As winter weather conditions through the upper half of Georgia continue to worsen, the Georgia Emergency Management Agency/Homeland Security (GEMA) in coordination with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Georgia National Guard, Georgia Department of Human Services, the American Red Cross, Salvation Army and other organizations and local governments, are opening shelters to aid those displaced or stranded by the storm.
1. Shelter Information
(Updated at 9:00a.m. 2.12.14)
Current DNR Open Shelters
Shelter Name
# of Cots
Available
Phone Number
Address
County
* Red Top Mountain
170
770-975-0055
50 Lodge Rd SE, Cartersville GA 30121
Bartow
* Hard Labor
50
706-557-3001
5 Hard Labor Creek Rd, Rutledge GA 30663
Morgan
Indian Springs
50
770-504-2277
678 Lake Clark Rd, Flovilla GA 30216
Sweetwater
60
770-732-5875
1750 Mt. Vernon Rd, Lithia Springs GA 30122
* Mistletoe
30
706-541-0321
3725 Mistletoe Rd, Appling GA 30802
Columbia
* AH Stephens
30
706-456-2602
456 Alexander St., Crawfordville GA 30631
Taliaferro
Elijah Clark
85
706-359-3458
2959 McCormick Hwy, Lincolnton GA 30817
Lincoln
Tugaloo
30
706-356-4362
1763 Tugalo State Park Rd, Lavonia GA 30553
Franklin
FDR
45
*These locations have cots available.
706-663-4858
2970 Georgia 190, Pine Mountain GA31822
Current Georgia Armory Shelters
Facility Location
# of Cots Available
Address
Augusta
58
88 MILLEDGE RD, AUGUSTA
Decatur
100
3736 DURHAM PARK RD, DECATUR
Kennesaw
56
1901 MCCOLLUM PKWY, KENNESAW
Marietta
61
631 N MARIETTA PKWY, MARIETTA
Monroe
90
436 WASHINGTON ST, MONROE
Calhoun
80
300 N RIVER ST, CALHOUN
Butts
Douglas
Harris
2. Calhoun
80
300 N RIVER ST, CALHOUN
Canton
50
1084 MARIETTA HWY, CANTON
Cedartown
94
1699 BUCHANON HWY, CEDARTOWN
Covington
48
4124 CARROLL ST, COVINGTON
Dalton
50
709 W CRAWFORD ST, DALTON
Forsyth
50
100 QUITMAN GUARDS LN, FORSYTH
Gainesville
47
153 ALTA VISTA RD, GAINESVILLE
Griffin
90
1015 S HILL ST, GRIFFIN
Jackson
165
468 FRANKLIN ST, JACKSON
Lawrenceville
51
261 E CROGAN ST, LAWRENCEVILLE
Macon
90
1030 SHURLING AVE, MACON
Macon
100
1100 SHURLING AVE, MACON
Macon
68
1030 SHURLING AVE, Macon, 31211
Milledgeville
38
107 HWY 49 W, MILLEDGEVILLE
Newnan
100
12 ARMORY RD, NEWNAN
Winder
56
95 MAYNARD ST, WINDER
Winder
32
95 MAYNARD ST, WINDER
Cumming
74
100 Aquatic Circle, Cummings GA 30040
Douglasville
40
4115 S. AIRPORT RD, Atlanta, GA 30336
Augusta
80
88 Milledge Road, Augusta 30904
Elberton
39
1031 CALHOUN FALLS HWY, ELBERTON
Hinesville
36
611 E. Oglethorpe, Hinesville, GA 31313
Oglethorpe Armory
90
5019 GA HWY 42 Ellenwood, GA 30294
Rome
160
340 Wilshire Rd NE, Rome, GA 30161
Thomson
60
612 Main Street, Thompson, GA 30824
Washington
18
Water St, Washington, GA 30673
Waynesboro
50
262 S Liberty St, Waynesboro, GA 30830
Winder
10
889 Ronald Wood Rd, Winder 30680
Winder AAF
60
889 Ronald Wood Rd, Winder 30680
3. Additional Open Shelters
Shelter Name
Address
County
Shelter Status
Trinity United Methodist Church
606 Turner McCall Blvd Rome, GA 30161
Floyd
Standby-Alert
First Baptist Church of Cornelia
325 South Oak St Cornelia, GA 30531
Habersham
Open
First Assembly of God Church
328 May Ave Lincolnton, GA 30817
Lincoln
Standby-Alert
Westminster Presbyterian Church
1941 Shorter Ave Rome, GA 30165
Floyd
Standby-Alert
Old Adamsville Recreation Center
3403 Delmar Ln NW Atlanta, GA 30311
Fulton
Open
Bartow Co. Houston Suggs Youth Facility
35 Beavers Drive NW Cartersville, GA 30120
Bartow
Standby-Alert
Bartow Co. Clarence Brown Conference Center
5450 State Route 20 Cartersville, GA 30121
Bartow
Standby-Alert
Warming Center- Pickens County Recreation Center
1329 Camp Rd Jasper, GA 30143
Pickens
Open
North Georgia Agricultural Fairgrounds
500 Legion Dr Dalton, GA 30720
Whitfield
Closed
Douglasville First United Methodist Church
6167 Prestley Mill Rd Douglasville, GA 30134
Douglas
Standby-Alert
Dalton Greater Works
1001 South Thornton Ave Dalton, GA 30720
Whitfield
Open
High Falls State Park
76 High Falls Park Dr Jackson, GA 30233
Butts
Closed
Warming Center- Ben Hill Park
2405 Fairburn Rd SW Atlanta, GA 30331
Fulton
Open
Warming Center- Rosel Farm Recreation Center
365 Cleveland Ave SE Atlanta, GA 30354
Fulton
Open
West Ridge Church
3522 Hiram Acworth Hwy Dallas, GA 30157
Paulding
Standby-Alert
Warming Center - Adamsville Recreation Center
3201 Martin Luther King Jr Dr SW Atlanta, GA 30311
Fulton
Open