Forest fire danger board, showing classes of fire danger
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, showing proposed location of fire look out cabin at new steel tower at Hickory Cabin, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Showing approximate location where fire was started in Cedar Spring Valley area, fire was started by Lloyd Howard, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Blanket Mountain fire, 1922
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Original Captions: 0; Blanket Mountain Fire; III-L-18183.Blanket Mountain Fire, III-L-18183
1922
Georgia Department of Forestry Bulletin
University of Georgia Libraries
vol. 1 to 10; Call number: ga f600 b1.
Holding map is Oliver G. Taylor, Chief Engineer, J.R. Eakin, Supt., Arthur P. Miller, USPHS, Inspectors at Fire Tower, 1931
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Original Captions: Holding map is Oliver G. Taylor, Chief Engineer; J.R. Eakin, Supt. Arthur P. Miller, USPHS. Inspectors at Fire Tower; IV-P-16420, Miscellaneous - Personnel.Holding map is Oliver G. Taylor, Chief Engineer; J.R. Eakin, Supt. Arthur P. Miller, USPHS.Inspectors at Fire Tower, IV-P-16420, Miscellaneous - Personnel
1931
Fire damage, Meigs Creek Falls
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
I-A-GEN-2160, Natural Features - Mountains - General Views,Fire Damage, Meigs Creek Falls.
1934-09-11
In same area as preceding picture (V-X-4370) on wet site. Fire Hazard Reduction, Bradley Fork- Bear Pen Ridge, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cut March 1935. W exposure. Damp...Area logged about 1925 and burned over; the fire probably burned most of the logging slash, but the large logs from logging are well decayed in ten years. Slash from fire hazard reduction flattened and scattered...In same area as preceding picture (V-X-4370) on wet site.Fire Hazard Reduction; Bradley Fork- Bear Pen Ridge, IV-Z-4371, Miscellaneous
1935-03
On top of a small ridge above the double bridge on the Bradley Fork ridge. Fire Hazard Reduction, Bradley Fork- Bear Pen Ridge, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
On top of a small ridge above the double bridge on the Bradley Fork ridge...Cut March 1935...Area logged about 1925 and burned over; the fire probably burned most of the logging slash. Little small slash...large log from logging well decayed in ten years. Fire Hazard Reduction; Bradley Fork- Bear Pen Ridge, IV-Z-4370, Miscellaneous
1935-03
Decay of slash study. Fire Hazard Reduction, White Oak Ridge, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Decay of slash study...Sound dead chestnut cut at end of February 1935- on north slope. Photo taken from birch root growing over a rock pile along the north side of the top of the ridge. Material not scattered at directed...Most of the smaller debris fairly flat.Fire Hazard Reduction; White Oak Ridge, IV-Z-4384, Miscellaneous
1935-03-18
Both dead and living chestnut were cut here. Fire Hazard Reduction, Chasteen Creek, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Both dead and living chestnut were cut here. The living chestnut was all diseased and would be dead in three years or less...Cuting to thick for a slope as thick with chestnut and on as steep a slope...Area logged about 1927. Only dead chestnut should be cut to hold down sprouting...Debris not scattered. SE exposure...Cut in January 1935. X" painted on oak stump from which picture was taken.", Fire Hazard Reduction; Chasteen Creek, IV-Z-4369, Miscellaneous
1935-03-22
Chestnut slash cut January 1935 in area logged about 1927, slash not flattened or scattered, Fire Hazard Reduction, Chasteen Creek, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Chestnut slash cut January 1935 in area logged about 1927; slash not flattened or scattered,Fire Hazard Reduction; Chasteen Creek, IV-Z-4368, Miscellaneous
1935-03-22
Heavy cutting in an area of thick chestnut sprouts. Cutting a little too intense. Fire Hazard Reduction, Newfound Gap Highway, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Heavy cutting in an area of thick chestnut sprouts...Cutting a little too intense.Fire Hazard Reduction; Newfound Gap Highway, IV-Z-4382, Miscellaneous
1935-03-26
Cutting here mostly for aesthetic reasons. Fire hazard very high due to spruce slash. Fire Hazard Reduction, State Line, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cutting here mostly for aesthetic reasons...Fire hazard very high due to spruce slash. Almost impossible to travel through the area except by trail, or the old RR grade. Dead snags, mostly spruce, probably injured during logging...They were probably decayed some at the time of logging and not worth cutting.Fire Hazard Reduction; State Line, IV-Z-4383, Miscellaneous
1935-04-04
Retake, about 75% cover. Fire Hazard Reduction, Bradley Fork- Bear Pen Ridge, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Retake...about 75% cover.Fire Hazard Reduction; Bradley Fork- Bear Pen Ridge, IV-Z-4375, Miscellaneous
1935-06-29
Retake. Fire Hazard Reduction, Bradley Fork- Bear Pen Ridge, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Retake...Fire Hazard Reduction; Bradley Fork- Bear Pen Ridge, IV-Z-4373, Miscellaneous
1935-06-29
Retake, about 75% cover. Fire Hazard Reduction, Bradley Fork- Bear Pen Ridge, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Retake...about 75% cover.Fire Hazard Reduction; Bradley Fork- Bear Pen Ridge, IV-Z-4374, Miscellaneous
1935-06-29
Retake. Fire Hazard Reduction, Bradley Fork- Bear Pen Ridge, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Retake...Fire Hazard Reduction; Bradley Fork- Bear Pen Ridge, IV-Z-4372, Miscellaneous
1935-06-29
Forest and Roadside, Fire Hazard Reduction, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Forest and Roadside...Fire Hazard Reduction, IV-Z-4376, Miscellaneous
1935-07
Fire Hazard Reduction, Pin Oak Gap Road, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Fire Hazard Reduction; Pin Oak Gap Road, IV-Z-4386, Miscellaneous
1935-07
Regeneration in logged area and roadside, Fire Hazard Reduction, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Regeneration in logged area and roadside...Fire Hazard Reduction, IV-Z-4377, Miscellaneous
1935-07
Fire Hazard Reduction, Pin Oak Gap Road, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Fire Hazard Reduction; Pin Oak Gap Road, IV-Z-4388, Miscellaneous
1935-07
Debris after scattering, Fire Hazard Reduction, Jump-up ridge trail, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Debris after scattering...Fire Hazard Reduction; Jump-up ridge trail, IV-Z-4379, Miscellaneous
1935-08-27
Trailside fire hazard reduction. Debris before scattering. Fire Hazard Reduction, Jump-up ridge trail, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailside fire hazard reduction...Debris before scattering.Fire Hazard Reduction; Jump-up ridge trail, IV-Z-4380, Miscellaneous
1935-08-27
Trailside fire hazard reduction. Debris before scattering. Fire Hazard Reduction, Jump-up ridge trail, 1935
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Trailside fire hazard reduction...Debris before scattering.Fire Hazard Reduction; Jump-up ridge trail, IV-Z-4378, Miscellaneous
1935-08-27
Fire Finder
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Three negatives, all apparently in sequence: negatives are marked with arrows.Fire Finder, II-E-11548, Physical Facilities - Equipment
Fire Finder
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Fire Finder, II-E-11545, Physical Facilities - Equipment
Fire Finder
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Fire Finder, II-E-11547, Physical Facilities - Equipment
Fire Finder
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Fire Finder, II-E-11546, Physical Facilities - Equipment
Showing burnt over condition, Myrtle Point
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Showing burnt over condition.Myrtle Point, I-A-MP-12997, Natural Features - Mountains - Views from Myrtle Point
Showing burnt over condition, Myrtle Point
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Showing burnt over condition.Myrtle Point, I-A-MP-12996, Natural Features - Mountains - Views from Myrtle Point
Showing burnt over condition, Myrtle Point
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Showing burnt over condition.Myrtle Point, I-A-MP-12998, Natural Features - Mountains - Views from Myrtle Point
Showing burnt over condition, Myrtle Point
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Showing burnt over condition.Myrtle Point, I-A-MP-12995, Natural Features - Mountains - Views from Myrtle Point
Picture taken from Highway 107, above Camp NP-5. (Kephart Prong) Downed timber and logs from FHR work done in 1934 becoming almost invisible from the road. Fire Hazard Reduction, 1937
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Picture taken from Highway 107, above Camp NP-5. (Kephart Prong) Downed timber and logs from FHR work done in 1934 becoming almost invisible from the road.Fire Hazard Reduction, IV-Z-4381, Miscellaneous
1937-01
View of completed Estes fire lookout tower inMammoth Cave National Park, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire hazard reduction, removal of dead underbrush to prevent rapid spread of fire in case of fire, one half mile west of Goblin Knob tract no. 116, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, excavating for pillows for new steel look out tower at Hickory cabin, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire hazard reduction, removal of dead underbrush to prevent rapid spread of fire in case of fire, one half mile west of Goblin Knob tract no. 116, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire hazard reduction, removal of dead underbrush to prevent rapid spread of fire in case of fire, one half mile west of Goblin Knob tract no. 116, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire hazard reduction, removal of dead underbrush to prevent rapid spread of fire in case of fire, one half mile west of Goblin Knob tract no. 116, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, mixing