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Information on FIPS Name Changes for Dare and Hyde Counties.

Effective July 10th, 2018, the Outer Banks segments of Hyde and Dare counties will no longer be differentiated from mainland segments

of these counties in NWS county based products and services.  For more please see the Service Change Notice or view the map below. 

 

Hyde County Changes (see map below for more)

The FIPS code will remain the same but the county segments in Hyde County, NC, will change from Outer Banks Hyde and Mainland

Hyde to both segments being referred to as Hyde County (FIPS code 37095).

 

Dare County Changes (see map below for more)

The FIPS code for Dare County, NC, will also remain the same (37055) but the county segments will change from Outer Banks

Dare and Mainland Dare to both county segments being referred to as Dare County.

 

 

          Prior To The Change                 As of July 10th, 2018