Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural Monument Mountain, then an island, on 1 March 1565. The site was chosen to guard the entrance to Guanabara Bay, and the mountain was important as a signalling point. A landfill connected the island to the mainland in 1697, and various buildings were erected to defend the territory, but the Urca urban neighborhood was only built 300 years after the city was founded. The Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural Monument was created by the city of Rio de Janeiro by municipal decree 26578 of 1 June 2006. The objectives are to guarantee green spaces for leisure in a natural area,
South Sugarloaf Fire 062, 071 and 072 are currently closed. The U.S. Forest Service has currently closed around 754,448 acres in the Mountain City and Jarbidge ranger districts. No mandatory evacuations are in place. However, a number of voluntary evacuations are in place. Areas currently under voluntary evactuons include Wild Horse Reservoir, Bear Creek Road, Jarbidge, Meadow Creek Road, Wildhorse Reservoir, Maggie Summit Road, Mountain City, Wildhorse Estates, Wildhorse Recreation Area and the Gold Creek Area. South Sugarloaf Fire The South Sugarloaf Fire is a currently burning wildfire in the Humboldt National Forest in Nevada, United States. As of September 1, 2018, the