Drinking water stations with addresses in Beech Mountain and their reported violations in the past:
BEECH MOUNTAIN, TOWN OF (Population served: 2418, Surface_water):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Average - Between APR-2005 and JUN-2005, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUL-26-2005), St Formal NOV issued (AUG-04-2005), St Public Notif received (SEP-16-2005)
- OCCT Study Recommendation - Between JAN-01-1994 and JUL-25-1994, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JUL-25-1994), St Public Notif requested (AUG-28-1995), St Formal NOV issued (AUG-28-1995)
Past monitoring violations:
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between JUL-06-2005 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between APR-2005 and JUN-2005, Contaminant: Chlorine. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (JUN-01-2005), St Public Notif requested (JUN-01-2005)
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2002 and DEC-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (OCT-18-2002), St Public Notif requested (OCT-18-2002)
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In MAR-1998, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (MAY-06-1998), St Formal NOV issued (MAY-06-1998)
- Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JAN-01-1994 and JUL-25-1994, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JUL-25-1994), St Public Notif requested (JUN-02-1995), St Formal NOV issued (JUN-02-1995)
- One regular monitoring violation
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: |  8.5% | | Whole state: |  12.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 2.6% | | Whole state: | 5.5% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Beech Mountain, NC
Beech Mountain compared to North Carolina state average:
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
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2004 Presidential Election results in Avery County North Carolina:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Electricity (37%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Wood (7%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
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Religion statistics for Beech Mountain
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | Presbyterian Church (USA) | United Methodist Church | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | Catholic Church |
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| Adherents | 54.5% | 11.2% | 7.7% | 7.2% | 4.9% |
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| Congregations | 39.1% | 11.6% | 14.5% | 5.8% | 1.4% |
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| Name | National Association of Free Will Baptists | Seventh-Day Adventist Church | Independent Free Will Baptists Associations | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 3.1% | 2.6% | 2.3% | 1.7% | 4.8% |
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| Congregations | 2.9% | 2.9% | 5.8% | 1.4% | 14.5% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
3 | $10,107 | $40,428 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
3 | $11,834 | $47,336 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
10 | $27,210 | $32,652 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
4 | $9,239 | $27,717 | 2 | $1,552 |
| Streets and Highways |
6 | $13,519 | $27,038 | 0 | $0 |
| Welfare |
2 | $6,153 | $36,918 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
5 | $10,888 | $26,131 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
2 | $5,340 | $32,040 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
5 | $11,081 | $26,594 | 3 | $748 |
| Water Supply |
5 | $12,633 | $30,319 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
45 | $118,004 | $31,468 | 5 | $2,300 |
Beech Mountain government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $568,000
Solid Waste Management: $211,000
All Other: $55,000
- Construction - Parks & Recreation: $135,000
General: $125,000
Regular Highways: $114,000
Water Utilities: $85,000
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $570,000
Sewerage: $451,000
Central Staff Services: $408,000
Regular Highways: $393,000
Water Utilities: $193,000
Solid Waste Management: $177,000
General - Other: $173,000
Financial Administration: $56,000
Parks & Recreation: $26,000
Fire Protection: $25,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $10,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $76,000
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Libraries: $130,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $59,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $495,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,265,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $440,000
Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $279,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $818,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $168,000
Water Utilities: $54,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $52,000
Special Assessments: $49,000
General Revenue, NEC: $33,000
Rents: $3,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $101,000
General - Other: $40,000
Police Protection: $36,000
Central Staff: $17,000
Regular Highways: $10,000
Parks & Recreation: $6,000
Solid Waste Management: $6,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,094,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $244,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $121,000
General Support: $99,000
All Other: $83,000
- Tax - Property: $1,601,000
Other Selective Sales: $134,000
NEC: $9,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $956,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $30,000
