Quick answer
For water damage in Crouch, ID, shut off your main valve first, or turn off the well pump breaker if you are on a private well. For a city water problem, call City of Crouch Public Works at 208-462-4285. Then call a water damage restoration company; drying should start within 24 to 48 hours. Report the claim to your insurer as soon as you can.
Do this first
Local water and sewer lines.
City Hall is at 342 Village Circle, Garden Valley, and is open Tuesday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Shut off the water. Shut off the main valve or the well pump breaker. For a city water problem, call City of Crouch Public Works at 208-462-4285.
- Make it safe and document it. Cut power to wet rooms from a dry spot, photograph the damage, then report the claim.
- Start drying within 24 to 48 hours. About 27% of Crouch homes are mobile homes. Check the lines under the floor and behind the skirting first.
Crouch City Hall is open only three days a week. For a city water problem on other days, try Public Works at 208-462-4285.
What to know about water damage in Crouch
180 nights
How many nights a year the Garden Valley weather station, about a mile from Crouch, averages at or below freezing.
Freezes and precipitation
The NOAA weather station at Garden Valley averages 180.2 nights a year at or below 32°F and 55.3 at or below 20°F. In half of years the first freeze comes by September 10 and the last one after June 1. Pipes in outside walls, unheated basements, and crawlspaces are the first to split. It also averages 26.55 inches of precipitation a year, counting melted snow, with about 3.8 days of an inch or more.
Named for a miner
Crouch is named for Billy Crouch, a miner who homesteaded near where the Middle and South Payette Rivers meet.
Source: Boise County
Post office for the CCC
Civilian Conservation Corps crews arrived at Camp Gallagher, upriver from Crouch, in 1933. Their mail swamped the Garden Valley post office, so a new one opened at Crouch.
Source: Boise County
Tree Army pay
Between 1933 and 1942, CCC enrollees earned $30 a month and sent $25 of it home. Garden Valley settlers grew much of the food eaten at the nearby camps, and townspeople held weekly dances and movies for the crews.
Source: Boise County
Homes in Crouch
The median home dates to 1993, and about 27% are mobile homes. About 72% are owner-occupied, with a median value near $486,700.
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Cost and insurance in Crouch
How much does water damage restoration cost in Crouch?
Most jobs run $450 to $16,000 (Angi). River water or snowmelt that flows in from outside is a flood loss, which needs a separate flood policy. In a mobile home, ask the crew to check the belly wrap and subfloor, which hold water out of sight.
Water removal and restoration in Crouch
The company that answers handles frozen pipes, mobile home plumbing leaks, well and pressure tank leaks, water heater failures, and septic backups, plus burst pipes, appliance leaks, drying, and septic backups.
Crouch questions
Who do I call about a Crouch city water problem?
Public Works, at 208-462-4285, or the Water Department at City Hall, at 208-462-4687.
When is Crouch City Hall open?
Tuesday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at 342 Village Circle in Garden Valley.
Who handles building inspections in Crouch?
Building inspection and engineering, at 208-870-1022.
Which rivers meet near Crouch?
The Middle and South Payette Rivers. River water that comes in from outside needs a separate flood policy.
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