Hurricane Evacuation Routes and Zones

Overview This feature service provides hurricane evacuation planning information for a regional study area in southern Florida. It combines evacuation route data and evacuation zone boundaries used to support emergency management, transportation planning, and hurricane response operations. Feature Layers EvacuationRoutes: Line features representing designated hurricane evacuation routes. The layer includes roadway characteristics such as route naming, directionality, speed, lanes, and related network attributes that support evacuation routing and travel analysis. EvacuationZones: Polygon features representing evacuation zones clipped to the county boundary. These zones summarize regional evacuation planning areas used to guide preparedness, response, and public evacuation decision-making. Geographic Coverage The service covers a county-level area in southern Florida and is centered on hurricane evacuation planning for the local region. Use Cases Hurricane evacuation planning and route identification Emergency management and preparedness mapping Transportation network analysis during storm events Public safety and response planning Data Notes The evacuation zone layer is based on a regional evacuation study with an effective date of May 2012 and a review date of August 9, 2022. The route layer reflects state-supplied and publicly identified hurricane evacuation route information compiled into a unified network.