Red River County, Texas · Clarksville
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Red River County averages 4 nights a year at 20°F or colder, mostly January, and 17% of its homes predate 1960.
Basements flood here mostly in April. Red River County averages 15.4 days a year with an inch of rain or more.
Sewage backups in Red River County spike on heavy-rain days, about 15.4 a year, when sewer mains fill up and water finds the lowest drain.
Roof leaks here come from summer downpours and, with about 40 freeze-thaw days a year, from winter ice dams. Most show up as ceiling stains in the room below.
19% of occupied homes in Red River County heat mainly with wood or propane, above the Texas county median of 6.5%.
With 117 muggy nights a year, mold in Red River County can appear within days of a leak. Dry first, then clean.
Local risk profile
With 6,194 homes and around 11,611 residents, Red River County is 1,044 square miles of northeast Texas. Clarksville is the county seat; Bogata, Avery and Detroit are the next largest communities. Half the homes here were built before 1981, half after.
59/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Elevated Red River County ranks 58 of 232 Texas counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Red River County ranks highest compared with other Texas counties.
Red River County gets more hard-freeze nights than most of Texas. From 2015–2024 it averaged 4 nights a year at 20°F or colder, the range where pipes in exterior walls, crawl spaces and unheated garages freeze, and 41 nights at or below 32°F. That ranks 68th of 232 counties.
On February 16, 2021 the low fell to about -4°F, and in the stretch ending February 2021 the county went 7 days in a row below freezing. Leaks from split pipes typically appear the day the thaw arrives.
Expect the hardest freezes in January, inside a season that runs January. That's when an outdoor spigot left connected to a hose, or a pipe in a crawl space, is most likely to split.
Freezing nights typically start around Nov 12 and end around Mar 9.
Heavy rain is a bigger factor here than in most of Texas. The county gets about 55.7 inches of rain and melted snow a year, with 15.4 days of an inch or more (28th of 232). Those downpours cluster in March, April and May, when sump pumps and gutters are tested hardest. The wettest day on record brought 5.76 inches on December 28, 2015. The worst three-day stretch dropped 7.31 inches, ending February 23, 2018, the kind of soaking that overwhelms sump pumps and storm sewers.
About 40 days a year swing from below freezing at night to above freezing by day. Those freeze-thaw cycles feed ice dams on roofs, open cracks in foundations and driveways, and stress pipes that are already marginal.
Housing
48% of homes in Red River County predate 1980, close to the Texas county median of 45.8%, which ranks 106th of Texas's 232 counties.
Housing age is mixed: 17% of homes are pre-1960 and 23% are 2000 or newer. Ask any plumber which era your house is from and you'll know which failures to watch for.
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.
16% 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.
The Census counted 20% 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 117 nights a year in Red River County stay at 65°F or warmer, a sign of muggy summer air (155th of 232 counties). May is the wettest month. Mold grows when indoor humidity stays above about 60%, the EPA's ceiling. A basement dehumidifier set to 50% and drying anything wet within 24 to 48 hours prevents most problems.
Mold remediation: what to expectHeating fuel matters for fire risk. In Red River County it's 27% utility gas, 52% electric, 17% propane and 2% 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
Red River gets more pipe-freeze nights than any of its neighbors. Morris County has the oldest housing nearby, with 59% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Red River | Texas median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 17% | 20% | 135 of 232 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 48% | 46% | 106 of 232 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 23% | 26% | 139 of 232 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 16% | 13% | 93 of 232 |
| Vacant homes | 20% | 17% | 84 of 232 |
| Wood or propane heat | 19% | 6.5% | 9 of 232 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 4/yr | 3/yr | 68 of 232 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 15/yr | 7.8/yr | 28 of 232 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 40/yr | 27/yr | 59 of 232 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 117/yr | 129/yr | 155 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 Red River County: freezing from January, heavy rain in March, April and May.
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