Clarkdale, GA
Water damage in Clarkdale, GA: a 1932 mill village's pipes
Clarkdale grew from a mill village laid out in 1932 around a thread mill, and its streets, Newark Avenue and Bothwell Street among them, run off Powder Springs-Austell Road. Noses Creek flooded Clarkdale Elementary in September 2009, so low ground here is not a theory. Read about flooded basements or call (678) 737-4866 and describe the street and the water.
On the map
Where Clarkdale sits
Clarkdale is in southwestern Cobb County, west-northwest of Atlanta, along Powder Springs-Austell Road. The Park Service's record places the Clarkdale Historic District on that road, and its photograph index lists the thread mill, a community center at the dead end of Clark Street, and streets such as Newark Avenue, Bothwell Street, Bloomfield Street, Mathis Street and Cross Street.
Who owns the pipe
What the pages say about the pipes here
- Water and sewer
- No opened page ties a Clarkdale address to one utility. Cobb Water serves unincorporated Cobb County. Austell's water area is a separate territory, running from Clay Road in the north to the Douglas County line in the south, between Noses Creek on the west and Buttermilk Creek on the east.
- Gas
- Austell Gas serves parts of Cobb and Douglas counties. Atlanta Gas Light takes emergency calls at 877.427.4321. The gas bill names the company.
- Electric
- For a line on the ground, Georgia Power can be reached at 1-888-891-0938, and 911 also takes the report.
The houses here
The Census ZIP-code table for 30111, the ZIP that Wikipedia lists for the Clarkdale post office, shows no housing units, so this page leans on the National Park Service and Wikipedia instead. The Park Service's record for the Clarkdale Historic District gives a period of significance of 1925 to 1949. Wikipedia says the village went up in 1932 with 98 single-family and duplex homes, built with indoor plumbing, and that the homes were sold to their residents in 1966. Houses of that age may carry repairs from several decades, so a contractor opening a wall can meet pipes of different eras.
Next door
Austell and Mableton, down the road
Austell is the nearest city, and the road through Clarkdale carries its name; see Austell's page. Mableton, east of Austell, has a page of its own as well.
Notes for this town
- Nothing consulted for this site says which water utility serves a given Clarkdale street. Cobb Water says it supplies unincorporated Cobb County, while Austell's water area is bounded by Noses and Buttermilk creeks; the water bill names yours.
- Cobb Water's emergency dispatch, 770-419-6201, is for sewer backups and gushing or severe water-line leaks. Its customer service line is 770-419-6200, and Austell's water and sewer emergency line is 404-387-7898.
- Wikipedia says a new Clarkdale Elementary opened at a different site in August 2012, after the creek flooded the old building. The creek's reach is a local fact worth knowing for a basement or crawl space.
- Say the street and the nearest cross street on a call. The district's streets include Newark Avenue, Bothwell Street, Bloomfield, Mathis, Cross and Clark streets, per the Park Service's photo index.
- When the stain, the puddle or the smell is in an older house here and you cannot tell which job it is, call (678) 737-4866 and describe it.