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Air quality · ZIP 28704

Air quality in Arden (NC, Asheville S), NC

ZIP 28704 (North Carolina) — air quality summary sourced from EPA AirNow. Data lands this week as the EPA AirNow ingestion pipeline rolls out.

Last verified 2026-04-24 · methodology

What lands here

Pages show the current AQI category (Good, Moderate, Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups, Unhealthy, Very Unhealthy, Hazardous), the nearest reporting station, and historical averages.

Source & refresh

EPA AirNow. Refreshed hourly real-time / daily historical. Stale data is flagged, never silently served. Primary source →

Limitations specific to this source

Rural ZIPs may not have a nearby monitoring station; zipradar then reports the closest available station with distance context.

North Carolina context

Hurricanes (coastal), PFAS in Cape Fear

North Carolina's Outer Banks + coastal counties carry extensive FEMA VE/AE coverage. Wilmington + Cape Fear basin has documented PFAS contamination flagged in EPA SDWIS. Wildfire risk in western Appalachian counties.

See North Carolina state page for the full state-level rollup across all 12 dimensions.

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Full dashboard for ZIP 28704

Air quality is one of twelve dimensions zipradar federates per address. See the full federated summary for ZIP 28704:

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