Lincoln County, Arkansas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Star City, AR
A normal year in Star City brings about 56 inches of rain; on roughly 19 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 16.8 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 11.2. That is about 35,000 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 USC00031191, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
Counting days with an inch of rain or more, Star City sits 4th for heavy-rain days of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (19.1 a year). By house age it falls near the middle of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (half built by 1977). By first frost it falls among the latest for the first fall frost of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (November 17).
When to clean gutters in Star City
The first fall frost comes around November 17 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 15 (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 Star City rain
The short, hard downpour is what a gutter is sized for. In Star City the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.21 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 Star City
Half the homes in Star City were built by 1977, 56% 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.
70% of households own their home, and 82% of homes are detached houses, 2% townhouses. If an association maintains the exterior, the gutters may be its job rather than yours; check before calling.
Hiring in Arkansas
Licensing for gutter work differs from state to state; ask a contractor in Star City which license or registration they hold in Arkansas, and for proof of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Star City
With half the homes built by 1977, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: