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The 2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires, also known as the Gatlinburg wildfires, [1] were a complex of wildfires which began in late November 2016. Some of the towns most impacted were Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, both near Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The fires claimed at least 14 lives, [5][6] injured 190, [7] and is one of the ...
On November 28, the Chimney Tops 2 fire in the Chimney Tops of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park spread with the aid of strong winds and dry conditions, the fire quickly broke into multiple fires and spread across the mountains above and around Gatlinburg. By the evening hours the fire had reached the downtown area of Gatlinburg ...
47-28800 [6] GNIS feature ID. 2403685 [4] Website. gatlinburgtn.gov. Gatlinburg is a mountain resort city in Sevier County, Tennessee. It is located 39 miles (63 km) southeast of Knoxville and had a population of 3,944 at the 2010 Census [7] and a U.S. Census population of 3,577 in 2020. [8]
Sevier County and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are already under a burn ban, which includes campfires, fire pits and fires to burn fallen leaves. Tyler Whetstone is an investigative ...
English: Tennessee National Guard members survey the devastation following wildfires in Gatlinburg, Tenn. on Nov. 29, 2016. (Photo by Maj. Randy Harris) (Photo by Maj. Randy Harris) Date
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Hayden Dunbar, Knoxville News Sentinel. July 18, 2024 at 9:18 AM. This summer has been beary busy so far, and not in a good way. Recent black bear encounters in the Smokies have resulted in viral ...
Roaring Fork is a stream in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, located in the southeastern United States. Once the site of a small Appalachian community, today the stream's area is home to the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail and the Roaring Fork Historic District. Like many mountain streams, Roaring Fork is volatile.