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Gutter cleaning, repair and new gutters in Douglas County

56 inches a year, 16 of those days bringing an inch or more: that is what gutters in Douglas County handle. Summer (June to August) is the wettest stretch (16.0 in). Picture 34,800 gallons a year coming off each 1,000 square feet of shingles.

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Douglas County: rain and roofs

NOAA station USC00095404, 15 mi

56.2″

Douglas County: yearly rain

MABLETON 1 N station

15.8

Inch-plus rain days

per year

34,800

Roof runoff, Douglas County

gallons per 1,000 sq ft a year

7.69″/hr

Design burst

5 min, 10-year (Atlas 14)

Nov 7

Frost arrives

median first fall frost

1996

Typical house built

median, Census ACS

25%

Pre-1980 houses

Census ACS

Winter14.7 in

Spring13.2 in

Summer16.0 in

Fall12.3 in

Bars to one scale; the longest is summer (June to August).

Cities and communities in Douglas County

Place	Rain, in	Days ≥ 1 in	First frost	Median year built
Douglasville	56.2	15.8	11/07	2001
Villa Rica	52.4	14.9	11/05	2003
Lithia Springs	56.2	15.8	11/07	1990
Austell	56.2	15.8	11/07	1988

NOAA 1991–2020 normals by nearest station; ACS 2020–2024. Places of 5,000 people or more.

Stormwater in Douglas County

Streets, drains and runoff in the unincorporated parts of Douglas County are the county’s; in Douglasville, Villa Rica, Austell, the city’s. Ask the county or the city before running a downspout into a street, a ditch or a neighbor’s yard.

Unincorporated communities listed here: Lithia Springs.

When to clean gutters here

Median frost dates for Douglas County: first in fall about November 7, last in spring about March 27 (NOAA). Schedule the leaf cleanout once the frost has come and the hardwoods are bare, and a second pass after the spring pine pollen.

Gutter size for the county’s downpours

Think of the five minutes when a storm opens up. For Douglas County, NOAA Atlas 14 puts the ten-year, five-minute burst at 7.69 inches an hour. Using the Copper Development Association rule, that means roughly 940 sq ft of roof per 2×3 downspout, or 1,870 sq ft per 3×4.

The houses

About 51,339 households live in Douglas County; half the homes were built by 1996, and 25% before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024).