The North Carolina counties with the most CAFOs in floodplains

County

Poultry

Swine

Total

In 100-yr floodplain

In 500-yr floodplain

In 100ft buffer

In 100-yr floodplain

In 500-yr floodplain

In 100ft buffer

Duplin

10

4

3

5

4

26

Wayne

1

7

4

2

1

15

Pender

3

1

2

3

2

11

Craven

6

2

8

Robeson

4

4

8

Cumberland

3

2

1

6

Columbus

4

1

5

Jones

1

2

2

5

Lenoir

1

2

1

1

5

Wilkes

2

3

5

Bertie

1

2

1

4

Harnett

3

1

4

Onslow

1

1

2

4

Pitt

1

1

1

1

4

Sampson

2

1

1

4

Bladen

2

1

3

Cabarrus

2

1

3

Edgecombe

2

1

3

Hertford

2

1

3

Gates

1

1

2

Iredell

2

2

Nash

2

2

Union

2

2

Yadkin

2

2

Alexander

1

1

Ashe

1

1

Anson

1

1

Brunswick

1

1

Beaufort

1

1

Burke

1

1

Caswell

1

1

Catawba

1

1

Gaston

1

1

Greene

1

1

Montgomery

1

1

Johnston

1

1

Lee

1

1

Northampton

1

1

Randolph

1

1

Richmond

1

1

Wake

1

1

Warren

1

1

Washington

1

1

Pasquotank

1

1

37

33

27

34

10

15

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