Kinney County, Texas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Fort Clark Springs, TX
Rain in Fort Clark Springs adds up to about 24 inches in a normal year, with about 7 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is summer (June to August), with about 8.2 inches; the driest is winter (December to February), with 2.7. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 15,100 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00411007, 2 miBars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Fort Clark Springs ranks among the fewest heavy-rain days of the 959 places in Texas on this site (6.9 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 959 places in Texas on this site (half built by 1985). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 821 places in Texas on this site (November 24).
When to clean gutters in Fort Clark Springs
The first fall frost comes around November 24 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 5 (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 Fort Clark Springs rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Fort Clark Springs the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 10.00 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 11). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 720 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,440, 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 Fort Clark Springs
Half the homes in Fort Clark Springs were built by 1985, 38% 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.
82% of households own their home, and 74% of homes are detached houses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Texas
Ask any contractor working in Fort Clark Springs what Texas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Fort Clark Springs
With half the homes built by 1985, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: