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The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. [1] West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863. [2]
West Virginia contains a network of eight state forests that help to protect over 70,000 acres (28,000 ha) of wooded lands in the state. Most of the forests are managed by the West Virginia Division of Forestry, although Kanawha State Forest is managed as a state park by the Division of Natural Resources.
Burning Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia. According to GNIS, Burning Creek consists of Lower Burning Creek, [1] Middle Burning Creek, [2] and Upper Burning Creek. [3] The creek was named for the naturally occurring gases which will burn when exposed to a flame. [4]
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.
The National Weather Service warns against outdoor burning in 25 central North Carolina counties on Tuesday because low humidity and gusty winds could make it difficult to control a fire.. The ...
The Parkersburg–Vienna metropolitan area, officially the Parkersburg–Vienna, WV Metropolitan Statistical Area as defined by the United States Census Bureau, [1] is an area consisting of two counties in West Virginia, anchored by the cities of Parkersburg and Vienna.
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