Clarke County, Mississippi
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Stonewall, MS
A normal year in Stonewall brings about 57 inches of rain; on roughly 18 of its days, an inch or more comes down at once. The wettest season is winter (December to February), with about 16.2 inches; the driest is fall (September to November), with 11.2. Off a 1,000-square-foot roof, that comes to about 35,300 gallons a year for the gutters to carry.
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NOAA station USW00013865, 14 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
By heavy-rain days, Stonewall falls near the middle of the 186 places in Mississippi on this site (18.4 a year). By house age it falls 10th oldest by median year built of the 183 places in Mississippi on this site (half built by 1967). The first frost here ranks near the middle of the 185 places in Mississippi on this site (November 10).
When to clean gutters in Stonewall
The first fall frost comes around November 10 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around March 18 (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 Stonewall rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Stonewall the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 8.75 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 820 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,650, 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 Stonewall
Half the homes in Stonewall were built by 1967, 75% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). At that age a gutter has seen decades of leaves and storms, and the fascia it hangs from has too. 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.
72% of households own their home, and 83% of homes are detached houses. Where an HOA governs the exterior, its rules on gutter color and style apply before any order is placed.
Hiring in Mississippi
Before hiring in Stonewall, ask which Mississippi license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Stonewall
With half the homes built by 1967, replacement gutters and the fascia behind them come up more often here than in newer suburbs. The line takes all of it: