Editing Douglas County, Georgia (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|201|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|200|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1.0|sqmi}} (0.5%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

Douglas County's elevation above sea level ranges as low as {{convert|740|ft|m}} at the Chattahoochee River to as high as {{convert|1340|ft|m}}; one of the county's highest elevation points lies inside the city of Douglasville. Andy Mountain, between [[Villa Rica, Georgia|Villa Rica]] and Winston – west of Douglasville along Bankhead Highway, has the highest elevation in Douglas County.  Two other elevated summits are located in the county, known as Cedar Mountain at {{convert|1257|ft|m|0}}, and Pine Mountain at {{convert|1180|ft|m|0}}.

Douglas County sits in Georgia's [[Piedmont (United States)|Piedmont]] region, which makes its elevation vary due to many rolling hills that Douglas County sits on near the tail end of the [[Appalachian Mountains]]. There are no high mountain peaks in Douglas County, just a range of ridges, hills and valleys.

The entirety of Douglas County is located in the Middle [[Chattahoochee River]]-[[Lake Harding]] sub-basin of the [[ACF River Basin]] (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |title=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience |publisher=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission |access-date=November 18, 2015 |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003004639/http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Location
! Height
|-
|Andy Mountain
|{{convert|1340|ft|m|0}}
|-
|Cedar Mountain, Georgia
|{{convert|1257|ft|m|0}}
|-
|[[Winston, Georgia|Winston]]
|{{convert|1221|ft|m|0}}
|-
|[[Douglasville, Georgia|Downtown Douglasville]]
|{{convert|1209|ft|m|0}}
|-
|[[Beulah, Georgia|Beulah]]
|{{convert|1184|ft|m|0}}
|-
|Pine Mountain
|{{convert|1180|ft|m|0}}
|-
|[[White City, Georgia|White City]]
|{{convert|1177|ft|m|0}}
|-
|[[Fairplay, Douglas County, Georgia|Fairplay]]
|{{convert|1170|ft|m|0}}
|-
|[[Wellstar Douglas Hospital]]
|{{convert|1120|ft|m|0}}
|-
|[[Midway, Georgia|Midway]]
|{{convert|1080|ft|m|0}}
|-
|[[Hannah, Georgia|Hannah]]
|{{convert|1077|ft|m|0}}
|-
|[[McWhorter, Georgia|McWhorter]]
|{{convert|1067|ft|m|0}}
|-
|[[Lithia Springs, Georgia|Lithia Springs]]
|{{convert|1043|ft|m|0}}
|-
|[[Villa Rica, Georgia|Villa Rica]]
|{{convert|1040|ft|m|0}}
|-
|Groovers Lake
|{{convert|905|ft|m|0}}
|-
|}

===Bodies of water===
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* The [[Chattahoochee River]] borders the county to the east and southeast.
* [[Sweetwater Creek (west of Atlanta)|Sweetwater Creek]] runs in the eastern side of the county in the Lithia Springs area.  The [[USGS]] [[stream gauge]] ([[location identifier|NWS identifier]] AUSG1) at Lithia Springs is considered to be "near [[Austell, Georgia|Austell]]" by the [[National Weather Service]], however, even though that city is further away and in Cobb and not Douglas.
* George Sparks Reservoir makes its home at Sweetwater Creek State Park.
* The Dog River is a small, almost creek like river in the western side of Douglas county and travels south and eastward until it ends at the Dog River Reservoir in the southern part of the county.
* The [[Dog River Reservoir]] is Douglas County's main source of [[drinking water]], and also serves as a recreational lake for residents of the county.
All of these had massive flooding during the [[2009 Atlanta floods]].

===Climate===
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Douglas County has been experiencing numerous natural disasters over the most recent decades. Being located in the South Eastern United States the county experiences strong storms and tornadoes often because of its location in [[Dixie Alley]].

A [[tornado]] touched down in the city of Douglasville on March 7, 2008, damaging many homes and ripping one home in half in the Brookmont subdivision on Chapel Hill Road. [[Arbor Place Mall]] also reported broken windows from the storm. The tornado also damaged the Chapel Hill [[Kroger]] grocery store and threw a heavy [[air conditioning]] unit onto cars below. There was only one injury reported from the storm.

Another tornado touched down in Douglas County on [[Tornado outbreak sequence of May 7–11, 2008|May 11, 2008]], known as the "[[Mother's Day (United States)|Mother's Day]] Tornado".  The EF2 tornado caused damage all over the county. The tornado touched down in the [[Fairplay, Douglas County, Georgia|Fairplay]] area and moved through the rest of the county. The tornado packing wind speeds up to {{convert|110|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} downed many trees and damaged many homes in the county. A [[filling station]] in Douglasville was destroyed by the storm, with the large roof being thrown onto the street. No injuries or deaths were reported. The [[governor of Georgia]] declared a [[state of emergency]] for Douglas County and many other counties in the state on May 12, 2008. This is the first time in history that two tornados have touched down in Douglas County in the same year.

The county has suffered through numerous ice storms throughout the years. The ice storms bring everything to a stand still in the area due to the lack of equipment to deal with the problem and drastic amounts of power outages. Some of the worst ice storms were in 1938, 1994, 1998, 2000, [[December 2005 North American ice storm|2005]], and 2010.

In 2007 the county suffered one of the worst droughts in the area's history, causing a complete [[outdoor water-use restriction|watering ban]] and resulting in the largest wildfire in Georgia history. The fire was located in south east Georgia, but it still affected the county with smoke often through the life of the fire.

In 2005 [[Hurricane Katrina]]'s remnants tore through the area spawning tornadoes, causing wind damage, and flooding rains. Katrina killed 2 people in Georgia

Sunday night on [[January 8–13, 2011, North American blizzard|January 9, 2011]], right after Douglasville's [[December 2010 North American blizzard|first white Christmas in decades]], a snowstorm developed over Douglas County and caused as much as 8&nbsp;inches of snow in the area. The storm closed grocery stores, the courthouse, and Arbor Place Mall until that Wednesday January 12. Schools were closed the entire second week of January.

The March [[1993 Storm of the Century]] brought {{convert|17|in|cm|0}} to Douglasville, with drifts measuring several feet.

On [[2009 Southeastern United States floods|September 21, 2009]], Douglas County was devastated by the worst flood in Georgia history. Over {{convert|18|in|sigfig=2}} of rain fell in one night causing many roads to be destroyed and many homes a total loss. The county was later declared a [[disaster area]], and the governor of Georgia declared a state of emergency. The floodings worst affected areas were in the areas of Douglasville, Villa Rica, Austell, Lithia Springs, and Chapel Hill. The disaster killed more than eight people in the county, most of them in the Douglasville area. The Austell death toll was also high but it was reported in the Cobb County losses.

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Cobb County, Georgia|Cobb County]]– northeast
* [[Fulton County, Georgia|Fulton County]] – southeast
* [[Carroll County, Georgia|Carroll County]] – west
* [[Paulding County, Georgia|Paulding County]] – northwest