Dyess, AR · Mississippi County

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Why moisture builds up in Dyess homes

Flood history: The January 1937 flood forced residents to evacuate and inspired Johnny Cash's song 'Five Feet High and Rising'.

Setting: Rich, swampy bottomland that colonists cleared and drained with ditches.

Arkansas summers are hot and humid. NOAA's 1991-2020 normals put average yearly precipitation at Little Rock 50.4 inches. Warm, damp air is what lets mold take hold in attics, crawlspaces and bathrooms.

Housing age and hidden moisture in Dyess

Housing: About 500 small colony farmhouses, five-room whitewashed clapboard houses with two bedrooms and front and back porches, built from 1934; The white-columned administration building is on the National Register of Historic Places.

In pictures

Where moisture and mold hide.

Illustrative photos of the kinds of homes and conditions found in this area.

Faint horizontal water-line stain on a lower wall (close-up)

Faint horizontal water-line stain on a lower wall (wider view)

Warped hardwood floor boards (wider view)

Musty closet with stained baseboards (close-up)

Musty closet with stained baseboards (wider view)

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Questions

Common questions.

Did Dyess flood?

Residents were evacuated during the flood of January 1937, which inspired Johnny Cash's song 'Five Feet High and Rising.' The land was swampy bottomland that colonists drained with ditches.

Why is mold such a concern in Arkansas homes?

Arkansas has hot, humid summers. NOAA's 1991-2020 normals put Little Rock's average yearly precipitation at about 50 inches and its July average temperature at about 81 F. EPA advises keeping indoor humidity below 60 percent, ideally 30 to 50 percent. Warm, damp air is why moisture problems show up in Arkansas attics, crawlspaces and bathrooms.

Why do crawlspaces matter in Arkansas houses?

EPA notes that crawl spaces with high humidity are common sites of hidden mold growth, especially over bare soil, and that soil moisture raises the humidity in the air above it. Arkansas summers are humid, so crawlspace moisture is a common thing buyers ask about. EPA also advises grading the ground away from the foundation so it does not stay wet.

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