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71-610: Atlanta Track Club is a non-profit, running organization for the Atlanta metropolitan area in Georgia, United States. It supports youth and adult running at all levels and hosts an elite team. The club created the AJC Peachtree Road Race . Atlanta Track Club Elite (ATC) was founded in 2016 as a group of elite runners competing at the worlds highest level. The group mainly has a focus on the middle distance events of
142-610: A census-designated-place (CDP) by the census bureau. One notable example is East Cobb , an unincorporated area (though not a CDP) adjacent to Marietta and Roswell in Cobb County. With an estimated population of approximately 164,055 as of 2020, it would be the second largest city in the metro besides Atlanta if incorporated. Metro Atlanta includes the following incorporated and unincorporated suburbs (both inside and outside Atlanta), exurbs, and surrounding cities, sorted by population according to 2020 census data (or later data if
213-614: A pipeline east to the Savannah River was mentioned even informally. The state has now been ordered by a judge to reduce withdrawals from the Chattahoochee south of Lanier to 1970s levels within three years (2012), something that would create an immediate emergency water shortage if it were actually enforced. The native forest canopy is mainly oak , redbud, hickory , poplar , tuliptree , pine , and sweetgum , with chestnut having been common decades before in what
284-581: A children's play area, a dog park, a Veterans Memorial, and a community garden. The 103-acre (0.42 km ) site will see major improvements as Dunwoody plans for its future. Also in Tilly Mill is the Marcus Jewish Community Center, an Orthodox synagogue, and a significant portion of Dunwoody's Jewish population. As of the 2020 United States census , there were 51,683 people, 20,482 households, and 12,620 families residing in
355-579: A children's play area, a picnic pavilion, and a short trail. Tilly Mill is named after the pioneer Tilly family, who owned a late 19th-century farm and mill on land bisected by Tilly Mill Road, which connects Dunwoody to Peachtree Industrial and Doraville . Landmarks in the area include the Dunwoody campus of Georgia State University's Perimeter College and Dunwoody's signature park, Brook Run. Brook Run, on North Peachtree Road near its intersection with Tilly Mill Road, boasts many wooded walking trails,
426-504: A city. Dunwoody's geographic center is at 33°56′34″N 84°19′4″W / 33.94278°N 84.31778°W / 33.94278; -84.31778 (33.942751, -84.317694). According to the United States Census Bureau , Dunwoody has a total area of 13.2 square miles (34.1 km ), of which 12.9 square miles (33.5 km ) is land and 0.23 square miles (0.6 km ), or 1.72%, is water. Dunwoody lies at
497-407: A name with its main road, which travels through Fulton, Gwinnett and DeKalb County and was an important 19th century route connecting Decatur and Roswell via Holcomb Bridge Road. The district is named after Winters Chapel (now Winters Chapel Methodist Church), which has resided at its present location since the 1870s. The church itself is named after an instrumental founder, Jeremiah Winters. The area
568-454: A small crossroads community. The community continued to grow and prosper even after the railroad shut down in 1921. Dunwoody remained rural until suburban residential development was initiated in the 1960s. In 1971, the Spruill family sold a large portion of their property for the construction of Perimeter Mall, with the completion of Dunwoody Village occurring the same year. In early 2006,
639-556: A study was conducted by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government of the University of Georgia , to determine how feasible it would be to incorporate Dunwoody as a city . Critics claimed that incorporation of Dunwoody, as in the incorporation of Sandy Springs in 2005, would take away a great deal of tax revenue from the rest of the county, leading to shortages of services, tax increases, or both for everyone else in
710-643: A week, with half of that falling in just 24 hours near the end of the period. The USGS calculated it to be a greater-than- 500-year flood . The area's prolific rains are drained by many different streams and creeks. The main basin is that of the Chattahoochee River , running northeast to southwest. The further northwestern suburbs drain into the Etowah River via the Little River and Lake Allatoona . The southern suburbs are drained by
781-658: Is Atlanta , and its total population was 6,307,261 in the 2023 estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau . The core 5 counties of metropolitan Atlanta are Fulton , DeKalb , Cobb , Gwinnett , and Clayton , with over 60% of the metro area’s population residing in these counties. The metro area forms the core of a broader trading area, the Atlanta–Athens-Clarke County–Sandy Springs combined statistical area . The combined statistical area spans up to 39 counties in North Georgia . The CSA recorded in
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#1732773064274852-591: Is a regional planning agency. The eleven ARC counties, bolded , and four more (Bartow, Coweta, Hall, Paulding), with an asterisk (*), form part of the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District , created in 2001. The 10 counties listed above with under 60,000 residents are usually not included in any other metropolitan definition except the OMB/Census Bureau's MSA and CSA. Hall County forms
923-503: Is a city located in DeKalb County, Georgia , United States. As a northern suburb of Atlanta , Dunwoody is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area . It was incorporated as a city on December 1, 2008 but its area establishment dates back to the early 1830s. As of 2020, the city had a population of 51,683. The Dunwoody area was established in the early 1830s and is named for Major Charles Dunwody (1828–1905), an extra "o" added with
994-471: Is a prime location for light commercial and retail redevelopment opportunities due to good demographics and traffic counts. Two parks, connected by sidewalks, dominate Winters Chapel. The 3/4 mile long, meticulously groomed, linear park running along DeKalb County's Twin Lakes water reservoir on Peeler Road is popular with walkers and joggers. Windwood Hollow Park, at Lakeside Drive and Peeler Road, offers tennis,
1065-422: Is also in its native range, and is easily identified by the fact that it turns fiery red in early October, much brighter and weeks earlier than most other trees (which usually peak in early November). Shrubby plants include blackberry , horsechestnut , sumac , and sometimes hawthorn . Virginia creeper , poison ivy , and briar are common vines . The Confederate yellow daisy is a wildflower native only to
1136-760: Is by far the most ubiquitous, stealing birdseed from the bird feeders which many locals maintain. Chipmunks and small brown rabbits are common, but it is relatively rare to hear of them doing any damage. Opossum , raccoons , foxes , coyotes and armadillos are frequently seen. Garden and meadow snakes are common; six venomous pit viper snakes ( Eastern diamondback rattlesnake , timber rattlesnake , pygmy rattlesnake , coral snake , water moccasin and copperhead ) are indigenous, but reports of bites are rare. Many types of frogs, including tree frogs and bullfrogs, are easily heard in early summer, as are cicadas in July and August. Black bears occasionally wander down from
1207-460: Is common in undeveloped forests. Some vines exceed 50 years of age and cover dozens of acres of forest, creating a dense, purple explosion each spring. Japanese honeysuckle is extremely common, its fragrance an early summer delight. A common ornamental shrub, the Chinese privet , has escaped to become the state's most invasive non-native plant species. Among mammals , the eastern gray squirrel
1278-452: Is considered extinct and not a threat to the region. Still, minor earthquakes do rattle the area (and all of Georgia) occasionally. One notable one was in April 2003 (magnitude 4.6) coming from the northwest, its epicenter just across the state line in northeastern Alabama. While many people slept through the 5 A.M. quake, it caused a minor panic in others completely unaware of what
1349-475: Is now considered oak-hickory forest . Saw palmetto , Sabal palmetto and Trachycarpus fortunei have become common ornamentals as well. Traveling from the south, the metro area is generally the first area in which autumn leaf color can be seen, due to the different trees growing at the higher elevation and latitude . Underneath , the flowering dogwood is very common, the black cherry are quite prolific, with mulberry popping up sometimes as well. Sourwood
1420-609: Is one of Metro Atlanta's largest job centers, employing hundreds of thousands of people each day. Perimeter Mall and approximately 40 percent of the Perimeter Community Improvement District , is a self-taxing district of shopping and office buildings (including several high-rises ), are both located in Dunwoody. The western part of Perimeter Center edge city spans the Fulton county line into Sandy Springs. The tallest building in Dunwoody
1491-576: Is seen as a barrier to further growth in the area, but permanent measures for non-emergency water conservation have never been put in place. The state legislature has refused to pass a requirement for low-flow toilets to be installed in homes that are sold, bowing to pressure from the real estate sales industry. Disputes over water are becoming increasingly common, with both Alabama and Florida filing lawsuits and threatening injunctions to prevent Georgia from taking too much water, mostly for metro Atlanta. South Carolina also threatened when
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#17327730642741562-465: Is the 34- story Ravinia 3, at 444 feet (135 m). Perimeter Center is located at the intersection of two major highways, GA 400 and I-285 . The Dunwoody Transit Station provides public transit to the district. Georgetown was developed in the early 1960s. It is located near I-285 and borders with the city limits of Chamblee . Overdevelopment in Georgetown was one of the main reasons for
1633-406: Is the longest. January daily lows average from 32–35 °F (0–2 °C) north to south, and highs range from 48–54 °F (9–12 °C), but often reach well above or below this average. There is an average annual snowfall of about 2.5 inches (6.4 cm), falling mostly from December through March, though there was snow north of the city on April 3, 1987. Snow flurries are actually common during
1704-637: The 2020 U.S. census a population of 6,930,423. Atlanta is the largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Census Bureau's Southeast region. It surpassed the Greater Miami area in total population in 2021, and both the Washington metropolitan area , and the Philadelphia metropolitan area in 2023 (the latter of which is in the Northeast region ). About one in ten (10.6%) of residents served by
1775-547: The Atlanta Regional Commission (including the core 5 counties of the metropolitan area) live within Atlanta city limits. By U.S. Census Bureau standards, the population of the Atlanta region spreads across a metropolitan area of 8,376 square miles (21,694 km ), comparable to the size of Israel . Because Georgia contains more counties than any other state except Texas (explained in part by
1846-554: The Flint River , and the east-southeastern ones by the Oconee River and Yellow River . By 2005 the metro area was using 360 million US gallons (1,400,000 m ) of water per day (about 80 US gallons (300 L) per person per day) from these rivers. This usage was reduced by more than 10% during the drought, but soared back up after watering restrictions were eased (and before the flooding ensued). The need for water
1917-711: The Gainesville and Athens metropolitan areas plus LaGrange , Thomaston , Jefferson , Calhoun , and Cedartown micropolitan areas, for a total 2012 population of 6,162,195. The CSA also abuts the Macon and Columbus MSAs. The region is one of the metropolises of the Southeastern United States, and is part of the emerging megalopolis known as Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion along the I-85 Corridor . The counties listed below are included in
1988-594: The Gainesville MSA , but with astronomical growth to over 200,000 residents, is now also part of the Atlanta CSA. The official tourism website of the State of Georgia features an "Atlanta Metro" tourism region that includes only eight counties: Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Cobb, Clayton, Douglas, Fayette, and Henry. More than one half of metro Atlanta's population is in unincorporated areas or areas considered
2059-863: The Perimeter Center and in Dunwoody. In 2010 the newspaper relocated its headquarters from Downtown Atlanta to leased offices in the Perimeter Center for financial reasons. There are a number of other local media organizations serving the Dunwoody area which primarily provide local news: the Dunwoody Crier, Dunwoody Reporter, the Aha Connection, and a podcast What's Up Dunwoody. InterContinental Hotels Group operates its American corporate offices in Dunwoody. The restaurant chain Krystal has its corporate headquarters in
2130-700: The Piedmont to the south. The northern and some western suburbs tend to be higher and significantly more hilly than the southern and eastern suburbs. The average elevation is around 1,000 feet (300 m). The highest point in the immediate area is Kennesaw Mountain at 1,808 ft (551 m), followed by Stone Mountain at 1,686 ft (514 m), Sweat Mountain at 1,640 ft (500 m), and Little Kennesaw Mountain at 1,600 ft (488 m). Others include Blackjack Mountain , Lost Mountain , Brushy Mountain , Pine Mountain , and Mount Wilkinson ( Vinings Mountain ). Many of these play prominently in
2201-424: The iron oxide present in it. It becomes very muddy and sticky when wet, and hard when dry, and stains light-colored carpets and clothing easily. It also tends to have a low pH , further aggravating gardeners. The fineness of it also means it is easily deposited into streams during heavy rains, creating silt problems where it is exposed due to construction. This transported red soil can be seen downstream on
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2272-524: The riverbanks of south Georgia (where the native clay is white), and down to the Florida panhandle (where the native sand is also white). Topsoil is present only in natural forest areas, created by the decomposition of leaf litter . An extinct fault line called the Brevard Fault runs roughly parallel to the Chattahoochee River , but as its last movements were apparently prehistoric , it
2343-414: The tornado 's damage occurred here, leading it to be called the " Dunwoody tornado ", the most vivid in local memory until the 2008 Atlanta tornado . Dunwoody Village is the historic heart of the community, and the location of the iconic Dunwoody Farmhouse. The distinctive Colonial Williamsburg architectural style of the district originated with the construction of Dunwoody Village Shopping Center in
2414-399: The "yellow-shafted flicker"), and the downy woodpecker . The red-headed woodpecker is common in open fields and on golf courses. The American goldfinch is present mostly in winter, and the ruby-throated hummingbird only in summer. Numerically, Metro Atlanta is the third fastest growing metropolitan area in the U.S. The 2020 census counted 6,089,815 people in the 28-county metro area. This
2485-406: The 1970s, for which the district gets its name. Since then, all other construction in the area followed suit, giving Dunwoody a unique architectural identity and sense of place. Perimeter Center is the major edge city and neighborhood that has formed around Perimeter Mall . The mall was developed in 1971, spurring major office, residential, and commercial developments in the decades since. It
2556-634: The 800m and 1500m. The group has a partnership with Adidas . Amy Yoder Begley was named the ATC coach in 2014. The club announced they were separating with Begley and her husband in 2023. Tommy Nohilly was hired as the head coach. Current Members Listed from the Atlanta Track Club Elite Team Page . Former Members This article about an athletics club is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Atlanta metropolitan area Other Statistical Areas in
2627-652: The Atlanta CSA Metro Atlanta , designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell metropolitan statistical area , is the most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Georgia and the sixth-largest in the United States, based on the July 1, 2023 metropolitan area population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Its economic, cultural, and demographic center
2698-594: The Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell metropolitan statistical area. In 2023, the Office of Management and Budget split the MSA into two conurbated metropolitan divisions. The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metropolitan division consists of the following 24 counties: The Marietta metropolitan division consists of the following five counties. Some entities define a much smaller metropolitan area by including only
2769-688: The Century ) caught much of the Southeast off-guard in 1993, dumping 4.5 inches (11.4 cm) at the Atlanta airport on March 13, and much more than that in the suburbs to the north and west, as well as in the mountains. The only other recorded winter storm of comparable severity was the Great Blizzard of 1899 . The heaviest snow was in January 1940, when 8.3 inches (21.1 cm) buried the city during its coldest month on record. The second-heaviest
2840-660: The Dekalb County Public Library now operates along with the North Dekalb Cultural Arts Center. In 1881, the Roswell Railroad opened and ran along what is now Chamblee-Dunwoody Road north to the Chattahoochee River . It operated for 40 years, and in 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt made a campaign whistle stop in Dunwoody along the way to Roswell, Georgia . On account of the railroad, Dunwoody developed into
2911-489: The area around Stone Mountain. Common garden plants include dogwood, azalea , hydrangea , flowering cherry , maples , pin oak , red-tip photinia , holly , juniper , white pine , magnolia , Bradford pear , forsythia , liriope ( mondograss ), and English ivy . Lawns can be either cool-season grasses like fescue and rye , or warm-season like zoysia and bermudagrass which turn brown in late fall. A few homeowners associations actually prohibit green grass in
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2982-440: The area, with three varieties of hawks common near open fields in even the most populated areas. Falcons roost on skyscrapers in downtown Atlanta and can be regularly seen feasting on pigeons. The American kestrel is sometimes seen. Late in the year, three species of owls can be heard nightly in wooded areas. Various woodpeckers can be seen in forested lots, including the red-bellied woodpecker , northern flicker (also known as
3053-483: The city was incorporated after 2020 and census data is unavailable): Principal Cities Places with 100,000 to 399,999 inhabitants Places with 75,000 to 99,999 inhabitants Places with 50,000 to 74,999 inhabitants Places with 25,000 to 49,999 inhabitants Places with 24,999 or fewer inhabitants The area sprawls across the low foothills of the Appalachian Mountains to the north and
3124-638: The city. According to the City's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city were: The DeKalb County School System (DCSS) operates local public schools. Elementary schools operated by DCSS in Dunwoody include: Middle and high schools operated by DCSS in Dunwoody include: Dunwoody Christian School DeKalb County Public Library operates the Dunwoody Branch. The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) provides subway and bus service to Dunwoody and
3195-536: The city. The city has a council-manager form of municipal government . Its first mayor was Ken Wright. The current mayor is Lynn Deutsch, elected in November 2019. The city manager is Eric Linton. Dunwoody's city hall is located at 4800 Ashford-Dunwoody Road from early 2018, after the property was purchased by the city in 2017. The city was renting a space in a Perimeter Center office building at 41 Perimeter Center East for several years prior. City Hall
3266-448: The counties which have the densest suburban development. Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Cobb, and Clayton were the five original counties when the Atlanta metropolitan area was first defined in 1950, and continue to be the core of the metro area. These five counties along with six more (Cherokee, Douglas, Fayette, Henry, Rockdale, and Forsyth) are members of the Atlanta Regional Commission , a weak metropolitan government organization which also
3337-491: The county, as has happened in Fulton. Citizens for Dunwoody, Inc. was the non-profit advocacy group begun by Senator Dan Weber to promote the effort. The bill for incorporation was withdrawn from the Georgia General Assembly for further study in 2006 and passed only the lower house in 2007. In 2008, the bill of incorporation was re-introduced by Senator Weber, and due to increased pressure, it passed in
3408-559: The eastern edge of Dunwoody, adjacent to the Dunwoody Panhandle of Sandy Springs. Shopping areas include Orchard Park Shopping Center, Mt. Vernon Shopping Center and the Williamsburg at Dunwoody Shopping Center. The centralized dining and shopping covers the intersection of Mt. Vernon, Dunwoody Club Drive, and Jett Ferry Road. Winters Chapel is located at Dunwoody's border with Peachtree Corners . The district shares
3479-399: The entire citrus industry in central Florida . Hurricane Opal brought sustained tropical storm conditions to the area one night in early October 1995, uprooting hundreds of trees and causing widespread power outages , after soaking the area with rain for two days prior. Since 1950, some metro counties have been hit more than 20 times by tornadoes. Cobb (26) and Fulton (22) are two of
3550-408: The founding fathers of Dunwoody are buried. The first public school, Dunwoody Elementary, first stood near the center of the city at the intersection of Chamblee-Dunwoody Road and Mount Vernon Road. It was in continuous operation from 1911 to 1986. A fire destroyed the school's cafeteria in 1966, which was on the corner of Womack Road and Chamblee-Dunwoody Road. On that site today, the Dunwoody branch of
3621-480: The highest in the state. The Dunwoody tornado in early April 1998 was the worst tornado to have struck the area. A tornado struck downtown Atlanta in March 2008, causing a half-billion dollars in damage. The area experiences a winter storm with significant snowfall about once each year. This can be extremely irregular, with several consecutive years receiving no measurable snow. A blizzard (see: 1993 Storm of
