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.[2] The reservoir serves as a water source for Douglas County. After leaving the reservoir, the Dog River flows into the Chattahoochee River.
In 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]
^ abU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dog River
^ ab. Archived from the original on 2010-09-19. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
^ ab"USGS Surface Water data for USA: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".
^U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map 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.
^. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
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river, georgia, river, mile, long, river, georgia, river, rises, south, villa, rica, carroll, county, flows, east, into, douglas, county, then, turns, southeastward, into, river, reservoir, reservoir, completed, 1992, impounded, billion, gallons, water, before. 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 2 The reservoir serves as a water source for Douglas County After leaving the reservoir the Dog River flows into the Chattahoochee River Dog RiverLocationCountryUnited StatesStateGeorgiaPhysical characteristicsSource locationSouth of Villa Rica Georgia coordinates33 41 26 N 84 55 39 W 33 69056 N 84 92750 W 33 69056 84 92750 1 Mouth locationChattahoochee River Georgia coordinates33 36 14 N 84 47 03 W 33 60389 N 84 78417 W 33 60389 84 78417 1 Basin size78 sq mi 200 km2 2 Discharge location33 39 13 7 N 84 49 15 7 W 3 average125 3 cu ft s 3 55 m3 s 3 2009 flooding EditMain article 2009 Southeastern United States floods In 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 EditList of rivers of GeorgiaReferences Edit 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 a b USGS Surface Water data for USA USGS Surface Water Annual Statistics 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 This article related to a river in the US state of Georgia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dog River Georgia amp oldid 1172123800, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
