Lumberton is the southern edge of our service area — a small city on the Lamar and Pearl River county line, about 27 miles south of Hattiesburg down I-59. It’s the farthest of the towns we name, but it’s also one of the most distinctive, and we cover it fully for water damage, flood, mold, sewage, and water-extraction work.
Lumberton Straddles Two Counties
Most towns sit in one county. Lumberton sits on a line: the vast majority of the city — roughly 99% of residents as of the 2000 census — is in Lamar County, with a small eastern sliver reaching into Pearl River County. It’s a genuinely two-county town, part of the Hattiesburg metro at its far southern end. Lumberton is also small and has been getting smaller, with a population around 1,600 that has declined over the past decade — the kind of place where older housing stock and long-deferred repairs can make a water loss more complicated than the square footage suggests.
Little Black Creek and Lumberton’s Water Risk
Lumberton’s water lives in the creeks. The town is in the Little Black Creek and Black Creek watershed, and the large Little Black Creek reservoir — the lake at the heart of the Little Black Creek Water Park — sits just north of town between here and Purvis. This is creek-and-reservoir country rather than mainstem-river country, so the local flood risk is creek rise and flash flooding when heavy rain moves through, not the slow river crests a Leaf River town watches. As with any Pine Belt community, the more routine water damage — burst pipes, failed water heaters, roof leaks, appliance overflows — is the bread and butter of what we clean up.
When the Storms Come Inland
Lumberton’s location in far-south Mississippi puts it on the path tropical systems follow after they come ashore. Hurricane Katrina in 2005 tracked inland up this part of the state; the zone that includes Lamar County took Category 1 winds as the storm passed, and the whole region was declared a disaster area. For Lumberton, that history is a reminder that its biggest weather threats arrive as wind-and-water events from the Gulf — and that the water damage from a storm like that is exactly what restoration exists to handle.
Every Service We Bring to Lumberton
The full range of restoration reaches Lumberton:
- Water damage restoration — full recovery from extraction to rebuild-ready.
- Flood cleanup — muck-out and decontamination after creek flooding or storms.
- Mold remediation — containment and removal once moisture has fed growth.
- Sewage cleanup — safe handling of Category 3 backups.
- Water extraction — fast removal of standing water.
How We Handle a Lumberton Water Loss
The distance to Lumberton changes the drive, not the method. We assess and extract, remove saturated materials, dry the structure to a documented standard verified with moisture meters, and document the whole loss for your insurer. In older homes especially, we look for the water that hides — behind walls, under floors, in the framing — because that’s what turns into mold and rot when it’s missed.
If water is in your Lumberton home or business, the smartest move is to start early even before we arrive: stop the source and keep people clear of contaminated water. Then request help or call — a real person answers, day or night.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Lumberton is the farthest out of our named service-area towns — about 27 miles south of Hattiesburg — but it's a straight shot down I-59, and we cover it for water damage, flood, mold, sewage, and water extraction, day or night.
Lumberton sits in the Little Black Creek and Black Creek watershed, with the large Little Black Creek reservoir just north of town, so creek rises and flash flooding from heavy rain are the main local water risks. The town also lies on the inland path that tropical systems take after Gulf landfall, which is a storm-and-wind exposure as much as a flood one.
Lumberton is within our service area and reached directly by I-59. We don't promise a specific arrival time for any town, but water damage is always treated as a same-priority emergency: call and we get a crew moving your way. The most important minutes are the ones before we arrive — stopping the source and starting to remove water.