Sea Level, North Carolina
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Sea Level, also spelled Sealevel, is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in Carteret County,
North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...
, United States.


Geography

Sea Level is located in northeastern Carteret County. The community is adjacent to Core Sound. It is located in what was known to early settlers as Hunting Quarters. Sea Level has one of the lowest elevations in North Carolina; it is estimated that approximately 75 percent of the community floods when
hurricane A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its ...
s pass through. The elevation of the community is 4 ft (1 m). Sea Level is within the Sea Level Township in Carteret County. The ZIP Code for Sea Level is 28577.


Transportation

US 70 is the major thoroughfare through the community. The southern terminus of NC 12 is in Sea Level.


References and external links


Sea Level Hurricane Data and History
Specific Unincorporated communities in Carteret County, North Carolina Unincorporated communities in North Carolina Populated coastal places in North Carolina {{CarteretCountyNC-geo-stub