28653 ZIP Code
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ZIP code 28653 covers Montezuma, North Carolina.
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Where 28653 is
Montezuma, North Carolina — the point the Postal Service gives for this ZIP code. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes rather than an area, so this marks its centre, not its boundary.
Natural hazard risk
FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.
| Overall risk | Higher than 91.2% of US census tracts |
|---|---|
| FEMA rating | Relatively High |
| Expected annual loss | 89.9 out of 100 |
| Community resilience | 39.4 out of 100 |
By hazard
Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.
| Landslide | 99.6Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code |
|---|---|
| River flooding | 97.9Very High at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Lightning | 97.8Very High at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Ice storm | 95.6Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Strong wind | 87.6Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Cold wave | 86.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Tornado | 75Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Wildfire | 74.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Hurricane | 73.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Hail | 71.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Winter weather | 71.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Earthquake | 69.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
Climate
NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.
| Weather station | GRANDFATHER MTN, NC US7.2 km away |
|---|---|
| Rain in a year | 65 in |
Average high and low by month
| January | 37.3°F / 21°F5.01 in rain |
|---|---|
| February | 39.8°F / 22.8°F3.93 in rain |
| March | 45.6°F / 29.4°F5.38 in rain |
| April | 55.3°F / 37.8°F5.9 in rain |
| May | 62.2°F / 46.8°F6.05 in rain |
| June | 68.5°F / 54.2°F6.36 in rain |
| July | 71.9°F / 57.6°F6.21 in rain |
| August | 70.5°F / 56.7°F5.76 in rain |
| September | 65.5°F / 51.5°F6.45 in rain |
| October | 56.9°F / 41.5°F4.98 in rain |
| November | 48.1°F / 31.9°F4.19 in rain |
| December | 41.7°F / 25.7°F4.53 in rain |
Access to food
USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.
| Low income and far from a supermarket | None of this ZIP code |
|---|---|
| Far from a supermarket | None of this ZIP code |
| No vehicle and far from a supermarket | None of this ZIP code |
School districts
NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.
| Avery County Schools | 100% of this ZIP code's land area |
|---|
Community and walkability
CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.
| Overall social vulnerability | 51more vulnerable than 51% of US census tracts |
|---|---|
| Socioeconomic status | 46more vulnerable than 46% of US census tracts |
| Household characteristics | 25more vulnerable than 25% of US census tracts |
| Racial and ethnic minority status | 17more vulnerable than 17% of US census tracts |
| Housing type and transport | 84more vulnerable than 84% of US census tracts |
| Walkability | 8.3 out of 20Below average |
Nearby ZIP codes
The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.
| 28657 Newland, NC | 2.7 km away |
|---|---|
| 28646 Linville, NC | 2.8 km away |
| 28662 Pineola, NC | 4.2 km away |
| 28616 Crossnore, NC | 5.4 km away |
| 28652 Minneapolis, NC | 8.6 km away |
| 28664 Plumtree, NC | 9.5 km away |
| 28641 Jonas Ridge, NC | 10.3 km away |
| 28647 Linville Falls, NC | 12.3 km away |
Location, counties and time zone
County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.
| Avery County | 100% of this ZIP code's land area |
|---|---|
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard) |
| Daylight saving time | Observed |
| Land area | 0.04 sq mi |
| Latitude, longitude | 36.0651, -81.9017 |
Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.