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Eventdex · Wildfire

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666250

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event_typeWildfire
ncei_event_id666,250
episode_id111,693
begin_utc2016-12-01T05:00:00+00:00
end_utc2016-12-15T17:00:00+00:00
stateGEORGIA
cz_typeZ
cz_nameTOWNS
deaths_direct0
deaths_indirect0
injuries_direct0
injuries_indirect0
wfo_sourcePark/Forest Service
episode_narrativeThroughout the spring, summer and autumn, north Georgia saw an extended period of below normal rainfall. By late summer and early fall all of north Georgia was experiencing severe, extreme or exceptional drought conditions. As summer vegetation began to die off and autumn leaves began falling from the trees, the continued extremely dry conditions led to very dangerous wildfire conditions. From early October through November and into December, numerous wildfires erupted across north and central Georgia including 3 major wildfires covering multiple thousands of acres apiece in the north Georgia mountains. By the end of December, over $20 million dollars in federal funds had been spent fighting wildfires across north Georgia in the Chattahoochee National Forest and on surrounding federal and state lands.
event_narrativeOn November 11th a human caused wildfire erupted along the border between Towns and Rabun Counties. Before the Rocky Mountain wildfire was declared contained on December 15th it had consumed 1,851 acres in the eastern portion of Towns County. In total, this wildfire burned nearly 25,000 acres of Chattahoochee National Forest and state and private forest land in Georgia and Tennessee. More tham $11 million federal dollars were expended fighting this wildfire, nearly $900,000 in Towns County alone.
year2,016

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