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The 1821 Georgia Land Lottery opened portions of state land for settlement between the Flint and Ocmulgee rivers, including present-day DeKalb County. The Muscogee (Creek) Nation ceded the land to the United States in January of that year, and drawings for lots measuring 202.5 acres (81.9 ha) each began in May in Milledgeville, the state capital until 1868.
In Wyoming, about 69% of properties could be at "major" risk of a wildfire in the next 30 years, and Colorado has the next highest figure, with 53% facing "major" risk.
Custer Peak Fire Lookout, Lawrence Co SD, 6713' original wooden tower built in 1911, replaced in 1935 and replaced with the current rock lookout tower in 1941; Summit Ridge Fire Lookout, 6,082', 67.5' tower, last staffed in 1972; Rankin Ridge Fire Lookout, Wind Cave National Park, replaced the Crow's Nest Peak tower, 5,013'
Lake Toxaway is the largest privately held lake in North Carolina. The lake, developed by the Lake Toxaway Company, is man-made and covers 640 acres (2.6 km 2) 60 feet (18 m), and the shoreline is 14 miles (23 km). Water sources for the lake include multiple free-flowing mountain streams with the Toxaway River being the main source. The lake ...
Shelter-in-place recommendations and evacuation orders have been lifted Monday after a fire at a Georgia industrial plant caused a chemical reaction that prompted around 17,000 people to evacuate ...
Six people — including three children — died and five were injured in a house fire early Monday in Newnan, Georgia. Authorities are working to determine the cause of the deadly blaze in Coweta ...
Smoke Rise is a residential community in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, located northeast of Atlanta in the City of Tucker, incorporated in 2016. It is located north of the city of Stone Mountain on the eastern side of the city of Tucker .