Independence County, Arkansas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Southside, AR
Rain in Southside adds up to about 51 inches in a normal year, with about 16 days that bring an inch or more. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 15.3 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 11.3. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 31,500 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00030460, 3 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
For days with an inch of rain or more, Southside ranks near the middle of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (15.8 a year). By the age of its homes it sits near the middle of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (half built by 1986). By its first fall frost it sits near the middle of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (November 5).
When to clean gutters in Southside
The first fall frost comes around November 5 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 30 (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 Southside rain
What overwhelms a gutter is a burst, not a season. In Southside the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.70 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 940 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,870, 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 Southside
Half the homes in Southside were built by 1986, 39% 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.
69% of households own their home, and 72% 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 Arkansas
Ask any contractor working in Southside what Arkansas requires of them for gutter work, and to show proof of insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Southside
With 15.8 days a year of an inch or more, a clogged gutter or a short downspout shows up here quickly. The line takes all of it: