Carroll County, GA Hurricane Preparedness: Flood Elevation (2026)

Carroll County's floodplain ordinance sets separate, more specific standards for manufactured homes and recreational vehicles under Section 46-67(4), reflecting how vulnerable those structures are in a flood or high-wind event. Any manufactured home placed or substantially improved on an individual lot, or in an expansion to an existing manufactured home park, must meet the full new-construction standards, including elevation and anchoring. Inside an existing manufactured home park or subdivision, the home's lowest floor must be elevated no lower than two feet above the base flood elevation, its chassis must rest on reinforced piers or another foundation of equivalent strength at least 36 inches above grade, and the home must be securely anchored to that foundation to resist flotation, collapse and lateral movement, the same forces at work in storm surge and heavy rain events.

A home that has taken substantial flood damage must be brought up to those same pier-height and anchoring standards before it can be reinstalled. Recreational vehicles are treated differently: they can stay on site without meeting these standards only if they remain licensed and ready for highway use, on wheels or a jacking system, connected only by quick-disconnect utilities, with no permanently attached structures; otherwise they must meet the same elevation and anchoring rules as new construction. These standards apply only to unincorporated Carroll County, not to Carrollton, Villa Rica or the county's other cities.