Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Maben, MS
Maben gets about 59 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 winter (December to February), with about 16.9 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 12.5. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 36,400 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USC00222896, 9 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Maben falls near the middle of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (18.7 a year). By house age it falls 21st oldest by median year built of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1970). By first frost it falls 26th earliest for the first fall frost of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 4).
When to clean gutters in Maben
The first fall frost comes around November 4 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 30 (median dates, NOAA normals). A fall cleaning set for the weeks after that frost, when the branches over the house are bare, gets the year’s leaves in one trip; a spring visit follows once the pollen and catkins have come down.
When to clean gutters explains how the trees over a roof change the schedule.
Gutter and downspout size for Maben rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Maben the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.47 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 850 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,700, 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 Maben
Half the homes in Maben were built by 1970, 64% 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.
31% of households own their home, and 60% of homes are detached houses, 16% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Mississippi
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Maben which license or registration they hold in Mississippi, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Maben
With half the homes built by 1970, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: