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70-591: John M. Beath was an "ice magnate", owner of the Georgia Ice Company on Alabama St. Legend has it that British-born Beath built the house to lure his fiancée from Boston to Atlanta, but that she never married him. During the 1910s and 1920s the Dickey Family lived in the house which in the numbering at the time was 38 Euclid Avenue. John R. Dickey was an officer of the Guarantee Trust and Banking Company which

140-604: 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

210-600: 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

280-414: A booming economy, and new migrants decreased the city's black percentage from a high of 67% in 1990 to 54% in 2010. From 2000 to 2010, Atlanta gained 22,763 white residents, 5,142 Asian residents, and 3,095 Hispanic residents, while the city's black population decreased by 31,678. Much of the city's demographic change during the decade was driven by young, college-educated professionals: from 2000 to 2009,

350-469: A huge influx of whites in recent decades. The trend began in the 1980s, and from 1980 to 2000, the area west of Boulevard went from 12% to 30% white and the area east of Boulevard went from 2% to 20% white. In 2010, Creative Loafing awarded Old Fourth Ward "Best Bet for Next Hot 'Hood." In 2011, the neighborhood celebrated the opening of the Historic Fourth Ward Park and saw the kickoff of

420-557: A vibrant neighborhood full of residential lofts and a nexus of the arts, restaurants, and home furnishings. . The "poster child" for gentrification in Atlanta today is the Old Fourth Ward . Gentrification of the Ward began in the 1980s, and continued at a more rapid pace during the first decade of the 2000s. New apartment and condo complexes with ground-floor retail sprung up, particularly along

490-622: 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

560-651: 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

630-564: 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

700-405: Is also experiencing the national trend of young people moving back into cities. Metro Atlanta is also one of the fastest-growing areas in the country in terms of both population and job growth and expected to grow by another 3 million between now and 2040. That makes intown areas attractive for those working intown, and much land is still available in some neighborhoods. In 2019, Atlanta was named

770-422: 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

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840-756: 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

910-455: 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

980-448: 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

1050-1289: Is not so rampant as in other parts of Atlanta. With the understanding that gentrification is a likely inevitable force for the beltline area: the Anne E. Casey Foundation along with land banks, churches, community leaders, and other organizations are working to ensure that neighborhoods in the Southwest do not experience the same level of community displacement as in the Eastern parts of Atlanta. This involves efforts such as acquiring vacant homes to revitalize them and move in stable working-class citizens with restrictions on future sale price, workforce training, tax stabilization, and education on property values to avoid homeowners selling to flippers. Gentrification in Atlanta has improved or completely revitalized many neighborhoods that were dealing with high levels of crime, loitering, littering, squatters , inventory of abandoned homes, food deserts , lack of green spaces, low commercial investments, low neighborhood activism, low performing public schools, and stagnant or declining property values. Also, fast-growing tax revenue due to gentrification has greatly improved public city services such as

1120-475: 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

1190-576: 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

1260-406: 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

1330-613: 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

1400-481: 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

1470-544: The BeltLine , Ponce de Leon Avenue, North Avenue, and Highland Avenue. New residents were attracted to the neighborhood due to its close proximity to Downtown, Midtown, Inman Park, and Virginia-Highland, its urban vibe, its walkability, and its cultural offerings. By the 2010s, Old Fourth Ward had become one of the most dynamic and sought-after areas of the city, winning Creative Loafing ' s 2010 award for "Best Bet for Next Hot 'Hood". The area, which remains majority black, has seen

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1540-542: 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

1610-683: 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

1680-577: 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

1750-695: 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

1820-520: The Ponce City Market project. The far Northwest Atlanta is experiencing major pressure from neighboring Cobb County , Buckhead and Cascade Heights , to invest more into the gentrification of the following neighborhoods Riverside , Bolton, and Whittier Mill Village. The inner parts of Northwest Atlanta such as Knight Park , Berkeley Park and Howell Mill are almost completely gentrified, whereas Bankhead , Rockdale and other neighborhoods in

1890-847: The conversion of Inman Park from a slum to a desirable intown neighborhood . The house is featured in many architectural guides to Atlanta, including the AIA Guide to the Architecture of Atlanta and in Elle Decor magazine, 2003. In 2019 the house was used as Regina's (played by Christine Baranski ) house in Dolly Parton 's Christmas on the Square . 33°45′25″N 84°21′32″W  /  33.75683°N 84.35878°W  / 33.75683; -84.35878 Gentrification of Atlanta Gentrification of Atlanta 's inner-city neighborhoods began in

1960-424: 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

2030-512: 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

2100-454: The three-mile radius surrounding Downtown Atlanta gained 9,722 residents aged 25 to 34 holding at least a four-year degree, an increase of 61%. Between the mid-1990s and 2010, stimulated by funding from the HOPE VI program, Atlanta demolished nearly all of its public housing, a total of 17,000 units and about 10% of all housing units in the city. In 2005, the $ 2.8 billion BeltLine project

2170-622: The "charming affordable bungalows and community spirit". Higher interest by corporate investors to revitalize Southwest Atlanta soon followed, especially with the creation of the Beltline, revitalization of nearby downtown, and its proximity to the airport . South Atlanta is the part of Atlanta typically Southeast of I-75 and West of Moreland Avenue, South of Grant Park, including McDonough Blvd. Neighborhoods include: South Atlanta , Lakewood Heights , and High Point . These neighborhoods are showing early signs of gentrification with South Atlanta being

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2240-399: 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

2310-428: The 1970s, and it has continued, at varying levels of intensity, into the present. Many factors have contributed to the city's gentrification. A major increase in gentrification that occurred in the last years of the 20th century has been attributed to the 1996 Summer Olympics . However, during the 2000s, Atlanta underwent a profound transformation demographically, physically, and culturally. Suburbanization, rising prices,

2380-535: The 1990s and 2000s, gentrification expanded into other parts of Atlanta, spreading throughout the historic streetcar suburbs east of Downtown and Midtown, areas with black majorities historically such as the Old Fourth Ward , Kirkwood , Reynoldstown and Edgewood as well as Cabbagetown , once populated mostly by working-class whites with Appalachian origins. On the western side of the city, condos, apartments, and retail space were built into former warehouse spaces, transforming once-industrial West Midtown into

2450-659: The 20th century, causing the decline of once upper and upper-middle-class southeast Atlanta neighborhoods including Grant Park , Inman Park , Candler Park , Peoplestown and SummerHill . In the 1970s, after neighborhood opposition blocked two freeways from being built through the Southeast side, the area became the starting point for Atlanta's gentrification wave, first becoming affordable, hip but edgy neighborhoods attracting young people, and by 2000 having become relatively affluent areas attracting people from across Metro Atlanta to their upscale shops and restaurants. Throughout

2520-636: 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

2590-440: The Atlanta metro area was $ 350,000 and the median resident annual household income was $ 73,000 which means becoming a home owner may be challenging for a large percentage of the population. Since the revitalization boom, African-Americans have been the fastest declining demographic within Atlanta's city limits but the fastest growing in most of Atlanta's surrounding suburbs. Decent standard home selling for under $ 250,000 inside

2660-587: 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

2730-614: 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

2800-731: The Northwest have begun gentrification. Southwest Atlanta is the area between I-75 and I-20 along with the neighborhoods west of Summerhill. West End is the fastest gentrifying in the Southwest, with both downtown and the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (Georgia's largest employer) putting pressure on this area. Southwest neighborhoods gentrifying at a high rate also include: Sylvan Hills , Capitol View , Capitol View Manor , Mechanicsville , Pittsburgh , Cascade Heights , Westview , Venetian Hills , Oakland City and Adair Park . Gentrification in

2870-598: The Perimeter were in abundance in 2012 but has become a less common occurrence as of 2022. The average monthly rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Atlanta went up from $ 799 in 2012 to $ 1,710 in 2022 which resulted in some renters leaving the city seeking a more affordable cost of living. And despite efforts by majority of the Atlanta City Council in 2022, Atlanta landlords are not required to accept Section 8 housing vouchers due to overruling state laws that protect

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2940-580: The Pittsburgh neighborhood of Atlanta (between Adair Park and Peoplestown) and came up with the following causes of displacement generally lead to gentrification. Some additional information is available from the Annie E. Casey foundation, again on Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh is a good neighborhood for studying gentrification because like much of NPU-V, it is ground zero for what is expected to be the next wave with planners and researchers working hard to make sure displacement

3010-605: The Southwest differs than the eastern side of Atlanta in that there is a larger number of higher income Black professionals and families helping gentrify the area. These neighborhoods had been majority-Black since white flight in the 1940s-1960s. They fell into steady decline, with Stewart Avenue becoming infamous for prostitution, crime and drugs. But by 2000, college-educated young white adults were buying homes in Southwest Atlanta in highly notable numbers, settling alongside many lifelong residents, attracted by intown status and

3080-489: 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

3150-440: 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

3220-474: 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

3290-448: 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

3360-466: The displacement of existing residents and the lack of "affordable" housing as a result of gentrification. The gentrification of the city's neighborhoods has been the topic of social commentary, including The Atlanta Way , a documentary detailing the negative effects gentrification has had on the city and its inhabitants. It is difficult to isolate one factor of gentrification, since they often feed others. A Georgia State student studied gentrification in

3430-399: 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

3500-425: The farthest along with some already unaffordable exclusive neighborhoods built along McDonough Blvd. Nathan McCall in his novel Them , describes the concerns of existing working-class black residents in the Old Fourth Ward in light of increasing numbers of more affluent white families moving into their historically black neighborhood. The Atlanta Progressive News regularly runs stories expressing concerns about

3570-477: The fourth fastest gentrifying city in the United States. Since 2010, corporate investors have served as a major catalyst for gentrification in Atlanta. Atlanta has one of the most appealing real estate markets in the nation which attracts corporate investors from around the world. Over 40% of single-family homes in the Atlanta area were bought by corporate investors in third quarter 2021. Atlanta's mayor, Andre Dickens , proposed regulations in an attempt to limit

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3640-476: 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

3710-488: 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

3780-480: 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

3850-606: 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

3920-772: 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

3990-474: The number of homes corporate investors can buy because their buying power could put the average resident at a disadvantage in negotiating to own property. Also Mayor Dickens committed to adding and maintaining at least 20,000 affordable housing units by 2026. In 2022, Atlanta metro area homes were declared unaffordable for the average buyer by the Federal Reserve Bank . The 2022 median home price in

4060-552: The police department, fire department, sanitary department, parks, streets, cultural events, schools, and other services. For example, in 2023, Atlanta Public Schools (APS) was able to increase its budget up to $ 1.66 billion and its spend-per-student amount up to $ 22,692 which is about double the state and national public school average. In 2003, the APS spend-per-student amount was $ 13,290. Atlanta metropolitan area Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell, GA MSA Other Statistical Areas in

4130-518: The right of choice for landlords. Gentrification, the housing shortage, and inflation will likely continue to gradually increase housing costs and change demographics of the city, especially in neighborhoods in close proximity to downtown or the BeltLine. In 2022, Atlanta ranked only behind Phoenix for the highest inflation rate in the nation. Many of Atlanta's neighborhoods experienced massive white flight that affected other major American cities in

4200-469: 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

4270-546: 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,

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4340-510: 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

4410-535: 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

4480-432: 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

4550-427: 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

4620-552: Was adopted, with the stated goals of converting a disused 22-mile freight railroad loop that surrounds the central city into an art-filled multi-use trail and increasing the city's park space by 40%. Lastly, Atlanta's cultural offerings expanded during the 2000s: the High Museum of Art doubled in size; the Alliance Theatre won a Tony Award ; and numerous art galleries were established on the once-industrial Westside . Atlanta

4690-420: 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

4760-456: Was established in 1907 and was a Mason. His wife was active in the Baptist Woman's Missionary union. After Inman Park deteriorated due to the flight of the upper and middle classes to the suburbs, the house played a central role in the neighborhood's renaissance. Interior designer Robert (Bob) Griggs and his partner Robert Aiken bought the house in 1969 and their renovation of the house sparked

4830-480: 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

4900-436: 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

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