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#17327730642743692-488: The hottest month ever for the area. This was broken on the last day of June 2012, when the temperature reached 106 °F (41.1 °C), during a massive heat wave that hit most of the country, with another 105 the next day tying the July record. The lowest recorded temperatures were −6 °F (−21 °C) and −8 °F (−22 °C) on January 20 and 21 of 1985, and −9 °F (−23 °C) on February 13, 1899, during severe cold snaps that went so far south they devastated
3763-552: The incorrect spelling of the name on a banking note. Charles Dunwody originally returned to Roswell after fighting in the Civil War, in which he fought for the Confederates. One of Dunwoody's most historic buildings dates from 1829. The Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church, at the corner of Roberts Drive and Spalding Drive , is still active to this date and is also the home to one of the city's oldest cemeteries, where many of
3834-410: The initiation of Dunwoody's incorporation movement, with many new apartments being approved for the area, even in some single-family residential areas. Georgetown, one of the most walkable areas of the city, contains both single-family residential subdivisions and its own retail district. This includes Kroger , who also owns and manages the property. The Williamsburg commercial district is located on
3905-472: The larger 28-county Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta MSA 2010 with a smaller 20‑county Atlanta MSA 2000; however the 8 new counties represent less than 3% of the larger 28‑county metro. Source: for race and Hispanic population, U.S. Census Bureau 2010 and 2000 census; for foreign-born population: US Census Bureau 2010 and 2000 American Community Surveys; Immigrants in 2010 Metropolitan America , Brookings Institution Dunwoody, Georgia Dunwoody
3976-480: The lead of Sandy Springs in 2005. The Atlanta metropolitan area was first defined in 1950 as Fulton , DeKalb , Gwinnett , Cobb and Clayton counties. Walton , Newton , Douglas , Fayette , Forsyth , Henry , Cherokee , Rockdale , and Butts counties were added after the 1970 census, with Barrow and Coweta counties joining in 1980 and Bartow, Carroll, Paulding, Pickens and Spalding counties in 1990. Atlanta's larger combined statistical area (CSA) adds
4047-609: The mountains, and white-tailed deer are abundant; overpopulated in some areas. Homeowners in the outer suburbs are prone to landscaping damage due to scavenging deer. The most common birds are the brown thrasher (the GA state bird ), American crow , European (or common) starling , American robin , mourning dove , house sparrow , northern cardinal , house finch , Carolina chickadee , tufted titmouse , bluejay , white-breasted nuthatch , eastern bluebird, mockingbird, brown-headed nuthatch , and Carolina wren . Birds of prey thrive in
4118-675: The northern tip of DeKalb County, bounded by the Fulton County line on the north and west, Interstate 285 on the south, Peachtree Industrial Boulevard on the southeast, and the Gwinnett County line on the northeast. Late on April 8, 1998, a major tornado tore through parts of Dunwoody, running east-northeast from Perimeter Center and into Gwinnett County. Thousands of homes were damaged, hundreds seriously, and several dozen were condemned. In addition, tens of thousands of native forest trees were downed. The vast majority of
4189-781: The now-defunct county-unit system of weighing votes in primary elections ), area residents live under a heavily decentralized collection of governments. As of the 2000 census, fewer than one in ten residents of the metropolitan area lived inside Atlanta city limits . A 2006 survey by the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce counted 140 cities and towns in the 28‑county Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in mid-2005. Ten cities – Johns Creek (2006), Milton (2006), Chattahoochee Hills (2007), Dunwoody (2008), Peachtree Corners (2012), Brookhaven (2012), Tucker (2016), Stonecrest (2016), South Fulton (2017), and Mableton (2022) – have incorporated since then, following
4260-493: The senate as well as the house. Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue signed the bill allowing the residents to vote for a city of Dunwoody on March 25. The referendum for cityhood, which took place on July 15, was approved by an overwhelming majority of voters. The Dunwoody City Charter was later ratified by the Georgia General Assembly, and on December 1, 2008, after a three-year movement, Dunwoody officially became
