Columbia County Emergency Management

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.

Parkview Baptist Church - 268 NW Lake Jeffrey Rd., Lake City

1st Methodist Church - 1007 S. Marion Ave., Lake City

1st Presbyterian Church - 697 W. Baya Dr., Lake City

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

Berea Baptist Church - SW Ridge St., Lake City

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

National Guard Armory 490 NW Lake Jeffrey Road, Lake City

Masonic Lodge Temple - 1423 SW McFarlane Ave., Lake City

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

Epiphany Catholic Church - 1905 SE Epiphany Court, 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