This polygon shapefile depicts evacuation areas in Monterey County, California. Evacuation areas are those which need to be evacuated in the event of an emergency or disaster. This layer is part of a collection of GIS data for Monterey County in California.This dataset is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data.