Clark County, Arkansas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Gurdon, AR
Gurdon gets about 57 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 19 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 16.8 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 11.8. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 35,100 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00035908, 15 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Gurdon ranks 17th for heavy-rain days of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (18.6 a year). Its housing ranks 53rd oldest by median year built of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (half built by 1976). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (November 6).
When to clean gutters in Gurdon
The first fall frost comes around November 6 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 29 (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 Gurdon rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Gurdon the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.16 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 880 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,760, 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 Gurdon
Half the homes in Gurdon were built by 1976, 59% 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.
59% of households own their home, and 74% of homes are detached houses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Arkansas
Ask any contractor working in Gurdon what Arkansas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Gurdon
With half the homes built by 1976, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: