• POLICE, FIRE AND MEDICAL EMERGENCY       911

• POLK COUNTY SHERIFF DEPT.   828-894-3001

• 911 ADDRESSING AT SHERIFF'S OFFICE 828-894-3001

• GREEN CREEK FIRE DEPT.  828-863-2100

• GREEN CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT.   828-863-2300

• ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL (POLK COUNTY) 828-894-3311

• RUTHERFORD HOSPITAL (RUTHERFORDTON) 828-286-5000

• AMBULANCE SERVICE (COLUMBUS) NON-EMERGENCY 828-894-3067

• NC FORESTRY SERVICE 828-894-8020 DAY OR 894-2466 EVENING

• POLK COUNTY HEALTH DEPT. (SEPTIC PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS 828-894-3557 OR 3558

• POLK COUNTY BUILDING INSPECTOR AND PERMITS 828-894-3739

• RUTHERFORD ELECTRIC  828-245-1621 OR 800-521-0920

• BELLSOUTH PHONE CO. (NEW SERVICE) 888-757-6500 OR 780-2355

• BELLSOUTH PHONE CO. (REPAIR) 877-737-2478

• WATER RESOURCES FOR GREEN RIVER (water release schedules)

         Lake Adger/Turner Shoals Dam 828-289-6675 Jeff McCraw Manager

         Summit Lake/Tuxedo Dam 800-829-6675 go to menu for Tuxedo Hydro Dam

• NC DEPT WILDLIFE RESOURCES - 828-659-3324 X 224 MALLORY MARTIN.