Evacuation Routes

Be assured the Clay County Emergency Management Agency (EMA), in partnership with the Alabama EMA, the United States Army, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), are ready to educate and inform you. Ready to alert you and respond 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. But you need to do your part. Know your zones for home, work and school. Be prepared to follow protective action instructions from the Clay County EMA office. If a chemical accident occurs, your local EMA will give you instructions based on the zone you are in. You may be asked to shelter in place, evacuate, simply avoid travel, or you may be given other important instructions. Monitor your Emergency Alert System stations for further emergency instructions.

How to use this map

On the map of Clay, find your locations for work, home and school. Make note of the ZONE in which you are located. (The ZONES are defined by areas listed below, and are given a code. For example: if you live in the city of Ashland, your ZONE is B-23. )
Specific boundary details for each ZONE are listed below, to help determine your exact location.
If an evacuation is ordered for your ZONE, listen to the Emergency Alert System stations for further instructions.

		IRZ - Immediate Response Zone: The Emergency Planning Zone which is closest to the Anniston Army Depot and which has the greatest risk for the public. This zone encompasses an area requiring a less than one-hour response time when affected by a chemical release. It extends approximately 9 miles, the average distance a chemical vapor could travel in one hour under typical weather conditions.

		PAZ - Protective Action Zone: The Protective Action Zone is an area of lesser risk that extends beyond the IRZ to approximately 20 to 30 miles. This Emergency Planning Zone may require public protective actions, but more time is available for response.

		PZ - Precautionary Zone: The Precautionary Zone is the outermost Emergency Protective Zone and extends beyond the PAZ to a distance where protective actions would not be required. The PZ does not require additional effort beyond normal emergency management preparedness. This area has a minimal risk factor, and adequate time exists to warn the public and take protective actions prior to arrival of airborne chemical agents.

B-9A		Boundaries
PAZ		Consists primarily of the NW corner of Clay County. It is bordered on the west and north by Talladega County; on the east by Cleburne County and on the south by Zone B-10

B-10		Boundaries
PAZ		Consists primarily of the NW corner of Clay County. It is bordered on the west and north by Talladega County; on the east by Cleburne County and on the south by Zone B-10.

B-10A		Boundaries
PAZ		Consists primarily of the Gunthertown area. It is bordered on the west by Talladega County; on the north by Fayne Creek and on the east and south by Skyway Drive (Zone B-21 and B-24) all the way to the Talladega County border.

B-18		Boundaries
PAZ		Consists primarily of the Union/Shinbone area. It is bordered on the west by AL 281 and Skyway Drive (Adams Gap) (Zone B-10); on the north by Cleburne County; on the east by FS Nott Rd and the forest boundary (Zone B-19) and on the south by Clairmont Springs Rd, Oak Grove Rd (Zone B-21) and State Lake Rd (Zone B-20).

B-19		Boundaries
PZ		Consists primarily of the Dalta area. It is bordered on the west by FS Nott Rd. and the forest boundary (Zone B-18); on the north by Cleburne County; on the east by Randolph County; and on the south by Fosters Rd. and Center Hill Road (Zone B-20).

B-20		Boundaries
PZ		Consists primarily of the Barfield area. It is bordered on the west by AL 49 and State Lake Road (Zone B-21 and B-18); on the north by Center Hill Rd. and Fosters Rd. (Zone B-19); on the east by Randolph County; and on the south by AL 48 (Zone B-22).

B-21		Boundaries
PZ		Consists primarily of the Campbells Crossroads/Highland area. It is bordered on the west by Lark Griffin Rd., Hanging Rock Rd. and Gunthertown Dr., and Skyway Dr. (Zone B-24, B-10A and B-10); on the north by Blue Ridge Rd., Clairmont Springs Rd., Oak Grove Rd., and State Lake Rd. (Zone B-18); on the east by AL 49 (Zone B-20); and on the south by Mountain View Rd., Clay Co. 31, Skyview Rd., Tyson Rd., Highland Rd., Haynes Rd., and Carver St.

B-22		Boundaries
PZ		Consists primarily of the Lineville area. It is bordered on the west by Country Club Rd. and Airport Rd. (Zone B-23); on the north by Olive Branch Rd., Watershed Rd., Highland Rd., Haynes Rd., Oak Grove Rd., Carver St. to AL 49 (Zone B-21) and Morris Rd., Youngs Mill Rd., and AL 48 (Zone B-20); on the east by Randolph County; on the south by Blakes Ferry Rd., Berwick Rd., CTSX (SBD) Railroad, Pinehole Rd., AL 49 an Cragford Rd.

B-23		Boundaries
PZ		Consists primarily of the Ashland area. It is bordered on the west by the forest boundary (Zone B-25) and Idaho Rd., Grogan Rd.,(Zone B-24); on the north by Mountain View Rd., Skyview Rd. and Tyson Rd. (Zone B-21); on the east by Airport Rd., Country Club Rd. and Old Mill Rd. (Zone B-22); and on the south by High Pine Rd., Co. Rd. 5, AL 9, Royster Rd., Willis Rd., Old Mill Loop and Blue Flame Dr.

B-24		Boundaries
PZ		Consists primarily of the Idaho area. It is bordered on the west by Talladega County; on the north by Skyway Dr. and Gunthertown Rd. (Zone B-10A); on the east by Hanging Rock Rd., Lark Griffin Rd. (Zone B-21), Grogan Rd., Idaho Rd. (Zone B-23); and on the south by AL 77 (Zone B-23 and B-25).

B-25		Boundaries
PZ		Consists primarily of the Coleta Valley area. It is bordered on the west and north by Talladega County and AL 77 (Zone B-24); on the east by the forest boundary west of High Pine (Zone B-23); and on the south from the Talladega County border east along the forest boundary through Coleta, Co. Rd. 18, Green Acres Rd., Mines Rd., and Fire Station Rd. to High Pine.