Buncombe County Landslide Hazard Maps

—The Buncombe County Soil Hazards Map has not been released—

Location of The Cliffs at High Carolina
Subdivision and Tiger Woods Golf Course
on Buncombe County Hazardous-Land Map— NCGS.

Western North Carolina: I-40 Pigeon River Gorge Rockslides— July 1997 /October 2009 —NCGS & Asheville Citizen-Times

Federal Disaster Declarations Result in Landslide Hazard Studies

In September 2004 fifteen Western North Carolina counties were in a state of emergency after rain-initiated landslides caused loss of life and catastrophic damage. To fulfill federal hazard mitigation requirements, the North Carolina General Assembly authorized a 19 county landslide mapping program in February 2005. Governor Mike Easley stated in an October 2006 press release that

When Did They Know?

Buncombe County officials were notified in August 2004 that the mountain land under their jurisdiction was geologically hazardous. This was not the first hazard designation for the county.