Emergency Management Hurricanes
Know Your Zone

Know Your Zone

Know Your Zone is a public education campaign to inform the citizens and visitors of Horry County of the new hurricane evacuation zones and their vulnerability to storm surge.

What is Know Your Zone?

Know Your Zone is a public education campaign to inform the citizens and visitors of Horry County of the new hurricane evacuation zones and their vulnerability to storm surge. The Know Your Zone campaign was developed as a result of the information contained in the South Carolina Hurricane Evacuation Study (HES) for the Northern Conglomerate that was released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in 2012. The campaign also reflects the National Hurricane Center’s (NHC) decision to separate the association of storm surge inundation from the category of storm.

Note: anyone in flood prone areas along area waterways as well as mobile home residents should consider evacuating regardless if in a designated hurricane evacuation zone.

Hurricane Evacuation Zone Information

About Zone A

Evacuation areas for ZONE A include:

  • Areas east of House Creek from the SC/NC state line to the center of Cherry Grove Beach, with minor fluctuations inland.
  • Areas east of Hillside Dr. and Ocean Blvd and east of Hwy 17 Business in Briarcliffe Acres.
  • Areas east of Kings Rd. and down Ocean Blvd. to Springmaid Beach.
  • Areas east of U.S. Business 17 (S Kings Hwy) from Myrtle Beach State Park to the Georgetown County line, with coastal fluctuations in Surfside Beach and Garden City.
About Zone B

Evacuation areas for ZONE B include:

  • Areas east of Hwy 17 from Little River to Atlantic Beach.
  • Areas east of U.S. Business 17 (Kings Hwy) from the U.S. Hwy 22 interchange to Springmaid Beach.
  • Areas east of U.S. Business 17 from 16th Ave N to Vista Dr. in Surfside Beach.
  • Areas between the Georgetown County line, TPC Blvd., Hwy 707 and Hwy 17.
About Zone C

Evacuation areas for ZONE C include:

  • Areas between Hwy 701 and Hwy 544, with some fluctuations to Myrtle Beach International Airport and Waccamaw Blvd.