Maverick County, Texas · Eagle Pass
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Maverick County averages 0 nights a year at 20°F or colder, mostly midwinter, and 7% of its homes predate 1960.
September brings the most downpours to Maverick County, part of 4.9 heavy-rain days a year. Check the sump first.
Backups often follow heavy rain, which Maverick County gets about 4.9 days a year, when storm water overloads sewer mains and pushes up through the lowest drain in the house.
In Maverick County, 3.8 inches fell on the wettest day of the 2015–2024 record. Storms like that, and ice dams in snowy winters, cause most roof leaks.
3% of occupied homes in Maverick County heat mainly with wood or propane, below the Texas county median of 6.5%.
About 168 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
Maverick County covers 1,279 square miles of southern Texas, with about 58,082 residents and 20,445 homes. Eagle Pass is the county seat; Eidson Road, Chula Vista and Elm Creek are the next largest communities. Much of its housing is recent, with a median build year of 1997.
24/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Lower Maverick County ranks 231 of 232 Texas counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Maverick 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 0 nights a year at 20°F or colder, the range where pipes in exterior walls, crawl spaces and unheated garages freeze, and 9 nights at or below 32°F. That ranks 205th of 232 counties.
Hard freezes are uncommon here, about 9 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 16°F on February 16, 2021.
Maverick gets fewer downpours than most Texas counties, but they still fill basements. The county gets about 18.8 inches of rain and melted snow a year, with 4.9 days of an inch or more (172nd of 232). Those downpours cluster in May, August and September, when sump pumps and gutters are tested hardest. The wettest day on record brought 3.8 inches on October 9, 2015. The worst three-day stretch dropped 4.17 inches, ending September 10, 2018, the kind of soaking that overwhelms sump pumps and storm sewers.
Housing
23% of homes in Maverick County predate 1980, below the Texas county median of 45.8%, which ranks 211th of Texas's 232 counties.
Since 2000 the county has added enough housing that 45% of homes are that new. Modern PEX and copper rarely fail on their own; the leaks come from connections, appliances and storms.
The 1980s and 1990s account for 32% 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.
11% of homes are manufactured or mobile homes, below 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
Maverick County averages 168 warm, muggy nights a year (lows of 65°F or more) and gets the most rain in May. 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 Maverick County's occupied homes: 6% utility gas, 89% electric, 3% propane and under 1% wood. Most homes here heat with gas or electricity, so cooking and electrical faults are the likelier fire sources. Even a contained kitchen fire can send soot through the ductwork to every room.
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Population from ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Townships and unincorporated areas are covered too.
Nearby
Kinney and Zavala get more pipe-freeze nights than Maverick. Zavala County has the oldest housing nearby, with 51% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Maverick | Texas median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 7.4% | 20% | 206 of 232 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 23% | 46% | 211 of 232 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 45% | 26% | 26 of 232 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 11% | 13% | 147 of 232 |
| Vacant homes | 12% | 17% | 174 of 232 |
| Wood or propane heat | 3.2% | 6.5% | 185 of 232 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 0/yr | 3/yr | 205 of 232 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 4.9/yr | 7.8/yr | 172 of 232 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 9/yr | 27/yr | 186 of 232 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 168/yr | 129/yr | 41 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 Maverick County: freezing from midwinter, heavy rain in May, August and September.
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