6.93% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,841 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.93% | | North Carolina average: | 8.53% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
7.20% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($38,410 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.20% | | North Carolina average: | 7.27% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Beech Mountain:
- WXIT (1200 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BLOWING ROCK, NC; Owner: RONDINARO BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WHKY (1290 AM; 50 kW; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
- WZAP (690 AM; 10 kW; BRISTOL, VA; Owner: RAM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WKSK (580 AM; 5 kW; W.JEFFERSON, NC; Owner: CADDELL BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WECR (1130 AM; daytime; 1 kW; NEWLAND, NC; Owner: RONDINARO BROADCASTING, INC)
- WGOC (640 AM; 10 kW; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WPWT (870 AM; daytime; 10 kW; COLONIAL HEIGHTS, TN; Owner: INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
- WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WHGG (1090 AM; daytime; 10 kW; KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: APPALACHIAN EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIO)
- WATA (1450 AM; 1 kW; BOONE, NC; Owner: HIGHLAND COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATES, LLC)
- WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WETB (790 AM; 5 kW; JOHNSON CITY, TN; Owner: MOUNTAIN SIGNALS, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Beech Mountain:
- WECR-FM (102.3 FM; BEECH MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: RONDINARO BROADCASTING, INC)
- WZJS (100.7 FM; BANNER ELK, NC; Owner: HIGHLAND COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATES, LLC)
- W285DG (104.9 FM; BOONE, NC; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- W225AA (92.9 FM; BOONE, NC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- WHCB (91.5 FM; BRISTOL, TN; Owner: APPALACHIAN EDUC. COMMUNICATION CORP)
- WETS-FM (89.5 FM; JOHNSON CITY, TN; Owner: EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY)
- WXBQ-FM (96.9 FM; BRISTOL, TN; Owner: BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WCQR-FM (88.3 FM; KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
- WPJO (99.3 FM; ELIZABETHTON, TN; Owner: BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- W214AP (90.7 FM; JOHNSON CITY, TN; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
- WMIT (106.9 FM; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WNCW (88.7 FM; SPINDALE, NC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- WQUT (101.5 FM; JOHNSON CITY, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WTFM (98.5 FM; KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WKVS (103.3 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: FOOTHILLS RADIO GROUP, LLC)
- WMMY (106.1 FM; JEFFERSON, NC; Owner: 106.1, INC.)
- W232AV (94.3 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: DAVID TORRES)
- W218BW (91.5 FM; LENOIR, NC; Owner: EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY)
- W267AN (101.3 FM; WILKESBORO, NC; Owner: TRIAD FAMILY NETWORK, INC.)
- WKBC-FM (97.3 FM; NORTH WILKESBORO, NC; Owner: WILKES BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Beech Mountain:
- WUNE-TV (Channel 17; LINVILLE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WCYB-TV (Channel 5; BRISTOL, VA; Owner: APPALACHIAN BROADCASTING CORP.)
- W65DT (Channel 65; BOONE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WASV-TV (Channel 62; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SOUTH CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- W59AK (Channel 59; ZIONVILLE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WLNN-LP (Channel 24; BOONE, NC; Owner: SOUND MEDIA INC.)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 2- Atop Beech Mountain, Type: Tower, Structure height: 10.6 m, Overall height: 11.5 m, Call Sign: WSY260
Assigned Frequencies : 152.007 MHz
Grant Date: 07/23/2002, Expiration Date: 09/22/2012, Certifier: B L Brown
Registrant: High Country Communications, Inc., Linville, NC 28646, Phone: (828) 733-1822, Fax: (828) 733-3651, Email:
- Lat: 36.215417 Lon: -81.887806, Call Sign: WPYP785
Assigned Frequencies : 451.287 MHz, 456.287 MHz
Grant Date: 09/24/2003, Expiration Date: 09/24/2013, Certifier: Rory Ellington
Registrant: Cara Enterprises Inc, Salt Lake City, UT 84117-0503, Phone: (801) 278-9728, Fax: (801) 278-7239
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1- Beech Mountain, Lat: 36.163917 Lon: -81.878917, Call Sign: WQJL605
Assigned Frequencies : 956.368 MHz
Grant Date: 10/23/2008, Expiration Date: 10/23/2018, Certifier: Michael Boaz
Registrant: Sensus Metering Systems, 450 N Gallatin Avenue, Uniontown, PA 15401, Phone: (800) 638-3748, Fax: (800) 888-2403, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 1- Call Sign: WA1SNW, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01181617
Grant Date: 08/15/2006, Expiration Date: 08/15/2016
Registrant: Scott W Hippen, 156 Wild Daisy Lane, Beech Mountain, NC 28604
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 1- Aircraft: ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY R22 (Rotorcraft, Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 8400C , Serial Number: 0346, Year manufactured: 1983, Airworthiness Date: 06/09/1983
Registrant (Individual): James L Dba Kennedy, G-328 Holiday Beech Villas, Beech Mountain, NC 28604
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
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