Quitman County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Marks, MS
Marks 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 17.5 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 10.5. That is about 35,200 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 USC00224869, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Marks sits near the middle of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (19.3 a year). By house age it falls 1st oldest by median year built of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1962). By its first fall frost it sits 47th earliest for the first fall frost of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 7).
When to clean gutters in Marks
The first fall frost comes around November 7 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 17 (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 Marks rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Marks the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.22 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 1,750, 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 Marks
Half the homes in Marks were built by 1962, 84% 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.
65% of households own their home, and 100% 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 Mississippi
Ask any contractor working in Marks what Mississippi requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Marks
With half the homes built by 1962, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: