Dog River (Georgia)

Dog River
Location
CountryUnited States
StateGeorgia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • 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 
 • location
Chattahoochee River, Georgia
 • coordinates
33°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]

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.

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dog River
  2. ^ a b "DDCWSA.com - the Reservoir". Archived from the original on 2010-09-19. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
  3. ^ a b "USGS Surface Water data for USA: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".
  4. ^ 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