Warren Water Damage Restoration

Warren has a median home build year of 1965, older than the two neighboring cities in this set.

The 1960s are the largest building decade in Warren, with 20,650 housing units. The 1950s follow with 13,018 units.

About 83 percent of Warren housing units (48,328 of 57,958) were built before 1980, which covers the asbestos and lead-paint era. This is the sum of the 1970s, 1960s, 1950s, 1940s and pre-1940 counts.

Warren has 5,318 homes built before 1950: 3,415 from the 1940s and 1,903 from 1939 or earlier.

About 71 percent of occupied homes in Warren are owner-occupied (38,922 of 54,744). Renters occupy 15,822 homes.

Single-family detached houses make up 43,493 of Warren 57,958 housing units, about 75 percent.

The median home value in Warren is $193,400, the lowest of the three Macomb cities in this set. Median gross rent is $1,225.

Warren counts 1,914 vacant units in the "other vacant" class, out of 3,214 vacant units. Long-vacant houses can leave pipes and roofs unmonitored.

The Red Run and Bear Creek were small creeks in the 1800s. They are now an open, major storm drain that carries water through Warren to the Clinton River and Lake St. Clair.

Warren lists FEMA flood map lookup on its Engineering page. A property with a "non-printed panel" is in zone X, outside the 0.2 percent annual chance floodplain.

Warren runs a Stephens Road Detention Basin project, listed under the wastewater treatment pages of the city.

Warren asks residents to report illegal dumping into a storm drain, ditch or creek to the Macomb County Public Works hotline, 1-877-679-4337.

The Rain Preparedness page asks residents to keep the storm sewer catch basin grate near the home clear. On Warren gravel roads, residents keep the roadside ditch clear of leaves.

Warren has its own wastewater treatment plant. The plant was first designed in 1957 and has a design capacity of 50 million gallons a day, with a wet-weather peak of 100 million gallons a day.

The Warren plant normally treats about 22 million gallons a day.

In Warren the homeowner maintains the sanitary service line from the house to the main. The city maintains the main sewer line and its repairs.

Warren says a plumber charges about $100 to $200 to rod out roots each year, while a new sewer service line costs $2,000 to $4,000. Warren requires a permit and inspection to replace a sewer service line.

The NOAA 1981-2010 normals for the Eastpointe station used for Warren show 33.97 inches of precipitation a year.

Warren has about 39 days a year when the temperature stays at or below freezing all day, which feeds freeze-thaw cracking in pipes and foundations.

During the January 2024 flood the Warren Fire Department told residents with a wet basement to ask DTE or a licensed electrician to shut off power to the lower level.

Warren told residents that after a flood a licensed electrician must check the system before power returns, and that wet furnaces, water heaters and appliances should be treated as damaged.

Warren tells residents to stay at least 25 feet from a downed wire and to call 911 or DTE at 1-800-477-4747.

On August 20, 2011 a 52-knot thunderstorm wind knocked down a power pole in Warren.

On July 4, 2012 NOAA recorded 1.75-inch hail in Warren.

On July 19, 2013 a 54-knot thunderstorm wind brought down numerous trees in Warren.

The mayor said the General Motors Technical Center in Warren was forced to close during the August 2014 flood.

Warren officials estimated that 18,047 homes were flood-damaged after the August 2014 storm, with about $1.2 billion in damage. The mayor said every neighborhood was hit.

In the August 1, 2024 flood, calls to Warren 911 tripled.

Hoover Road south of 12 Mile flooded heavily in the August 2024 storm, and 19 vehicles were towed.

Warren enforces the Michigan Building Code and the Michigan Residential Code through its Building Division. A 2004 state law made every community adopt these two codes.

The Warren Building Division keeps records of the construction, alteration or demolition of buildings, so a repair after water or fire damage runs through it.

No one may rent, lease or occupy a Warren rental dwelling without a rental license from the rental division. Licenses do not transfer between landlords or units.

Water and sewer permits in Warren can be applied for online, and the Water Division takes permit applications from contractors through a contractor account.

Warren has a Village Historic District with its own work permit. The permit form sits with the Assessing Department.

The Warren city government lists a Village Historic District Commission among its commissions. It sits next to the Historical Commission.

Warren has an ordinance that bars raking leaves into the gutter. Street sweepers cannot pick up leaf piles, and residents bag leaves or use marked compost cans.

After the August 2014 flood Warren told residents to put water-damaged items at the curb on any day, and approved overtime for sanitation and water crews.

The Warren Fire Department non-emergency dispatch line is (586) 574-9111. Fire prevention is (586) 756-2800 ext 3310.

For after-hours emergencies, a broken water main or flooding, Warren residents call the Water and Sewer line at (586) 759-9200.

Warren DPW general line for potholes, street sweeping and trimming is (586) 759-9270.

Warren residents can sign up for Warren CAN, the Warren Community Alert Network, from the city website.

Warren Mayor declared an official state of emergency on August 12, 2014, the day after the storm, and asked for help from the National Guard.