Drinking water stations with addresses in Lake Waccamaw and their reported violations in the past:
HALLSBORO UMC (Population served: 200, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- 4 routine major monitoring violations
- One regular monitoring violation
LAKE WACCAMAW STATE PARK (Population served: 180, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between FEB-16-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- 2 routine major monitoring violations
LAKE WACCAMAW ST PARK-VISITORS (Population served: 150, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between FEB-16-2005 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between FEB-16-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- 2 routine major monitoring violations
- One minor monitoring violation
Drinking water stations with addresses in Lake Waccamaw that have no violations reported:
- FREEWILL PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS (Population served: 200, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: |  22.5% | | Whole state: |  12.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 18.2% | | Whole state: | 5.5% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Lake Waccamaw, NC
204 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
60 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
Lake Waccamaw compared to North Carolina state average:
- Black race population percentage significantly above 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 below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
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Banks with branches in Lake Waccamaw (2009 data):
- Branch Banking and Trust Company: Lake Waccamaw Main Branch at 106 E Old Highway 74/76, branch established on 1964-09-17. Info updated 2008-12-12: Bank assets: $147,483.6 mil, Deposits: $98,507.9 mil, headquarters in Winston Salem, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1514 total offices, Holding Company: Bb&T Corporation
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Columbus County North Carolina:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Electricity (67%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (1%)
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Religion statistics for Lake Waccamaw
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Original Free Will Baptists | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Presbyterian Church (USA) |
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| Adherents | 65.8% | 11.8% | 6.2% | 2.9% | 2.8% |
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| Congregations | 50.0% | 14.0% | 8.1% | 5.1% | 5.1% |
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| Name | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | Catholic Church | Charismatic Churches Independent | Assemblies of God | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 2.4% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 4.6% |
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| Congregations | 2.9% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 1.5% | 11.0% |
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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 |
| Other Government Administration |
3 | $10,271 | $41,084 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
5 | $11,752 | $28,205 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
2 | $4,605 | $27,630 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
4 | $8,161 | $24,483 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
2 | $5,183 | $31,098 | 1 | $518 |
| Totals for Government |
16 | $39,972 | $29,979 | 1 | $518 |
Lake Waccamaw government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $264,000
Solid Waste Management: $110,000
- Construction - Water Utilities: $322,000
Fire Protection: $46,000
Regular Highways: $3,000
- Current Operations - Housing & Community Development: $394,000
Sewerage: $331,000
Liquor Stores: $193,000
Central Staff Services: $164,000
Water Utilities: $142,000
Regular Highways: $142,000
Police Protection: $123,000
Solid Waste Management: $62,000
Fire Protection: $29,000
General - Other: $7,000
Parks & Recreation: $4,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $25,000
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Health: $1,000
- Intergovernmental to State - General: $2,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $157,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $42,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $412,000
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $289,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $94,000
Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $36,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $559,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $48,000
Water Utilities: $6,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $106,000
Property Sale Other: $27,000
Interest Earnings: $13,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $20,000
Central Staff: $5,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $810,000
- Revenue - Liquor Stores: $197,000
Water Utilities: $113,000
- State Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $315,000
General Support: $53,000
Highways: $51,000
All Other: $29,000
- Tax - Property: $350,000
Motor Vehicle License: $2,000
NEC: $2,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $292,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $3,000
4.55% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,737 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.55% | | 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:
4.37% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,743 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.37% | | 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 Lake Waccamaw:
- WENC (1220 AM; 5 kW; WHITEVILLE, NC; Owner: DHA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WMYT (1180 AM; daytime; 10 kW; CAROLINA BEACH, NC; Owner: FAMILY RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
- WBLA (1440 AM; 5 kW; ELIZABETHTOWN, NC; Owner: SOUND BUSINESS OF ELIZABETHTOWN, INC)
- WTAB (1370 AM; 5 kW; TABOR CITY, NC; Owner: WTAB, INC)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WAAV (980 AM; 5 kW; LELAND, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WTXY (1540 AM; daytime; 1 kW; WHITEVILLE, NC; Owner: STANLEY BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.)
- WFNC (640 AM; 10 kW; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WMIR (1200 AM; 7 kW; ATLANTIC BEACH, SC; Owner: ATLANTIC BEACH RADIO, INC.)
- WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WSMO (1120 AM; 20 kW; CAMP LEJEUNE, NC; Owner: CTC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WQJM (1450 AM; 10 kW; MYRTLE BEACH, SC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Lake Waccamaw:
- WHQR (91.3 FM; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: FRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
- WMNX (97.3 FM; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WKVC (88.9 FM; NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
- WKXB (99.9 FM; BURGAW, NC; Owner: SEA-COMM, INC.)
- WEGX (92.9 FM; DILLON, SC; Owner: QANTUM OF FLORENCE LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- WGNI (102.7 FM; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WZFX (99.1 FM; WHITEVILLE, NC; Owner: WDAS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WSTS (100.9 FM; FAIRMONT, NC; Owner: PRO-MEDIA, INC.)
- WKML (95.7 FM; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: WKML LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WVCO (94.9 FM; LORIS, SC; Owner: CAROLINA BEACH MUSIC BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WGQR (105.7 FM; ELIZABETHTOWN, NC; Owner: SOUND BUSINESS OF ELIZABETHTOWN, INC)
- WYNA (104.9 FM; CALABASH, NC; Owner: COASTLINE COMMUNICATIONS OF CAROLINA INC)
- WLTT (106.3 FM; SHALLOTTE, NC; Owner: GARY E. BURNS)
- WBNU (103.7 FM; SHALLOTTE, NC; Owner: GARY E. BURNS)
TV broadcast stations around Lake Waccamaw:
- WECT (Channel 6; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- WUNJ-TV (Channel 39; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WSFX-TV (Channel 26; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: SOUTHEASTERN MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WPDE-TV (Channel 15; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: GRAND STRAND COMMUNICATIONS)
- WWMB (Channel 21; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: ATLANTIC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WFXB (Channel 43; MYRTLE BEACH, SC; Owner: GE MEDIA, INC.)
- WBTW (Channel 13; FLORENCE, SC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- W47CK (Channel 47; SHALLOTTE, NC; Owner: CAROLINA CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING INC.)
- WUNU (Channel 31; LUMBERTON, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina:
- Fatal accident count: 8
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 10
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 4
- Fatalities: 10
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 18
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
North Carolina average:
- Fatal accident count: 99
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 151
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 28
- Fatalities: 106
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 264
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 15
See more detailed statistics of Lake Waccamaw fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2008 here
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 3- Town Hall Fire & Rescue, Call Sign: KWJ429, Licensee ID: L00042809
Assigned Frequencies : 158.820 MHz
Grant Date: 07/18/2003, Expiration Date: 08/15/2013
Registrant: County Of Columbus, 608 N Thompson Street, Whiteville, NC 28472, Phone: (919) 640-6600 - Town Hall Fire & Rescue, Call Sign: WAE769, Licensee ID: L00042809
Assigned Frequencies : 156.015 MHz
Grant Date: 07/18/2003, Expiration Date: 08/15/2013
Registrant: County Of Columbus, 608 N Thompson Street, Whiteville, NC 28472, Phone: (919) 640-6600 - Lat: 34.601944 Lon: -78.843056, Call Sign: WPTW829
Assigned Frequencies : 460.650 MHz, 465.650 MHz
Grant Date: 01/03/2002, Expiration Date: 01/03/2012, Certifier: Rocco Wadsworth
Registrant: Coastal Electronics, 313 Old Dairy Rd, Wilmington, NC 28405, Phone: (910) 791-4646, Fax: (910) 791-6937
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 3- Call Sign: K4ACF, Previous Call Sign: WB9ACF, Licensee ID: L00185867
Grant Date: 10/21/2008, Expiration Date: 12/15/2018, Certifier: Alvin D Schmidt
Registrant: Alvin D Schmidt, 1072 Wooded Acres Road, Lake Waccamaw, NC 28450 - Call Sign: KE4SQW, Previous Call Sign:
Grant Date: 11/14/1994, Expiration Date: 11/14/2004, Cancelation Date: 11/15/2006
Registrant: Valeria N Balogh, Lake Waccamaw, NC 28450 - Call Sign: N4BGU, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01062780
Grant Date: 09/13/2005, Expiration Date: 12/05/2015, Certifier: Janos I Balogh
Registrant: Janos I Balogh, Lake Waccamaw, NC 28450
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 2- Aircraft: PIPER PA-28-140 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 107 mph), Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 4535R , Serial Number: 28-21239, Year manufactured: 1965
Registrant (Individual): Kelly D Seymour, Po Box 222, Lake Waccamaw, NC 28450 - Aircraft: STAMM WILLIAM J GLASAIR RG (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 729S , Serial Number: 455R, Airworthiness Date: 05/19/1986
Registrant (Corporation): Waccamaw Aviation LLC, 3549 Waccamaw Shores Rd, Lake Waccamaw, NC 28450
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
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