Chickasha was founded in 1892 when the Rock Island Railroad came through, and it incorporated in 1902. The Washita River runs through the north end of town and along its eastern edge. The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, founded in 1908, anchors one side of town, and the Festival of Light draws crowds to Shannon Springs Park every holiday season. With about 16,000 residents at the 2020 census, Chickasha has more variety than the small towns we cover: older brick homes near downtown and campus, rentals, newer subdivisions, and commercial buildings.
We do not have a Chickasha office. Crews come from Elgin headquarters at 302 Commercial Loop, Suite 4, Elgin, with the Lawton satellite as backup. Call (580) 574-2383. See the Elgin hub.
Older homes near downtown and the university have plaster walls and pier-and-beam floors that hold water longer than modern construction. Newer homes on slab hide water under flooring and behind baseboards. We extract, map moisture throughout, and dry based on readings. For low-lying properties near the Washita, we document the cause of loss carefully, because flood water and a burst pipe are handled very differently by most policies.
Rentals are common near campus. When a landlord and tenant are both involved, we document for the policy that covers the structure and keep both informed, so nobody is left guessing about what was damaged and what was done.
We board up and secure the building, then clean soot, treat odor, and pack out contents when the property cannot be occupied. Commercial and multi-unit fires get the same documented process, scaled to the building.
We find the moisture source first, contain the area, remove what cannot be cleaned, and dry before rebuilding. In older Chickasha homes that often means looking in crawlspaces and inside plaster walls.
Hail and wind are routine in Grady County. We tarp, dry, document for the carrier, and handle the put-back on the same file.
We also work Cement, Anadarko, Duncan, and the Oklahoma City metro.
