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Frost line depth in Georgia

Estimated frost depth in typical soil runs from 3″ to 16″ across Georgia's 160 counties. Pick your county or enter a ZIP code for a local estimate.

Deepest frost

  1. Union County 16″
  2. Towns County 16″
  3. Fannin County 15″
  4. Dade County 14″
  5. Chattooga County 14″

Mildest

  1. Charlton County 3″
  2. Camden County 3″
  3. Glynn County 4″
  4. McIntosh County 4″
  5. Echols County 4″

Frost depth by county

CountyEst. frost (typical soil)Typical code range
Appling County5″12–18″
Atkinson County6″12–18″
Bacon County5″12–18″
Baker County5″12–18″
Baldwin County7″12–18″
Banks County10″12–18″
Barrow County9″12–18″
Bartow County10″12–18″
Ben Hill County5″12–18″
Berrien County6″12–18″
Bibb County6″12–18″
Bleckley County6″12–18″
Brantley County5″12–18″
Brooks County5″12–18″
Bryan County5″12–18″
Bulloch County5″12–18″
Burke County6″12–18″
Butts County8″12–18″
Calhoun County6″12–18″
Camden County3″12″ minimum
Candler County6″12–18″
Carroll County9″12–18″
Catoosa County13″12–18″
Charlton County3″12″ minimum
Chatham County5″12–18″
Chattahoochee County7″12–18″
Chattooga County14″12–18″
Cherokee County11″12–18″
Clarke County8″12–18″
Clay County6″12–18″
Clayton County8″12–18″
Cleburne County9″12–18″
Clinch County5″12–18″
Cobb County9″12–18″
Coffee County6″12–18″
Colquitt County5″12–18″
Columbia County7″12–18″
Cook County6″12–18″
Coweta County8″12–18″
Crawford County7″12–18″
Crisp County6″12–18″
Dade County14″12–18″
Dawson County12″12–18″
Decatur County5″12–18″
DeKalb County8″12–18″
Dodge County6″12–18″
Dooly County6″12–18″
Dougherty County6″12–18″
Douglas County9″12–18″
Early County6″12–18″
Echols County4″12″ minimum
Effingham County5″12–18″
Elbert County8″12–18″
Emanuel County6″12–18″
Evans County5″12–18″
Fannin County15″12–18″
Fayette County8″12–18″
Floyd County10″12–18″
Forsyth County11″12–18″
Franklin County8″12–18″
Fulton County9″12–18″
Gilmer County14″12–18″
Glascock County7″12–18″
Glynn County4″12″ minimum
Gordon County12″12–18″
Grady County5″12–18″
Greene County7″12–18″
Gwinnett County9″12–18″
Habersham County11″12–18″
Hall County10″12–18″
Hancock County7″12–18″
Haralson County9″12–18″
Harris County7″12–18″
Hart County7″12–18″
Heard County8″12–18″
Henry County8″12–18″
Houston County6″12–18″
Irwin County6″12–18″
Jackson County10″12–18″
Jasper County7″12–18″
Jeff Davis County6″12–18″
Jefferson County6″12–18″
Jenkins County6″12–18″
Johnson County6″12–18″
Jones County7″12–18″
Lamar County8″12–18″
Lanier County6″12–18″
Laurens County7″12–18″
Lee County6″12–18″
Liberty County4″12–18″
Lincoln County8″12–18″
Long County4″12–18″
Lowndes County4″12–18″
Lumpkin County12″12–18″
Macon County6″12–18″
Madison County8″12–18″
Marion County7″12–18″
McDuffie County7″12–18″
McIntosh County4″12″ minimum
Meriwether County7″12–18″
Miller County5″12–18″
Mitchell County5″12–18″
Monroe County7″12–18″
Montgomery County6″12–18″
Morgan County7″12–18″
Murray County13″12–18″
Muscogee County7″12–18″
Newton County7″12–18″
Oconee County8″12–18″
Oglethorpe County8″12–18″
Paulding County9″12–18″
Peach County6″12–18″
Pickens County13″12–18″
Pierce County5″12–18″
Pike County8″12–18″
Polk County9″12–18″
Pulaski County6″12–18″
Putnam County7″12–18″
Quitman County6″12–18″
Rabun County12″12–18″
Randolph County6″12–18″
Richmond County7″12–18″
Rockdale County8″12–18″
Schley County6″12–18″
Screven County6″12–18″
Seminole County5″12–18″
Spalding County8″12–18″
Stephens County8″12–18″
Stewart County6″12–18″
Sumter County6″12–18″
Talbot County7″12–18″
Taliaferro County8″12–18″
Tattnall County5″12–18″
Taylor County7″12–18″
Telfair County6″12–18″
Terrell County6″12–18″
Thomas County5″12–18″
Tift County6″12–18″
Toombs County5″12–18″
Towns County16″12–24″
Treutlen County6″12–18″
Troup County8″12–18″
Turner County6″12–18″
Twiggs County6″12–18″
Union County16″12–24″
Upson County7″12–18″
Walker County14″12–18″
Walton County8″12–18″
Ware County6″12–18″
Warren County7″12–18″
Washington County7″12–18″
Wayne County5″12–18″
Webster County6″12–18″
Wheeler County6″12–18″
White County13″12–18″
Whitfield County13″12–18″
Wilcox County6″12–18″
Wilkes County8″12–18″
Wilkinson County7″12–18″
Worth County6″12–18″

Common questions

What is the frost line depth in Georgia?

It ranges from about 3 inches in the mildest county to 16 inches in the coldest, in typical soil.

Which Georgia county has the deepest frost?

Union County, at about 16 inches in typical soil.