Washita County, Oklahoma
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Burns Flat, OK
Burns Flat gets about 24 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 6 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 8.4 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 2.2. That is about 14,800 gallons a year off each 1,000 square feet of roof, every drop of it through a gutter and a downspout.
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NOAA station USW00003932, 10 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Burns Flat sits among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 227 places in Oklahoma on this site (5.6 a year). Its housing ranks 10th oldest by median year built of the 227 places in Oklahoma on this site (half built by 1957). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 226 places in Oklahoma on this site (November 1).
When to clean gutters in Burns Flat
The first fall frost comes around November 1 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 3 (median dates, NOAA normals). Booking the fall cleaning after the first frost, once the trees over the roof are bare, catches the season’s drop in one visit; the spring cleaning comes after the pollen and catkins are down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Burns Flat rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Burns Flat the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.00 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 900 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,800, by the rule in the Copper Development Association’s design handbook. Try your own roof in the gutter and downspout calculator, which starts from this figure.
The houses in Burns Flat
Half the homes in Burns Flat were built by 1957, 93% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). Houses that age have often had their gutters replaced once already; if not, the original runs and the boards behind them deserve a close look. On a house built before 1978, replacing more than 20 square feet of painted fascia or trim falls under the EPA’s lead-safe rule, so ask whether the crew is certified.
45% of households own their home, and 46% of homes are detached houses, 41% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Oklahoma
Ask any contractor working in Burns Flat what Oklahoma requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Burns Flat
With half the homes built by 1957, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: