Quick answer
For water damage in Midvale, 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 Midvale City Hall at 208-355-2221. 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.
Mail for the city goes to P.O. Box 115, Midvale, ID 83645.
- Shut off the water. Close the main valve where the line enters the house. For a city water problem, call Midvale City Hall at 208-355-2221.
- 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 72% of Midvale homes were built before 1980, about 34% before 1960, and about 23% are mobile homes. Check old galvanized lines and under-floor plumbing first.
Midvale Water is run from City Hall. Call 208-355-2221 for a city water problem.
What to know about water damage in Midvale
72%
The share of Midvale homes built before 1980. The median home dates to 1973.
Freezes and precipitation
The NOAA weather station at Cambridge, about 8.3 miles away, averages 157.1 nights a year at or below 32°F and 59.2 at or below 20°F. In half of years the first freeze comes by September 27 and the last one after May 15. Pipes in outside walls, unheated basements, and crawlspaces are the first to split. It also averages 21.4 inches of precipitation a year, counting melted snow, with about 1.2 days of an inch or more.
Settled in 1868
The first settlers reached Middle Valley in 1868. A post office and school began in 1876, work on the Middle Valley Ditch started in 1884, and the first store opened in 1885.
Source: Wikipedia
Middle Valley until 1903
The town was known as Middle Valley until the post office adopted the shorter name Midvale in 1903.
Source: The Christian Chronicle
Weiser River floods
The low river terraces of the Weiser River at Midvale can flood during spring snowmelt or winter rain-on-snow storms in the headwaters.
On the Weiser River Trail
Midvale is on the Weiser River National Recreation Trail, about 10 miles beyond Cambridge, at the start of a 20-mile remote canyon stretch with no cell service.
Source: Rails to Trails Conservancy
Homes in Midvale
About 91% of Midvale homes are owner-occupied, with a median value near $230,600. Only about 2% were built in 2010 or later.
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Cost and insurance in Midvale
How much does water damage restoration cost in Midvale?
Most jobs run $450 to $16,000 (Angi). Weiser River water or snowmelt that flows in from outside is a flood loss, which needs a separate flood policy. In an older home, ask the crew to check inside the walls and under the floor, where old pipes often leak.
Water removal and restoration in Midvale
The company that answers handles frozen pipes, older galvanized line failures, mobile home plumbing leaks, water heater failures, and septic backups, plus burst pipes, appliance leaks, drying, and septic backups.
Midvale questions
Who runs the Midvale water system?
Midvale City Hall, at 208-355-2221.
Where does the name Midvale come from?
Settlers called the valley Middle Valley.
When was Midvale settled?
The first settlers arrived in 1868, and the town was called Middle Valley until 1903.
Can the Weiser River flood homes near Midvale?
Yes. Its low terraces can flood during spring snowmelt or rain-on-snow storms. River water that comes in from outside needs a separate flood policy.
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