The Dog River is a
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Georgia
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. 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 of water before the dam and water level were increased in 2009.
The reservoir serves as a water source for Douglas County. After leaving the reservoir, the Dog River flows into the Chattahoochee River.
2009 flooding
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
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ground in the basin, experienced massive flooding. The river crested at and had a peak discharge of , nearly six times the
100-year flood
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The 100-year flood is also referred to as the 1% flood, since its annual exceedance probability is 1%.Holmes, R.R., Jr. ...
level. 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
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was swept off the road by floodwaters.
See also
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List of rivers of Georgia
References
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Rivers of Georgia (U.S. state)
Rivers of Carroll County, Georgia
Rivers of Douglas County, Georgia
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