City of Acworth
Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Acworth, GA
Around Acworth, the NOAA normal is 54 inches a year, with 16 inch-plus days. Winter (December to February) is the wettest stretch (15.0 in). Each 1,000 square feet of roof drains 33,700 gallons a year.
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NOAA station USC00092485, 6 miBars to one scale; the longest is winter (December to February).
Among metro places, Acworth is near the middle of the 76 places on this site (16.1 a year) for inch-plus rain days. Its housing stock is near the middle of the 76 places on this site (half built by 1998). First frost lands 2nd earliest for the first fall frost of the 76 places on this site (November 4).
Cleanout calendar
Median frost dates for Acworth: first in fall about November 4, last in spring about April 2 (NOAA). Wait for the frost and bare branches before the fall cleanout; come back after the yellow spring pollen settles.
More on the timing, and on how the trees over a roof change it: when to clean gutters in metro Atlanta.
Downpours and downspouts
Think of the five minutes when a storm opens up. For Acworth, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 8.12 inches an hour. Using the Copper Development Association rule, that means roughly 890 sq ft of roof per 2×3 downspout, or 1,770 sq ft per 3×4.
Work out your own roof with the gutter size calculator, which uses this figure for Acworth.
Acworth’s houses
The typical house in Acworth dates to 1998, and 13% predate 1980 (Census ACS). The builder’s gutters are still up on most of these houses; they mostly need keeping clear.
Owners occupy 61% of homes; 66% are single-family detached and 8% attached. Check HOA rules before changing gutter color or style.
Runoff, drains and the county
Acworth is an incorporated city, so questions about street drains, ditches and runoff start with the city’s public works office; Cobb County answers for the unincorporated areas around it. Wherever the water goes, it should leave the downspout well clear of the foundation and the beds along it. Downspouts and drainage
Common calls from Acworth
16.1 inch-plus days a year expose clogs and short downspouts fast.