Plumbing in Wyoming freezes on the shaded side and in any line the wind can reach, which surprises people who think dry air means the pipes are safe. Sill cocks, crawl spaces, and a kitchen on an outside wall are the usual splits. Shut the main if water is loose. Know that valve before the night you need it. Wells, cisterns, and pressure tanks belong in the first sentence on a rural place. Town houses should start with the fixture, the water heater, or the floor drain.
A ceiling stain after a wind-driven blow may be a roof, not a supply line. If the meter is still and the fixtures are off, look at the windward edge and the window heads. If the meter is moving, hunt the supply. A cable clears a clog and does not repair a belly or a line heaved by freeze. Ask about a camera if the stoppage returns. Sewer vents can frost or pack with wind-driven snow and mimic a drain failure. Say if the smell showed up in a blow.
Water heaters work through a long heating season and weep at the base while everyone watches the furnace. Name gas or electric, the vent, the pan, and the shutoff. Wind can upset a lazy flue. If you smell trouble, stop using the unit. Hose bibs on the windward wall should be shut from inside and drained before the hard stretch. Do not point a sump at the foundation. Dry ground still sheds a rare hard rain straight at the house, and the wind helps it find the well.
Vacant houses freeze when the heat is left too low. Say if the building sits empty. Access in a tight crawl or a manufactured home changes the scope, so say what the floor is. Hard water and mineral on valves are a remodel issue. A split line is today's issue. Basement and crawl access, if you have it, is the fact that keeps the opening smaller.
Say leak, freeze, well, drain, or water heater, and the town. Say if you can shut the water off. If the stain followed a wind-driven rain, say that so the roof is not ignored. Call the number on this page.