4331-477: The southeast side near Eatonton in early April 2009. The New Madrid seismic zone (near the Missouri-Tennessee borders) and the seismic zone producing the 1886 magnitude 7.3 earthquake are still capable of producing moderate or major earthquakes, which the entire Atlanta area will feel moderately or even strongly. The Atlanta metro area has a humid subtropical climate with four seasons . Summer
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#17327730642744402-550: The summer afternoon thunderstorms, temperatures may suddenly drop to 70–77 degrees with locally heavy rainfall. Average annual rainfall is about 50.2 inches (1,280 mm). Late winter and early spring, as well as July, are the wettest. Fall, especially October, is the driest. From 1878 to 2011, the highest recorded temperatures at Atlanta were 105 °F (40.6 °C) on three days in the extraordinarily hot July 1980, followed by 104 °F (40 °C) that month and in August 2007,
4473-458: The surrounding area. MARTA subway stations in Dunwoody are concentrated in the western part of the city. The Dunwoody station is the only station within the city limits, although Medical Center , Sandy Springs station , and North Springs station are very close to the western border. All stations in the area are served exclusively by the Red Line . While some routes serve the outskirts of
4544-515: The ubiquitous dandelion , crabgrass , and plantain . By far the most notorious introduced species is kudzu , a highly invasive species from Japan which climbs and smothers trees and shrubs. New effective herbicides as well as increased development of formerly rural areas has greatly reduced kudzu in the metro area (although still quite common elsewhere in Georgia). Wisteria planted decades ago by farmers in then-rural areas has become wild and
4615-551: The various battles of the Atlanta Campaign during the American Civil War . If the further-north counties are included, Bear Mountain is highest, followed by Pine Log Mountain , Sawnee Mountain , and Hanging Mountain , followed by the others listed above. Stone, Sweat, Bear, and Sawnee are all home to some of the area's broadcast stations . The area's subsoil is a dense clay soil, colored rusty by
4686-432: The winter months when there is an especially deep trough in the jet stream. These events usually do not amount to more than a slight dusting and therefore go unrecognized in most weather summaries. Summers are long and consistently hot and humid. July mornings average 71 °F (22 °C) and afternoons average 89 °F (32 °C), with slight breezes, and typically a 20–40% chance of afternoon thunderstorms . During
4757-427: The winter. Native to the nearby mountains, maples are now one of the most common landscape trees for new homes and parking lots, giving their color in the fall instead of spring. When planted close to buildings (which provide shelter and radiate heat), they can retain some of their color into December, especially if November has been warm. Common lawn weeds are mock strawberry , violet , wild onion , and of course
4828-420: Was an increase of 803,087 from its 2010 population, representing growth of 15.2%. This was, however, a slower rate than the 28.6% increase recorded between 2000 and 2010. Atlanta MSA in 2000 did not include Butts, Dawson, Haralson, Heard, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, and Pike counties, whose population totalled in 2000: 135,783; in 2010: 156,368 (2.96% of total new 28-county metro) Compares
4899-488: Was happening. Similar earthquakes occur in this region called the Eastern Tennessee seismic zone , often felt much more widely across the stronger crust of eastern North America as compared to the west. Thus, the 1886 Charleston, South Carolina earthquake was also felt in Atlanta and throughout the Southeast. It caused damage as far as central Alabama and West Virginia. Two small earthquakes were also felt on
4970-436: Was in 1983, when a very late storm dumped 7.9 inches (20.1 cm) on March 24. Ice storms have occurred in the area. The well-remembered 1973 ice storm was brutal, as was the storm in 1982. The Southeastern U.S. drought of 2006–2008 began with dry weather in 2006, and left area lakes very low. The drought began to abate significantly after the 2009 Atlanta floods , when some areas got up to 20 inches (500 mm) of rain in
5041-415: Was originally at a temporary location in the city of Sandy Springs for most of the city's first year. Dunwoody operates its own police force of 64 officers, as well as departments over zoning and land use. The city receives services from DeKalb County including: DeKalb County Schools, Dekalb County Fire & Rescue, sanitation, water, and sewage. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has its headquarters in
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