Lonoke County, Arkansas
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Ward, AR
Ward gets about 53 inches of rain in a normal year, and on about 17 days a year an inch or more falls in a single day. The wettest season is spring (March to May), with about 16.6 inches; the driest is summer (June to August), with 10.7. Every 1,000 square feet of roof sheds about 33,100 gallons a year, and all of it goes through the gutters.
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NOAA station USC00031102, 4 miBars to one scale; the longest is spring (March to May).
By heavy-rain days, Ward falls 49th for heavy-rain days of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (17.2 a year). By the age of its homes it sits among the newest by median year built of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (half built by 2006). The first frost here ranks 39th earliest for the first fall frost of the 211 places in Arkansas on this site (October 31).
When to clean gutters in Ward
The first fall frost comes around October 31 in a typical year here, and the last spring frost around April 4 (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 Ward rain
Gutters are sized for the worst few minutes of a storm, not for the year. In Ward the five-minute rain expected about once in ten years falls at 7.96 inches an hour (NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 9). At that rate one 2-by-3-inch downspout drains about 900 square feet of roof and one 3-by-4-inch downspout about 1,810, 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 Ward
Half the homes in Ward were built by 2006, 7% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). With homes this new, the gutters are usually the builder’s originals; keeping them clear matters more than replacing them.
65% of households own their home, and 82% 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 Arkansas
Before hiring in Ward, ask which Arkansas license or registration the contractor holds and for a certificate of liability insurance. Hiring a gutter contractor
Gutter work in Ward
With 17.2 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: