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72.8 acres of farm and timber land in Unicoi County

This 72.8-acre farm and timber parcel has only a private or service road mapped, was last deeded in Feb 2010 and sits outside FEMA's high-risk flood zone.

Marbleton Rd, Unicoi, TN · Parcel 002 050.00

2026 roll, county file October 2026

At a glance

Only a private or service road is mapped.
  • BuildZoning not on file · 1 building mapped (satellite)
  • GroundNo FEMA flood zone or wetlands mapped · soils very limited for septic
  • ValueTax value $485k, 2026 roll · no priced sale · deed Feb 2010
  • Acres72.8
  • Land typeFarm and timber
  • ZoningWe have not collected a zoning map for Town of Unicoi yet
  • Flood zoneX · minimal flood hazard
  • WetlandsNone mappedNational Wetlands Inventory
  • Tax value (county)$485kFrom the county’s last revaluation, not a market price · 2026 roll
  • Last saleNo priced sale · deed Feb 2010One deed for this parcel and 2 other parcels: its total is not this parcel's price
  • Road accessOnly a private or service road mappedRoads: OpenStreetMap (Geofabrik extract), Oct 2026

Land facts

From public records and official maps, each with its source and date.

  • Who zones itTown of UnicoiCensus city limits, Jan 2025
  • Septic (soils)Very limitedUSDA NRCS soil survey (SSURGO), septic absorption fields · Oct 2026
  • Nearest public wastewater plantAbout 1 mile (straight line) · Buffalo Valley STPEPA ECHO discharge permits for publicly owned treatment works, Oct 2026 · Not a sewer line at this lot. Plants that do not discharge to a river or stream (spray fields, percolation ponds) are not on EPA's list, so one could be closer
  • Ground elevationAbout 1,779–2,730 ft above sea level; average slope 52.3%USGS 3DEP 1/3 arc-second (about 10 m), NAVD88; about ±1–2 ft · Oct 2026
  • HighwaysI-26 0.3 mi; I-26 Exit 27 1.2 mi, in a straight lineOpenStreetMap (Geofabrik extract) · Oct 2026
  • Nearest fire stationAbout 3.5 miles (straight line) · West Carter County Volunteer Fire DepartmentUSGS National Structures Dataset, fire and EMS stations, Oct 2026 · straight line, not road miles. Insurers' fire protection class (ISO) counts road miles to a responding station, often 5 or fewer. A station missing from the federal list would be closer
  • Nearest emergency roomAbout 5.1 miles (straight line) · Johnson City Medical CenterCMS Care Compare hospital list (hospitals that report an emergency department), located by the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder, Jul 2026 · straight line, not road miles or drive time. Names as filed with Medicare. Veterans', military, children's and psychiatric hospitals are not counted
  • Old mines2 old mine sites within half a mile on USGS maps: 2 strip mines; the nearest is about 300 ft from the parcelUSGS mine and prospect features from topographic maps (Horton and San Juan 2025), Sep 2025 · straight line from the parcel's edge (taken as a circle of the parcel's area around its map point); features drawn on old USGS topographic maps, so many are long reclaimed or built over, and mines never drawn on a map are not here

Services and surroundings

What serves the area around this parcel, from federal and state maps. Area facts, not a survey of the lot.

  • USDA home loan areaInside an eligible areaHousehold income limits also apply. USDA Rural Development map, edited Jul 2023.
  • Public land nearbyCherokee National Forest, 0.2 miForest Service, open to the public. 125,606 acres. Being nearby does not give access or hunting rights. USGS protected areas map (PAD-US 4.1).

School district and farmland

Public federal records, each with its source and date.

  • School districtUnicoi County School DistrictGrades pre-K–12 · NCES EDGE school district boundaries, school year 2024–25 (Census TIGER 2025 lines), released Mar 2026. A district, not an assigned school
  • Farmland classNot prime farmlandMap unit Dunmore-Rock outcrop complex, 20 to 35 percent slopes, about 49% of the parcel · USDA NRCS soil survey (SSURGO), survey area TN171, version Aug 2026
  • Crop productivity (NCCPI)0.13 of 1National Commodity Crop Productivity Index 3.0 of the main soil, Dunmore; higher is more productive for non-irrigated commodity crops · USDA NRCS soil survey (SSURGO), version Aug 2026
  • Land capability classClass 6e of 8: generally unsuited to tilled crops (erosion)Non-irrigated, Dunmore; class 1 has the fewest limits · USDA NRCS soil survey (SSURGO), version Aug 2026
  • Cropland rent$58.50 an acre a yearCounty average, non-irrigated, 2026 · USDA NASS county cash rents survey, released August 21, 2026

Crops and forest

Public federal records, each with its source and year. Satellite classifications, not farm records.

