl spaces and unheated garages freeze, and 45 nights at or below 32°F. That ranks 44th of 232 counties.
On February 16, 2021 the low fell to about -3°F, and in the stretch ending February 2021 the county went 10 days in a row below freezing. Leaks from split pipes typically appear the day the thaw arrives.
Most freezing nights fall from January, peaking in January. Disconnect garden hoses and shut off outdoor spigots before the first hard frost, and keep the heat at 55°F or higher if you'll be away.
Freezing nights typically start around Nov 18 and end around Mar 8.
Rainfall is about average for Texas. The county gets about 28.3 inches of rain and melted snow a year, with 7.5 days of an inch or more (120th of 232). Those downpours cluster in May, September and November, when sump pumps and gutters are tested hardest. The wettest day on record brought 3.88 inches on September 22, 2018. The worst three-day stretch dropped 6.1 inches, ending September 11, 2020, the kind of soaking that overwhelms sump pumps and storm sewers.
The temperature crosses 32°F in both directions on roughly 41 days a year. Each cycle melts and refreezes water at roof edges and in foundation cracks, which is how ice dams and basement seepage get started.
Housing
67% of homes in Haskell County predate 1980, above the Texas county median of 45.8%, which ranks 39th of Texas's 232 counties.
44% were built before 1960. Homes from that era often still have galvanized steel supply pipe, which rusts from the inside until it pinholes, and cast iron drains that crack with age. Slow leaks behind walls are a common start to water damage in these houses.
13% of homes are manufactured or mobile homes, close to 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.
The Census counted 31% of homes as vacant, above the Texas county median of 16.6%. Empty houses are where a small leak turns into a large claim, because nobody is there to hear it.
Beyond water
Summer nights that don't drop below 65°F, a good marker of humid air, come about 112 times a year here, below 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 expectHeating fuel matters for fire risk. In Haskell County it's 55% utility gas, 32% electric, 11% propane and 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 Haskell County. The largest communities by population:
Population from ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Townships and unincorporated areas are covered too.
Nearby
Knox gets more pipe-freeze nights than Haskell. Knox County has the oldest housing nearby, with 74% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Haskell | Texas median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 44% | 20% | 15 of 232 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 67% | 46% | 39 of 232 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 12% | 26% | 203 of 232 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 13% | 13% | 116 of 232 |
| Vacant homes | 31% | 17% | 15 of 232 |
| Wood or propane heat | 12% | 6.5% | 56 of 232 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 6/yr | 3/yr | 44 of 232 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 7.5/yr | 7.8/yr | 120 of 232 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 41/yr | 27/yr | 55 of 232 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 112/yr | 129/yr | 172 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 Haskell County: freezing from January, heavy rain in May, September and November.
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