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GEORGIA · LAMAR COUNTY

Barnesville

6,343 people, 850 ft above sea level in Lamar County.

850 ftElevation, city center
6,343People, 2024 estimate
6 sq miLand area
Sunny 54°
Sunny now Dew point 27° · N 5 mph · high 55°
City of Barnesville River Interstate 2 miles
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The Barnesville plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Barnesville

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 12:00 PM EST
RIGHT NOW Griffin Spalding County Airport (K6A2) · 1:35 PM
Sunny
54° Sunny Feels like 54° · high of 55° near 2 PM
WindN 5 mphno gusts
Humidity35%falling to 41% this afternoon
Pressure30.13 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 27° · Dry40° by Monday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Clear
Not this weeknone in the forecast for a week
LIKELY AMOUNT—nothing expected
LAST RAINNov. 60.01 in · 8 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
! Freeze WarningFreeze Warning issued November 14 at 9:21AM EST until November 15 at 9:00AM EST by NWS Peachtree City GA
NWS Peachtree City and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 1:45 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:06 AM5:35 PM ↓
10 h 29 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 24% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
24
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 30 to 40°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Sunny Sunny
55° 31°
0% rain — N 8 A
SUN Nov. 15 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
56° 34°
0% rain — NNE 2 B
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
57° 36°
0% rain — ENE 5 B
TUE Nov. 17 Sunny Sunny
62° 37°
0% rain — ENE 3 B
WED Nov. 18 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
65° 40°
0% rain — ENE 3 B
THU Nov. 19 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
68° 43°
0% rain — NE 2 B
FRI Nov. 20 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
70° 45°
0% rain — NE 2 B
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Barnesville about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Mississippi Valley three days ago, and over the Appalachians a day ago, about 640 miles back along its path. The nine paths traced from around the city fan out, so treat that as a best guess. Near the ground the air came from Alabama and Mississippi; at 10,000 feet, from the northern Rockies. It feels humid. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Barnesville stands on

Barnesville’s center stands about 850 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 650 ft to 950 ft, a difference of 300 ft: rolling country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Indian Grave Mountain, about 1,260 ft, 12 miles west-southwest.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Mica Schist/ Gneiss/ Amphibolite (gneiss, mica-schist, amphibolite), from the Precambrian to Paleozoic.

The section below crosses 3 rock units mapped at the surface.

Barnesville, cut in half from west to east

A section west to east, 24 miles through the town center
600 ft800 ft1,000 ft BARNESVILLE850 ftIndian Grave Mountain1,260 ftPotato Creekabout 700 ftLow point560 ft ← WE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 38×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Mica Schist/ Gneiss/ Amphibolite

Gneiss, mica-schist, amphibolite. Age: Precambrian to Paleozoic. About 21 mi of the line.

Sericite Schist

Mica-schist. Age: Precambrian to Paleozoic. About 3 mi of the line.

Mica Schist

Mica-schist. Age: Precambrian to Paleozoic. About 0.7 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Barnesville’s rain goes: two seas

Barnesville straddles the Eastern Continental Divide. Rain on the southwest side runs to the Gulf of America; most of the rest goes to the Atlantic Ocean.

From the center of town, a raindrop reaches the Atlantic Ocean by way of Tobesofkee Creek, the Ocmulgee and the Altamaha: about 360 river miles. One that lands on the southwest side reaches the Gulf of America by way of Tobler Creek, Swift Creek, the Flint and the Apalachicola: about 370 river miles.

FROM THE CITY CENTER, TO SCALE
Barnesville≈ 360 mi · the Atlantic Ocean
FROM THE SOUTHWEST SIDE, TO SCALE
Barnesville≈ 370 mi · the Gulf of America
FROM THE CENTER OF BARNESVILLE ≈ 360 mi to the Atlantic Ocean Tobesofkee Creek → Ocmulgee → Altamaha
SOUTHWEST SIDE ≈ 370 mi to the Gulf of America Tobler Creek → Swift Creek → Flint → Apalachicola

180 miles of the trip are on the Ocmulgee.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Barnesville; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Barnesville on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Macon-Bibb County GA · 31 MI 31 miles southeast Peachtree City GA · 34 MI 34 miles northwest Atlanta GA · 52 MI 52 miles north Columbus GA · 56 MI 56 miles southwest Augusta GA · 122 MI 122 miles east Huntsville AL · 184 MI 184 miles northwest
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GEORGIA · LAMAR

Barnesville

6,343 people, 850 ft above sea level in Lamar County.

850 ftElevation
6,343People
6 sq miLand
Sunny 54°
SunnyDew point 27°
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Today in Barnesville

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now clear day 54° 0%
4p clear day 54° 0%
7p clear night 43° 0%
10p clear night 38° 0%
1a clear night 35° 0%
4a clear night 33° 0%
Clear
NEXT RAINNone this week
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Barnesville stands on

Barnesville’s center stands about 850 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 650 ft to 950 ft, a difference of 300 ft: rolling country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Indian Grave Mountain, about 1,260 ft, 12 miles west-southwest.

Barnesville, west to east Barnesville850 ftPotato Creekabout 700 ft ← WE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 73×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center850 ft
Within 3 miles650 to 950 ft
Lie of the landRolling (300 ft of relief)
High point nearbyIndian Grave Mountain, 1,260 ft, 12 mi west-southwest
Rock at the surfaceMica Schist/ Gneiss/ Amphibolite
Its agePrecambrian to Paleozoic
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Where the rain goes

FROM THE CENTER OF BARNESVILLE≈ 360 mito the Atlantic OceanTobesofkee Creek → Ocmulgee → Altamaha
SOUTHWEST SIDE≈ 370 mito the Gulf of AmericaTobler Creek → Swift Creek → Flint → Apalachicola

Barnesville straddles the Eastern Continental Divide. Rain on the southwest side runs to the Gulf of America; most of the rest goes to the Atlantic Ocean.

180 miles of the trip are on the Ocmulgee.