Lawrence County, South Dakota
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Deadwood, SD
A normal year in Deadwood brings about 32 inches of rain; on roughly 5 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 10.7 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 4.9. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 19,700 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00394834, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Deadwood ranks near the middle of the 54 places in South Dakota on this site (4.8 a year). Its housing ranks 2nd oldest by median year built of the 54 places in South Dakota on this site (half built by 1942). By its first fall frost it sits 1st earliest for the first fall frost of the 54 places in South Dakota on this site (September 25).
When to clean gutters in Deadwood
The first fall frost comes around September 25 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around May 24 (median dates, NOAA normals). Plan the fall visit for after the frost, when the trees over the roof have finished dropping, and the spring visit for after the pollen and catkins.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Deadwood rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Deadwood the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.50 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 960 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,920, 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.
Deadwood averages about 184 inches of snow a year (NOAA normals). Snow on a roof brings ice dams: heat escaping from the house melts the snow, and the water refreezes at the cold eave, in the gutter and over it. University of Minnesota Extension puts the cause in the attic, not in the gutter, so a gutter that fills with ice is a symptom; hangers spaced to carry ice and a sound fascia are what the gutter itself needs.
The houses in Deadwood
Half the homes in Deadwood were built by 1942, 72% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). In a neighborhood that age, many houses are on their second set of gutters or due for one, and the fascia board behind them is worth checking at the same visit. 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.
50% of households own their home, and 63% of homes are detached houses, 3% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in South Dakota
Ask any contractor working in Deadwood what South Dakota requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Deadwood
With half the homes built by 1942, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: