Water in your Burbank home? Here's what to do right now.

Reach out and let us know what got wet and where. We start by listening.

Start here

First: keep clear of wet outlets, close the main shutoff for a pipe leak, and photograph the damage before you move it. The full list is on our water damage page.

Where water showed up in Burbank this year

Burbank’s report came on July 27: a photo of standing water on a residential street. Streets in the area had also flooded on July 3, and Cicero Avenue held water on July 4.

On July 27, at 12:50 PM CDT, the National Weather Service logged a flood report in Burbank: A few inches of standing water on a residential street in Burbank.

On July 4 at 5:25 PM CDT, another report about 2 miles south-southeast of Midway Airport noted: Multiple locations with several inches of standing water on Cicero Avenue near State Road.

About eight in ten Burbank homes are single-family detached, and most were built before 1970. Older basements and floor drains are where street flooding tends to show up.

Preliminary NWS storm reports: Report 1 · Report 2

Your Burbank home and where water goes

In Burbank, the typical house dates to 1965. 62% were built before 1970, 16% in 1990 or later, and 81% are detached single-family homes, with 81% owner-occupied (ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates: Census Reporter).

Burbank’s tidy grid of brick homes has little room for water to go; when the street fills, it can find a basement window well.

Drying out a Burbank home, step by step

Our Burbank work follows one path: trace the water, pull out what’s ruined, dry the structure and confirm it with readings, then hand off to your contractor. Every reading and photo goes into your file. See how the process works.

Per the EPA, drying wet materials within 24–48 hours helps prevent mold, which is why readings decide when we’re done. (Source: EPA) More in drying and moisture readings.