Wet-House Numbers for Carroll County: Rain, Cold, Home Age and Who to Phone

Rain arrives every month, with a winter lean

Add up NOAA's 1991-2020 monthly normals for Carrollton and the year comes to 53.48 inches. March leads at 5.59 inches, followed by February at 5.30, December at 5.09 and January at 5.00. The quietest months, October at 3.66 and August at 3.68, still bring more than three and a half inches. An inch or more of rain falls on 16.3 days in an average year, with January and March at 1.9 days each.

Nearly 65 freezing nights, mostly December to February

That station logs 64.8 nights each year at or below 32 °F. January leads with 17.7, then December at 15.9, February at 13.2, November at 9.1 and March at 7.2. Texas AgriLife Extension puts the risk of burst pipes at outside temperatures of 20 °F or below. The National Weather Service lists exterior walls, basements, attics and the spaces under kitchen cabinets among the places pipes freeze most.

Summer heat and the big-wind months

July averages a high of 89.6 °F and a low of 69.0, and the station counts 36.0 days a year above 90 °F. The NWS calls damaging wind the most common severe weather in north and central Georgia, peaking in July, with hail peaking in May and April close behind. UGA Extension adds that an air conditioner left on its constant fan setting returns moisture to the house.

How old the houses are in each town

The Census Bureau's 2020-2024 estimates count 10,843 homes in Carrollton, 6,654 in Villa Rica and 251 in Whitesburg. Carrollton's median build year is 1989. Homes from 1939 or earlier number 673, 226 and 70, while homes from 2000 on total 3,949, 4,514 and 24. Every figure is an estimate with a margin, and Whitesburg's margins are the widest compared with its size.

Renting in the three towns

Carrollton has 5,896 rented homes out of 9,992 occupied, about 59 percent. Villa Rica has 2,127 of 6,120 and Whitesburg 81 of 228, with margins running from 49 to 538. For a tenant, the lease is the place to look for who gets the first phone call. Georgia's insurance office tells policyholders to call their agent or claims hotline as soon as possible and to log the date, name and substance of every contact.

Whose phone answers the water line

Carrollton lists Utility Billing at 770-830-2000, the water plant at 770-830-2021 and the wastewater plant at 770-830-2017. Villa Rica lists Distribution and Collection at (678) 840-1401 and Water Operations at 770-283-7067, on weekdays from 7:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Whitesburg's water department answers through City Hall at 770-834-0848. None of the water pages opened for this guide lists an after-hours number, so 911 and the gas and power companies remain the numbers for danger.

Which page fits the wet room in front of you?

A page of numbers cannot see a ceiling. When water is still arriving, a floor feels soft, or the figures above stop helping, the next step is a person looking at the room.

Start with the pair that matches what you see: water extraction in Carrollton for soaked floors, or burst pipe damage when a line is the source. If neither fits, call (678) 270-2458 and name the wet room, say where the water seems to start, and describe the floor.