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North Carolina Granite Corporation Quarry Complex is a historic granite quarry and national historic district located at Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 22 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 8 contributing structures in an area approximately one mile long and 1/3 mile wide.
Map showing Surry County in North Carolina. This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view an online map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table ...
The state Forest Service has banned outdoor burning in 30 Western North Carolina counties in the wake of a spate of wildfires that have burned thousands of bone-dry acres.
Mount Airy, North Carolina, known as "The Granite City", and site of NRHP-listed North Carolina Granite Corporation Quarry Complex, "the world's largest open faced granite quarry". It has been quarried since 1743 by the North Carolina Granite Corporation and predecessors. [1]
Population growth in metros with people in areas of high wildfire risk increased by roughly 70% between 1990 and 2020 whereas the population in the average American metro area increased by about 40%.
The largest current wildfire in WNC — located near Andrews in the Cherokee County of Nantahala National Forest — has grown another 744 acres in a day, from 4,371 acres Nov. 9 to 5,116 acres ...
Mount Airy / ˈ m aʊ n t ər i / [4] is a city in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 10,676. [5] As of 2020, the city is the most populous municipality in Surry County. Mount Airy is located within the Piedmont Triad metropolitan region.
Satellite imagery from the National Weather Service shows just how many wildfires were burning in the area this week on July 11 and 12, with heat spots in parts of Washington, Idaho, British ...