San Marcos and Hays County Shelter Update

Hays County Courthouse, San Marcos, TX – Hays County is recommending that persons who have evacuated their homes not return over night if their homes were flooded and ground is already saturated. Additional rain is expected overnight and properties may not be safe.

As of 6:30 p.m. Friday, October 30, the following locations are open as overnight shelters in Hays County:

In San Marcos:

Miller Middle School, 301 Foxtail Run (currently has approximately 40 persons)

The San Marcos Activity Center is closed to new evacuees. Those already at the Activity Center will stay there, but others seeking shelter should report to Miller Middle School. There are approximately 170 persons currently at the Activity Center.

In Kyle area: Lehman High School, 1700 Lehman Rd., Kyle (approx. 7)

In Wimberley area: Wimberley High School, 100 Carney Lane, Wimberley (approx.15)

In Dripping Springs: United Methodist Church, 28900 RR 12, Dripping Springs (approx. 6) 

SAN MARCOS UPDATE: Evacuation Center Update 5 p.m.

Residents who were evacuated and are seeking shelter at the San Marcos Activity Center at 510 E. Hopkins will now stay at that center.  City officials decided to keep citizens there instead of moving them to the new shelter location due to road closures in the area.

 The Activity Center is in a flooded area and not easily accessible to residents.  However there is no water in the building and there is no threat to the people who are there.

Those who are seeking shelter should go to Doris Miller Middle School at 301 Foxtail Run in San Marcos, but only if they are able to safely travel there.

There are currently 178 residents at the Activity Center and 30 at Miller Middle School.  Food is being provided to those at the shelters.

City officials ordered evacuations along the San Marcos and Blanco Rivers in San Marcos early today due to the threat of flooding. People living in the floodway, or in other flood-prone areas, were advised to seek higher ground. Residents in the affected areas were called using the region’s emergency notification system. Police and firefighters also went going door-to-door to warn people to evacuate.

Emergency information is being posted on the City’s social media sites: www.sanmarcostx.gov/facebook and www.sanmarcostx.gov/twitter. Hays County emergency information is available at www.haysinformed.com. Road closures are listed at www.atxfloods.com.