Project NC / Bertie County

Askewville

WW · Bertie CountyDistressedPWSID NC0408065

MISI Score

19.0

Stable

Score Confidence

0.7%

Peer Percentile

100.0th

As of

Apr 23, 2026

EXPLANATION

Score Drivers

MISI score is 19.000 (Stable).
Population Served Decline adds 10 points. Population trend contributes +10: five-year population change is -11.403509%.
Climate Hazard Exposure adds 4 points. Operational climate hazard exposure contributes +4: FEMA NRI composite score is 66.3800.
Current Drought Severity adds 3 points. Current drought severity contributes +3: USDM severity index is 0.3436 as of 2026-04-14.
Days Cash on Hand adds 2 points. Days-cash contributes +2: current days cash on hand is 170.760 days from connector-sourced ws_days_cash (as of 2024-06-30).
Missing or unresolved factors: Infrastructure Capital Gap, Lead & Copper Rule Risk, PFAS Contamination Risk.

MARKET INTERPRETATION

What the data suggests

Askewville operates a community water system tracked in the Munimetric coverage set. At the latest reading, the system shows limited signs of structural stress.

The score is being driven mainly by Revenue Fragility, with Operational Stress adding further pressure. The pressure is distributed rather than concentrated in a single dimension.

4 active stress signals are attached to this system, including one at high severity. The breadth of active signals, even without concentrated high severity, suggests pressure across more than one dimension.

Within its peer cohort, this system ranks around the 100th percentile on measured stress, placing it near the top of peer-group stress.

Recent score history has been relatively steady, consistent with the system's overall profile.

This summary is based on structured, source-backed public data and is intended for research and monitoring only. It is not investment advice, a credit opinion, or municipal advisory guidance.

SCORE STACK

Family Contributions

Operational Stress7.0 / 20.0

Capex Pressure0.0 / 20.0

Revenue Fragility12.0 / 20.0

Rate Constraint0.0 / 20.0

Governance Risk0.0 / 20.0

SL 2020-79

SWIA Assessment History

2024	2023	2022	2021	2019
6	6	10	3	6

ACTIVE SIGNALS

4 Signals

EmergingactiveApr 2, 2026

Days Cash on Hand

Weak unrestricted liquidity reduces the utility's ability to absorb rate, capex, or operating shocks.

Score impact: 2.0 · Family: Revenue Fragility

SignificantactiveApr 3, 2026

Population Served Decline

A shrinking served population weakens the customer base and raises infrastructure cost per customer.

Score impact: 10.0 · Family: Revenue Fragility

MaterialactiveApr 7, 2026

Climate Hazard Exposure

Elevated drought and flood exposure raises outage, source-water, and infrastructure reliability stress.

Score impact: 4.0 · Family: Operational Stress

MaterialactiveApr 7, 2026

Current Drought Severity

Active drought conditions stress source-water availability and treatment operations.

Score impact: 3.0 · Family: Operational Stress

HISTORY

Score Trend

Latest

19.0

Trend

+19.0

Observations

NC TREASURER FBA

Financial Benchmarks

Population176

General Fund Expenditure$136K

Fund Balance Available$323K

Fund Balance %237.3%

Cash & Investments$394K

Assessed Valuation$15.2M

Tax Rate0.2

Effective Tax Rate0.2

Tax Collection %97.9%

Amount Uncollected$636

Days Cash on Hand

171

Days Cash As Of

Jun 30, 2024

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Askewville

Score Drivers

What the data suggests

Family Contributions

SWIA Assessment History

4 Signals

Days Cash on Hand

Population Served Decline

Climate Hazard Exposure

Current Drought Severity

Score Trend

Financial Benchmarks