and pouring concrete pillars for new steel lookout tower at Hickory cabin, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, mixing and pouring concrete pillars for new steel lookout tower at Hickory cabin, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, mixing and pouring concrete pillars for new steel lookout tower at Hickory cabin, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, mixing and pouring concrete pillars for new steel lookout tower at Hickory cabin, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, mixing and pouring concrete pillars for new steel lookout tower at Hickory cabin, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, showing first section completed and men at work on steps of new steel tower at hickory cabin, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, showing first section completed and men at work on steps of new steel tower at hickory cabin, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, showing first section completed and men at work on steps of new steel tower at hickory cabin, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, showing first section completed and men at work on steps of new steel tower at hickory cabin, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, showing first section completed and men at work on steps of new steel tower at hickory cabin, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
View of burned area in Cedar Spring Valley area, the fire burned approximately 60 acres, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Close up showing grass that was burned in Cedar Spring Valley area, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Panoramic view of burned area in Cedar Spring Valley area, fire started on private land and escaped to park, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
View of burned area in Cedar Spring Valley area, the fire burned approximately 60 acres, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, view of new steel lookout tower at Hickory Cabin from old wooden structure that has been used as a fire tower in the past, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, view of new steel lookout tower at Hickory Cabin from old wooden structure that has been used as a fire tower in the past, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, showing ditch with copper wire attached to fire lookout tower and ground which encircles the tower to protect it from lightening, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, close up of connection of lightening conductor and men filling ditches in which new steel look out tower at hickory cabin is grounded to, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
View down side of new steel fire lookout tower at Hickory Cabin showing ditches for grounding tower for protection against lightening, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Kings Mountain RDP Fire Control Plan
South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Scale: 1" = 1000'
Fire protection, showing four concrete bases for legs of steel fire tower at NP-1, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, showing demolition of old tower which is to be replaced by steel tower at NP-1, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, showing four concrete bases for legs of steel fire tower at NP-1, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, section of leg being added to steel fire tower, work being done by NP-1, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, section of leg being added to steel fire tower, work being done by NP-1, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, showing progress of construction on new steel fire lookout tower at Brooks Knob, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Completed steel fire lookout tower at HickoryCabin, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, steel fire lookout tower at Brooks Knob, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, showing completed fire tower at Brooks Knob, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, showing completed fire tower at Brooks Knob, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, view of completed fire tower at NP-1 from NP-1 camp, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, view of completed fire tower at NP-1 from NP-1 camp, 1938
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, showing side view of fire truck that is kept at NP-2, 1939
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, showing side view of fire truck that is kept at NP-2, 1939
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, showing top view of fire truck that is kept at NP-2, 1939
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Fire protection, showing top view of fire truck that is kept at NP-2, 1939
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
Construction, men laying foundation for fire lookouts at Hickory cabin, 1939
Mammoth Cave National Park; National Park Service
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