Sharp County, Arkansas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Highland, AR
A normal year in Highland brings about 51 inches of rain; on roughly 16 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 15.6 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 11.3. That is about 31,900 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 USC00033132, 1 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Highland sits near the middle of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (16.0 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (half built by 1978). By its first fall frost it sits 39th earliest for the first fall frost of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (October 31).
When to clean gutters in Highland
The first fall frost comes around October 31 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 4 (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 Highland rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Highland the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.75 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 930 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,860, 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 Highland
Half the homes in Highland were built by 1978, 57% 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.
93% of households own their home, and 83% of homes are detached houses, 1% townhouses. In a townhouse or HOA community, check who owns the gutters and what colors are allowed before booking.
Hiring in Arkansas
Ask any contractor working in Highland what Arkansas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Highland
With half the homes built by 1978, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: