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Evacuation and Risk Maps

The increase in coastal population and development and penetration of natural barriers like sand dunes, creates a great potential for enormous loss of life and property when a hurricane threatens Southeast Texas and the Upper Texas Coast. From the good people of the Texas Division of Emergency Management, we now have access to information that can help identify the risk areas that could be affected by hurricane hazards (wind and/or storm surge). The maps below also include a chart that shows the time needed for evacuation of people in each risk area.

Potential Evacuation Routes
. Southeast Texas
. Southeast Texas Evacuation Corridors
. South Central/Southeast Texas

Texas Division of Emergency Management
. Texas Hurricane Evacuation and Sheltering Plan Materials

Evacuation Zones

. Southeast Texas
. Southeast Texas (by zip code)
. Explanation of Map

Risk Areas By County (Southeast Texas Only)

Explanation of Maps Harris
Galveston Liberty Chambers
Brazoria Matagorda Jackson

**Maps and text courtesy of the Texas Division of Emergency Management**
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