Table 4.2 - Expanded
Compilation of Candidate Sites
|
Location |
In News |
Study Area |
Notes |
Photo |
|
Bertie County |
1 |
No (MUCP) |
·
One drown in flood |
|
|
Burgaw |
5 |
No |
·
Flooding in the past |
|
|
Cape Fear River |
12 |
No |
·
Flooding |
|
|
Chinquapin |
1 |
No Duplin Co. (MUCP) |
·
Record flood |
|
|
Clayton |
1 |
No Johnston Co. (Piedmont/MUCP) |
·
Record flood |
|
|
Columbus County |
1 |
No |
·
Flooded |
|
|
Contentnea Creek |
1 |
No Greene Co. (MUCP) |
·
Flooded the banks |
|
|
Craven County |
2 |
No |
·
Two drown in flood |
|
|
Duplin County |
9 |
No |
·
Looting ·
Flooding ·
Three drown in flood |
|
|
Durham |
3 |
No Durham Co. (Urban Area) |
·
Flooding |
|
|
Edgecombe County |
10 |
No (MUCP) |
·
Eight drown in flood |
|
|
Elizabeth City |
1 |
Yes Pasquotank Co. |
·
Tornado |
|
|
Enfield |
1 |
No Halifax Co. (Piedmont/MUCP) |
·
Record flood |
|
|
Fayetteville |
3 |
No Cumberland Co. (MUCP) |
·
Worst flood ever |
|
|
Goldsboro |
22 |
No Wayne Co. (MUCP) |
·
Very high income area ·
Dam broke |
|
|
Location |
In News |
Study Area |
Notes |
Photo |
|
Greenville |
14 |
No Pitt Co. (MUCP) |
·
Most endangered city ·
No drinking water ·
A third under water |
|
|
Grifton |
1 |
No Pitt Co. (MUCP) |
·
Flooded |
|
|
Halifax County |
1 |
No (Piedmont/MUCP) |
·
One drown in flood |
|
|
Hertford County |
3 |
No (MUCP) |
·
Looting |
|
|
Johnston County |
3 |
No (Piedmont/MUCP) |
·
Three drown in flood |
|
|
Jones County |
1 |
No |
·
One drown in flood |
|
|
Kinston |
6 |
No Lenoir Co. (MUCP) |
·
Flooded and isolated |
|
|
Leggett |
2 |
No Edgecombe Co. (MUCP) |
·
Destroyed and flooded |
|
|
Lenoir County |
1 |
No |
·
One drown in flood |
|
|
Louisburg |
1 |
Yes Franklin Co. (Piedmont) |
·
Record flood |
|
|
Lumber River |
2 |
No |
·
Flooded |
|
|
Nash County |
5 |
No |
·
Five drown in flood |
|
|
Neuse River |
7 |
No (MUCP) |
·
Flooded the banks |
|
|
New Bern |
3 |
No Craven Co. (Tidewater/MUCP) |
·
Flooded |
|
|
Location |
In News |
Study Area |
Notes |
Photo |
|
Oak Island |
2 |
No New Hanover Co. (MUCP) |
·
Wrightsville Beach |
|
|
Pender County |
4 |
No (MUCP) |
·
Flooded ·
Two drown in flood |
|
|
Pinetops |
4 |
No Edgecombe Co. (MUCP) |
·
Near Tarboro ·
Also flooded |
|
|
Pitt County |
27 |
No |
·
Very hard hit ·
Four drown in flood |
|
|
Princeton |
2 |
No Johnston Co. (Piedmont/MUCP) |
·
Houses destroyed |
|
|
Princeville |
53 |
No Edgecombe Co. (MUCP) |
·
Destroyed entirely ·
Jesse Jackson visited |
|
|
Raeford |
1 |
No Hoke Co. (Piedmont/MUCP) |
·
Dam overflow and flooded |
|
|
Raleigh |
3 |
No Wake Co. (Urban Area) |
·
Flooding |
|
|
Rocky Mount |
17 |
No Nash Co. (MUCP) |
·
Fuel leak from cars ·
Funeral ·
Tipper Gore visited |
|
|
Roseboro |
1 |
No Sampson Co. (MUCP) |
·
Flooded |
|
|
Sampson County |
1 |
No (MUCP) |
·
Flooded |
|
|
Seven Springs |
5 |
No Wayne Co. (MUCP) |
·
Everything flood except one church on the
hill not flooded |
|
|
Location |
In News |
Study Area |
Notes |
Photo |
|
Smithfield |
4 |
No Johnston Co. (Piedmont/MUCP) |
·
9’ Flood |
|
|
Snow Hill |
1 |
No Greene Co. (MUCP) |
·
Flooded |
|
|
Tar River Area |
21 |
No (MUCP) |
·
Crested at 24’ |
|
|
Tarboro |
22 |
No Edgecombe Co. (MUCP) |
·
Clinton visited |
|
|
Topsail Beach |
5 |
No Pender Co. (MUCP) |
·
Roads washed away ·
Flooding |
|
|
Trenton |
3 |
No Jones Co. (MUCP) |
·
Flooded |
|
|
Vanceboro |
1 |
No Craven Co. (MUCP) |
·
Hundreds of homes flooded |
|
|
Waccamaw River |
4 |
No (MUCP) |
·
Flooded the banks |
|
|
Walnut Creek |
4 |
No Wayne Co. (MUCP) |
·
Flooded the banks |
|
|
Warren County |
2 |
Yes (Piedmont) |
·
Two drown in flood |
|
|
Warsaw |
2 |
No Duplin Co. (MUCP) |
·
Flooding ·
Without power for 8 days |
|
|
Wayne County |
2 |
No (MUCP) |
·
Two drown in flood |
|
|
Weeksville |
1 |
Yes Pasquotank Co. (Tidewater) |
·
Tornado destroyed house |
|
|
Location |
In News |
Study Area |
Notes |
Photo |
|
Wilmington |
4 |
No New Hanover Co. (MUCP) |
·
Limited damages |
|
|
Wilson |
1 |
No Wilson Co. (MUCP) |
·
50% under water |
|
NOTE: MUCP
is outside of the desirable Tidewater or Piedmont areas.
As the result of further filtering process to identify suitable sites, the following four sites were identified as final candidates. It should be noted that two sites were identified for each of the regions, i.e. Tidewater and Piedmont.
Table 4.3 - Final
Compilation of Candidate Sites
|
Location |
In News |
Study Area |
Notes |
|
Elizabeth City |
1 |
Yes Pasquotank Co. (Tidewater) |
·
Tornado |
|
Weeksville |
1 |
Yes Pasquotank Co. (Tidewater) |
·
Tornado destroyed house |
|
Louisburg |
1 |
Yes Franklin Co. (Piedmont) |
·
Record flood |
|
Warren County |
2 |
Yes (Piedmont) |
·
Two drown in flood |
Elizabeth City was chosen to represent the situation in Tidewater region while Louisburg was chosen to represent Piedmont region.
Profiles of Selected Sites Used for
Modeling
Louisburg, NC
Louisburg, the county seat and the largest town (4,200 population), is located in the geographical center of the county and was founded in 1779 when Franklin County was established. Franklin County is located in the upper Piedmont plateau of North Carolina and covers 494.38 square miles. Elevations range from 143 feet to 562 feet, with Louisburg being 280 feet above mean sea level.
Only 21 miles northeast of the state capital of Raleigh, three Interstate Highways (40, 85, and 95) are easily reached from Franklin County. The internationally renowned Research Triangle Park, the world's largest research complex, is only 41 miles away.
Agriculture will continue to dominate the economic base in the county, but will be joined by companies such as Novo Nordisk Biochemical, Sprint, and I.C.L. Fujitsu which will help push Franklin County into the future. Like the neighboring Triangle area, Franklin County will experience excellent growth throughout its borders.
Franklin County is part of the Raleigh-Durham Metropolitan Statistical Area. Raleigh-Durham MSA continues to receive top national rankings for its business climate and quality of life. Franklin County boasts national and international companies such as Boston Gear, Hon, Lawson Mardon Wheaton, Sprint and others.
Employment opportunities are plentiful in the medical field, retail and general manufacturing facilities. Retail sales are up every year due to improved retail opportunities and increased population. Unemployment is at an all-time low. Franklin County is rated in the top ten counties in population growth in North Carolina. Several area tracts are under development for industrial parks.
Major senior citizen centers in Louisburg include Senior Citizens Center, Sweetom Group Home, and Zollieville Rest Home.
Elizabeth City, NC
Located where the narrows of the Pasquotank River open up and the river begins widening out on its course to the Albemarle Sound, Elizabeth City is the economic and commercial hub of the northeastern North Carolina mainland. Although it was founded in 1793, it did not take on economic importance until the Dismal Swamp Canal was completed in 1805. The Canal linked the sounds and rivers of northeastern North Carolina with the port of Norfolk, allowing area planters and lumber companies a safe and quick method of transporting their goods to market.
During the 20th century, Elizabeth City has grown steadily thanks to such local diversified industries as textiles, garment manufacturing, wood products, and agribusiness. The city is the home of one state university, two colleges, the world's largest U. S. Coast Guard Air Station, a branch of the North Carolina Museum of History, and an airship (blimp) production plant.
Since it is located just twenty miles south of the Virginia - North Carolina border, Elizabeth City is within easy reach of the social and cultural activities found in the Virginia metropolitan areas of Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach.
The United States Coast Guard operates training and rescue facility here that has been the focus of many daring rescues by sea and by air. Rescue teams from the station have been featured in the national spotlight on many occasions, including several daring rescues during the famous ''Perfect Storm'' of 1991.
Major senior homes in Elizabeth City include Virginia Dare House Elderly, Carolina Living, Harbor’s Edge Retirement Center.
The book The 100 Best Small Towns in America by Norm Crampton lists
Elizabeth City at 65th. Macmillan General Reference, a Division of Simon &
Schuster, Incorporated, publishes the book.