Kimble County, Texas · Junction
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With 24% of homes built before 1960 and about 3 hard-freeze nights a year, frozen and split pipes are a leading winter risk in the county.
Basements flood here mostly in May. Kimble County averages 5.5 days a year with an inch of rain or more.
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.
Kimble County's wettest day in the 2015–2024 record brought 3.82 inches, and about 34 freeze-thaw days a year mean ice dams in some winters.
18% of occupied homes in Kimble County heat mainly with wood or propane, above the Texas county median of 6.5%.
With 122 muggy nights a year, mold in Kimble County can appear within days of a leak. Dry first, then clean.
Local risk profile
Kimble County covers 1,251 square miles of central Texas, with about 4,389 residents and 2,736 homes. Junction is the county seat. Half the homes here were built before 1981, half after.
48/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Elevated Kimble County ranks 139 of 232 Texas counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Kimble County ranks highest compared with other Texas counties.
Pipe-freeze risk in Kimble County sits near the middle of the state. From 2015–2024 it averaged 3 nights a year at 20°F or colder, the range where pipes in exterior walls, crawl spaces and unheated garages freeze, and 36 nights at or below 32°F. That ranks 94th of 232 counties.
On February 15, 2021 the low fell to about 6°F, and in the stretch ending February 2021 the county went 5 days in a row below freezing. Leaks from split pipes typically appear the day the thaw arrives.
The freeze season here runs January, 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 15 and end around Feb 27.
Kimble gets fewer downpours than most Texas counties, but they still fill basements. About 5.5 days a year bring an inch or more (160th of 232), most often in May, out of 23.9 inches of total precipitation. On October 26, 2023, 3.82 inches fell in a single day. The worst three-day stretch dropped 5.45 inches, ending October 17, 2018, the kind of soaking that overwhelms sump pumps and storm sewers.
The temperature crosses 32°F in both directions on roughly 34 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
49% of homes in Kimble County predate 1980, close to the Texas county median of 45.8%, which ranks 103rd of Texas's 232 counties.
24% 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.
The 1980s and 1990s account for 24% of the county's homes. If yours is from those decades, look under the sinks and at the water heater for gray plastic pipe stamped PB, which is polybutylene and leak-prone.
15% 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 25% 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
About 122 nights a year in Kimble County stay at 65°F or warmer, a sign of muggy summer air (143rd of 232 counties). May is the wettest month. 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 expectMain heating fuel in Kimble County's occupied homes: 13% utility gas, 69% electric, 13% propane and 5% wood. Wood and propane heat are 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
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Population from ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Townships and unincorporated areas are covered too.
Nearby
Kimble gets more pipe-freeze nights than any of its neighbors. Sutton County has the oldest housing nearby, with 57% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Kimble | Texas median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 24% | 20% | 86 of 232 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 49% | 46% | 103 of 232 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 28% | 26% | 106 of 232 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 15% | 13% | 104 of 232 |
| Vacant homes | 25% | 17% | 44 of 232 |
| Wood or propane heat | 18% | 6.5% | 11 of 232 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 3/yr | 3/yr | 94 of 232 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 5.5/yr | 7.8/yr | 160 of 232 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 34/yr | 27/yr | 85 of 232 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 122/yr | 129/yr | 143 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 Kimble County: freezing from January, heavy rain in May, September and October.
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