Flock & ALPR Cameras in Spruce Pine, North Carolina
Volunteers have reported 10 automated license plate readers in and around Spruce Pine — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Spruce Pine in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 21:33 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Spruce Pine
The readers mapped around Spruce Pine break down as 10 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Jul 2025; the most recent in Feb 2026.
- US 19E — 3 readers
- Linville Falls Highway — 2 readers
- South NC Highway 226 — 2 readers
- South US Highway 19E — 1 reader
- NC 226 — 1 reader
- Altapass Highway — 1 reader
Spruce Pine in the Mitchell County picture
Mitchell County has 11 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #230 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 10.7% nationally. That’s across 14,973 residents and 851 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 38.1% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 7 traffic.
What’s watching Spruce Pine
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Spruce Pine — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Spruce Pine (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Spruce Pine
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
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Cameras near Spruce Pine
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).