Columbia County Emergency Management

Shelters are opened on an AS NEEDED BASIS. Shelters usually will be opened up one at a time in the areas that are most likely to be in the recovery mode from an event, or closest to the areas where evacuees from other counties may be coming through. Risk shelters are shelters that meet the Red Cross standard to withstand hurricane force winds.There are only two shelters in Columbia County that are Risk shelters:

Westside Elementary School -- SW State Rd. 252-B and Troy Road and also

Fort White High School: 17828 SW State Road 47, Fort White, Florida.

Host shelters can be used when this area is not in immenent danger of a storm hitting our county directly.Risk shelters can also be host shelters, but host shelters CAN NOT be risk shelters.Following is a list of host shelters in Columbia County.

Mason City Community Center - US 41 South, Lake City

Fort White Elementary School - 18119 SW State Road 47, Fort White

Lake City Middle School - 843 SW Arlington Blvd., Lake City

Columbia High School - 469 SE Fighting Tiger Dr., Lake City

Summers Elementary School - 1388 SW McFarlane Ave., Lake City

Five Points Elementary School - 3093 NW Johnson St., Lake City

Melrose Elementary School - 820 SE Putnam St., Lake City

Columbia City Elementary School - 7438 SW State Road 47, Lake City

Lake City Recreation Center - 692 SW St. Margaret's St., Lake City

Richardson Recreation Center - 255 NE Coach Anders Ln., Lake City

Niblack Middle School - 837 NE Broadway St., Lake City

Lulu Community Center - 205 SE Community Dr., Lake City

Richardson Middle School - 649 SE Pennsylvania St., Lake City

Fort White Community Center - 17579 SW State Road 47, Fort White

Winfield Community Center - 205 Chambria Way, Lake City

Springfield Community Center - NW Suwannee Valley Road, Lake City

Deep Creek Community Center - North U.S. 41, Lake City