This collection comprises geospatial datasets used to create the Beaverdam Valley Neighborhood Association community map and the resulting map in pdf and jpeg formats. This scope of the map covers the borders of Buncombe County, North Carolina, the city limits of Asheville, NC, and the three registered neighborhoods of the Beaverdam Valley (Beaverdam Valley, Hills of Beaverdam, and Beaverdam Run). The geospatial data includes the following layers and associated files:

"AVL City Limits.geojson": City of Asheville GIS municipal boundary data

"AVL City Limits.qmd": QGIS metadata file for the above

"AVL Neighborhoods.geojson": City of Asheville GIS registered neighborhood data

"AVL Neighborhoods.qmd": QGIS metadata file for the above

"Buncombe_County_Parcels.geojson": Buncombe County GIS parcel data.

"Buncombe_County_Parcels.qmd": QGIS metadata file for the above

"BV Boundaries.geojson": Beaverdam Valley Neighborhood boundaries.

"BV Boundaries.qmd": QGIS metadata file for the above

"BV Parcel Intersection.geojson": Intersection of the Beverdam Valley Neighborhood boundaries with the Buncombe County Parcel data.

"BV Parcel Intersection.qmd": QGIS metadata file for the above

"BVNA_Map_2022_v2.pdf": BVNA CIP Community Map

"BVNA_Map_2022_v2_825.jpg": BVNA CIP Community Map

"City Limits.geojson": Buncombe county boundaries and city limits boundaries witin the county.

"QGIS BVNA CIP.zip": Zip file containing the above layers in a QGIS project folder and file.

About the Project: The Beaverdam Valley Neighborhood Association (BVNA) Community Informatics Project aims to gain deeper understanding of the Beaverdam Valley community and to work towards gathering and sharing information about the community and its history. This collection represents a deliverable produced under the 2022-2023 City of Asheville Neighborhood Matching Grant program.

This service depicts true color imagery for the 24 counties representing the Southern Piedmont and Mountains regions of North Carolina. The imagery has a pixel resolution of 6 inches and was flown in the beginning of 2015. Individual pixel values may have been altered during image processing. Therefore, this service should be used for general reference and viewing. Image analysis requiring examination of individual pixel values is discouraged. This imagery is also included in the "Orthoimagery_Latest" image service which displays the most recent statewide imagery for North Carolina (http://services.nconemap.com/arcgis/rest/services/Imagery/Orthoimagery_Latest/ImageServer).

North Carolina Effective Flood zones: In 2000, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) designated North Carolina a Cooperating Technical Partner State, formalizing an agreement between FEMA and the State to modernize flood maps. This partnership resulted in creation of the North Carolina Floodplain Mapping Program (NCFMP). As a CTS, the State assumed primary ownership and responsibility of the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) for all North Carolina communities as part of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). This project includes conducting flood hazard analyses and producing updated, Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs). Floodplain management is a process that aims to achieve reduced losses due to flooding. It takes on many forms, but is realized through a series of federal, state, and local programs and regulations, in concert with industry practice, to identify flood risk, implement methods to protect man-made development from flooding, and protect the natural and beneficial functions of floodplains. FIRMs are the primary tool for state and local governments to mitigate areas of flooding. Individual county databases can be downloaded from https://fris.nc.gov Updated Jan 17th, 2025.

This polygon dataset is the official Zoning map of Buncombe County. Zoning is the classification of land into districts, with each district placing restrictions and regulations on the type of uses and development allowed in the district. This dataset only includes County zoning, and does not include any zoning within incorporated municipalities such as within the City of Asheville or Town of Weaverville. For information about zoning inside of a city or town, please contact those municipalities directly. For more information http://gisdownload.buncombecounty.org/County_Zoning.htm