The Dog River is a 15.7-mile-long (25.3 km)[4] river in Georgia. The river rises south of Villa Rica in Carroll County, flows east into Douglas County, then turns southeastward into Dog River Reservoir. The reservoir, completed in 1992, impounded 1.2 billion US gallons (4,500,000 m3) of water before the dam and water level were increased in 2009.[3] The reservoir serves as a water source for Douglas County. After leaving the reservoir, the Dog River flows into the Chattahoochee River.
| Dog River | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | South of Villa Rica, Georgia |
| • coordinates | 33°41′26″N 84°55′39″W / 33.69056°N 84.92750°W[2] |
| Mouth | |
• location | Chattahoochee River, Georgia |
• coordinates | 33°36′14″N 84°47′03″W / 33.60389°N 84.78417°W[2] |
| Basin size | 78 sq mi (200 km2)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | 33°39'13.7"N 84°49'15.7″W[1] |
| • average | 125.3 cu ft/s (3.55 m3/s)[1] |
2009 flooding
editIn September 2009, the Dog River watershed, along with most of northern Georgia, experienced heavy rainfall. The Dog River, overwhelmed by large amounts of runoff from saturated ground in the basin, experienced massive flooding. The river crested at 33.83 feet (10.31 m) and had a peak discharge of 59,900 cu ft/s (1,700 m3/s), nearly six times the 100-year flood level.[5] One of the ten deaths associated with the floods in Georgia occurred in the Dog River. A Carroll County resident, Debbie Hooper, was killed when her Jeep Cherokee was swept off the road by floodwaters.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "USGS Surface Water data for USA: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dog River
- ^ a b "DDCWSA.com - the Reservoir". Archived from the original on 2010-09-19. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 15, 2011
- ^ McCallum, Brian E.; Gotvald, Anthony J. (July 2010). "Historic Flooding in Northern Georgia, September 16–22, 2009" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
- ^ "Search for mom missing after Georgia flooding continues - CNN". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2010-09-20.