  • Land cover (CDL)Deciduous forest 2021–2025No crop in these years; the most common class in the 90 m around the parcel's map point, from satellite imagery · USDA NASS Cropland Data Layer 2021–2025
  • Forest type (LANDFIRE)Southern Appalachian Oak ForestChestnut Oak Forest and Woodland, hardwood; the most common vegetation type in the 90 m around the map point · LANDFIRE 2024 Existing Vegetation Type (USGS / USFS)
  • Hydric soilsNone mappedShare of the outline on soils rated hydric: the soil test of a wetland determination and of an NRCS wetland reserve easement (ACEP-WRE) · USDA NRCS soil survey (SSURGO)
  • CRP rental rate (county)$49 an acre a yearThe county's 2026 average dryland soil rental rate (was $74): the base of a new Conservation Reserve contract's yearly rent; each field's rate follows its soils · USDA FSA, CRP 2026 county average soil rental rates

Soil for septic and building

Soils here are rated very limited for a septic drain field. They rate very limited for a house with or without a basement. The main soil shrinks and swells moderately as it wets and dries, which foundations should allow for.

  • Septic drain fieldVery limitedLimits: slope, slow water movement
  • House, no basementVery limitedLimits: slope, shrink-swell
  • House with basementVery limitedLimits: slope, shrink-swell
  • Shrink-swellModerateLinear extensibility about 4.5% at 10 to 39 in. deep

A soil-survey screening of the parcel's main soil, not a perc test. A septic permit needs the local health department's site evaluation, and a foundation design needs a soil test on the lot.

USDA NRCS soil survey (SSURGO), survey area TN171, version Aug 2026, read through NRCS Soil Data Access · sources & method

Utility service areas

Public service-area maps, each with its source and date. An area, not a connection at this parcel.

  • Electric service areaInside the service area of City of Elizabethton or French Broad Electric Membership Corp (approximate)The mapped areas overlap here · HIFLD electric retail service territories, frozen 2025 copy, edited Aug 2025; approximate, confirm with the utility.

Environmental records

Public state and federal lists, each with its agency and date. A record is not a finding about this parcel.

  • Red flags6 environmental lists checked · state remediation sites, dry cleaners and landfills not checked · tank releases reported after 2021 not checkedGroundwork check of public lists: U.S. EPA Office of Underground Storage Tanks (from state records), as of 2021; U.S. EPA, as of Oct 2026; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, as of Aug 31, 2026; USGS Gap Analysis Project, as of 2025

Mapped ground hazards

Mapped features from USGS maps, each with its agency and date. Distances are from the parcel's map point; a mapped area is not a finding about this parcel. Not checked here: field-surveyed sinkholes (Tennessee publishes no statewide sinkhole inventory), abandoned mines, oil and gas wells, landslides.

  • Karst depressions (sinkhole terrain)Nearest mapped karst depression about 400 ft from the parcel's map point (about 81 ft deep, Ridge and Valley)USGS: Depressions in karst areas of Tennessee (TNBMP elevation data), Ladd and Carmichael 2025, as of Jun 2025. USGS modelled these from Tennessee base-map elevation data in the state's karst regions; not field-checked; ponds, lakes and depressions outside the karst regions left out

Ground screening

Public geologic maps flag karst ground (where sinkholes can form) and landslides near this parcel. Screening, not a geotechnical survey.

  • KarstIn a karst area (dolomite or marble can form sinkholes)USGS
  • Landslide susceptibilityHigh landslide susceptibilityUSGS
Sources & methodWhere these lines come from

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): Karst in the United States: a digital map compilation and database (Weary and Doctor, Open-File Report 2014-1156), as of Jul 2014. A national map compiled from state geologic maps at 1:24,000 to 1:500,000; USGS says it should not be used to draw site-specific boundaries. Left out: soluble rock the map shows buried under glacial or other deposits (any depth), units whose main rock is sand, clay, shale or another insoluble rock even where the map files them as carbonate or evaporite terrain, and sandstone, volcanic and piping pseudokarst; the page says nothing there.

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): Slope-relief threshold landslide susceptibility models for the United States (Mirus and others, nonlinear n10 model, 90 m), as of Aug 2024. Each 90 m map cell counts how many of its 81 smaller 10 m cells are steep, high-relief ground of the kind where U.S. landslides are recorded (0 to 81). We say 'high' only where the cell at the parcel's map point counts 61 or more (about three-quarters or more); USGS notes the highest counts capture most recorded landslides. Below that we say nothing. A national 90 m model; it does not look at soil, drainage or what is built on the ground.

Distances are from the parcel's map point. Screening, not a geotechnical survey. A soil or geotechnical engineer can say what the ground under a building site will do.

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Land price (est.)No price estimate for this parcel. Too few sales of land of 1 acre or more in Unicoi County to test a land price yet.Not a Pro lock: no plan has a price for this parcel yet
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In this areaUnicoiParcels and flood8.2%in a FEMA flood zone2,063parcels on the roll

Home facts

Satellite-mapped structures
1 building, about 600 sq ft footprint (FEMA USA Structures, 2026)
Bedrooms, bathrooms, living area, year built
Not in this county's published parcel file
Property tax
Not estimated: no published county or town tax rate is matched to this parcel's location

Tennessee 2026 county taxes: due since October 5; pay by the end of February 2027 to avoid interest.

Sources: Tennessee Code Annotated 67-1-701, 67-5-2010 and 67-1-404, as listed in the Comptroller of the Treasury’s assessment calendar. Checked Oct 20, 2026.

Value history

2026: $484,500 ($484,500 land)

Roll values set for property tax · Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury county parcel and assessment files · as of Oct 2026

What land sells for nearby

Land in Unicoi County sold for:

  • 10 acres or more: $4,700–$7,000 an acre (12 sales, Oct 2025–Sep 2026); median $5,700
  • Lots under 1 acre: $15k–$42k a lot (13 sales, Oct 2025–Sep 2026); median $30k
  • 1 to 10 acres: $23.5k–$34.0k an acre (12 sales, Oct 2025–Sep 2026); median $27k

The middle half (25th to 75th percentile) and the median of arm's-length single-parcel land sales. Each size uses its own months (the shortest of 12, 24 or 36 that holds enough sales), so the sizes' counts need not add up to another figure on this page. Source: the county's own recorded sales, arm's-length by the county's own flag. Recorded sales, not an estimate of any parcel.

Home values in Unicoi County rose about 75% over 5 years and 5% in the last year (FHFA, 2025).

FHFA House Price Index, all-transactions, annual county index, 2025, last updated March 31, 2026. Method: Bogin, Doerner and Larson, “Local House Price Dynamics: New Indices and Stylized Facts”, FHFA Working Paper 16-01 · sources & method

Owner: on the county assessment roll (not shown here) · Request removal

Hazards

FEMA National Risk Index for this census tract, not this parcel. As of Dec 2025.

Lightning
Very high
Cold wave
Relatively high
Strong wind
Relatively high
Winter weather
Relatively moderate
Riverine flooding
Relatively moderate
Landslide
Relatively moderate
Tornado
Relatively low
Earthquake
Relatively low
Ice storm
Relatively low
Hail
Relatively low
Wildfire
Relatively low
Heat wave
Very low

Recorded flood claims

OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, as of Sep 2026

Claims since 1978
16Insured buildings in this census tract
Outside the mapped flood zone
Almost allRated zone X, B or C

Federal disaster declarations

Federal disaster declarations in Unicoi County since 2000: 12 (most recently Severe Winter Storm, January 2026).

  • 4 severe storms
  • 2 biological emergencies (COVID-19)
  • 2 tropical storms
  • 2 winter storms
  • 1 flood
  • 1 hurricane
FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset: Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2, as of October 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data · sources & method

Development nearby

About 7 acres within a mile turned from farmland, forest or other open land into developed land in 2020–2025 (more than most of Unicoi County).

2020–2025
About 7 acresWithin a mile, open land turned developed
2015–2025
About 14 acresThe same, over 10 years
Typical in Unicoi County
Under 5 acresThe middle of the county's land, 2020–2025

Neighborhood (Census)

Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year, as of Jan 2026

Median household income
$54,408± $18,720
Median home value (owner-reported)
$302,300± $43,549
Median rent (gross)
$736± $278
Homes lived in by their owners
58%± 8 pts
Median year homes were built
1983± 4 yr
Average commute (one way)
30 min± 7 min · census tract (not published for block groups)
Population
2,860± 406

Figures for the census block group around this parcel (a few hundred homes), not this property. This product uses Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Sources & methodSources, county file October 2026

At a glance: each fact's source and date

Each figure in the grid above, where it comes from and the date of the file or map we read.

Acres: Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury county parcel and assessment files, county file Oct 17, 2026.

Land type: Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury county parcel and assessment files, county file Oct 17, 2026.

Zoning: Our zoning map coverage, map built Oct 17, 2026.

Flood zone: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, as of Sep 27, 2026.

Wetlands: USFWS National Wetlands Inventory, as of Oct 9, 2026.

Tax value (county): Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury county parcel and assessment files, county file Oct 17, 2026.

Last sale: Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury county parcel and assessment files, sales through Sep 2026.

Road access: Roads: OpenStreetMap (Geofabrik extract), Oct 2026.

Soil for septic and building

Source: USDA NRCS soil survey (SSURGO), survey area TN171, version Aug 2026, read through NRCS Soil Data Access.

The parcel's main soil map unit covers about 49% of its outline: Dunmore-Rock outcrop complex, 20 to 35 percent slopes. Its main component is Dunmore (70% of the unit).

The ratings are NRCS's own map-unit interpretations (dominant condition): ENG - Septic Tank Absorption Fields, ENG - Dwellings W/O Basements and ENG - Dwellings With Basements. The limits listed are the features NRCS names for the main component. Shrink-swell is that component's linear extensibility, depth-weighted from 25 to 100 cm, the layer NRCS's homesite rule reads; NRCS classes: low under 3%, moderate 3 to 6%, high 6 to 9%, very high 9% or more.

A screening, not a perc test or a soil boring: soils vary inside a map unit (survey scale about 1:12,000 to 1:24,000), and fill or grading may have changed the lot.

Home facts

FEMA USA Structures (FEMA and Oak Ridge National Laboratory), release of Sep 2026, traced from satellite imagery of 2016-2025. Building outlines of about 450 sq ft and up traced from satellite imagery, counted where the outline's centre lies inside the parcel outline. A footprint is the building's outline seen from above, not its living area; the county's record does not list a building for this parcel. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

What land sells for nearby

This tracks home values, not land values. Land buyers read it as a sign of demand nearby: where homes gain value, builders and buyers follow. A vacant lot can move differently.

How: the change in FHFA's annual county index from 2020 and 2024 to 2025, rounded. The index follows repeat sales and refinance appraisals of the same single-family homes with Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac mortgages. It is in today's dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and FHFA calls these local indexes developmental. Where FHFA's sample is too small it publishes no figure, and none prints here.

Source: FHFA House Price Index, all-transactions, annual county index, 2025, last updated March 31, 2026. Method: Bogin, Doerner and Larson, “Local House Price Dynamics: New Indices and Stylized Facts”, FHFA Working Paper 16-01.

Hazards

Ratings come from FEMA's National Risk Index (v1.20, planning-level) and the public federal and state maps named on each row, not a private climate model. FEMA rates each census tract from expected annual losses, community resilience and social vulnerability, for planning; it is not an assessment of this parcel.

Recorded flood claims

Insured buildings near this parcel, not the parcel itself. FEMA counts claims on buildings with NFIP flood insurance, so land that never had an insured building has no claims to count. The count is the parcel's census block group when it has 10 or more, else its tract's; a count under 10 prints as "Fewer than 10". Source: OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3.

Federal disaster declarations

Each federal declaration whose designated areas include the county, declared from January 2000 on, counted once by its FEMA disaster number. An emergency declaration and a major-disaster declaration for the same storm are two declarations, as FEMA numbers them. Declarations for tribal lands alone are not counted. The date shown is when the most recent incident began. Types are FEMA's incident types: an evacuation emergency for a storm elsewhere (Hurricane Katrina, 2005) counts under that storm. By kind: 7 major disasters and 5 emergencies.

Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset: Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2, as of October 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data.

Development nearby

Counted from USGS Annual NLCD land cover (USGS Annual NLCD Collection 1.2, 30 m maps made from Landsat imagery, 2015, 2020 and 2025; public domain, DOI 10.5066/P94UXNTS). A 30 m square counts when it was forest, shrub, grassland, pasture, cropland or wetland in the start year and developed in 2025: NLCD's developed classes, from lawns, parks and roads to dense buildings. The squares are summed over the land within about a mile of this parcel's center on a 240 m grid, so the figures are rounded. "Most of the county" compares the same one-mile figure across the county's land. A satellite land-cover map misses some changes and mislabels a few, so read it as a guide to how fast the area is building out, not a survey. As of 2025 land cover.

Neighborhood (Census)

± is the Census 90% margin of error; a figure comes from the larger census tract when the block group's sample is too small.

Tax value

Tax value from the county’s last revaluation, not a market price. County file, October 2026.

Appraised value (the county assessor's appraisal at its last reappraisal), not a market estimate. Tennessee taxes 25% of it for homes and farms and 40% for commercial and industrial property.

Parcel outline

The outline and its edge lengths are measured on the parcel map the map draws; the aerial loads from the public imagery named under it.

Source

Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury county parcel and assessment files, county file Oct 17, 2026.

Record

Public records can be wrong; check before you act.

Parcel: 002 050.00

Coordinates: 36.2499° N, 82.3314° W