Key Takeaways
- •Shady River RV Park and Good Water RV Park in Georgetown, Texas were ordered to evacuate May 27 due to San Gabriel River flooding
- •17 RVs and 20 families were evacuated to a temporary shelter at Georgetown Church of the Nazarene
- •This is the second evacuation at these parks in under a year — the same properties flooded severely in July 2025
Two Georgetown RV parks were evacuated Wednesday morning. Same parks as last July. Same river.
Williamson County Emergency Services ordered immediate evacuation of Shady River RV Park and Good Water RV Park along East State Highway 29 after the San Gabriel River rose following recent rainfall. By Tuesday afternoon, 17 RVs and 20 families were out. A temporary shelter opened at Georgetown Church of the Nazarene. A River Flood Warning stayed in effect through Wednesday evening.
The July 2025 flood was worse — homes destroyed, roughly half of Shady River's lots damaged, long-term residents losing everything. Wednesday's event was a fraction of that. But the pattern is the same property, the same river, twelve months apart.
The Floodplain Problem
Most campgrounds near water were built there on purpose. River and lake frontage drives bookings. It also creates exposure that operators underestimate until it shows up in a county emergency alert.
FEMA flood maps are public. If your park sits in a Special Flood Hazard Area, that designation affects your insurance requirements, your financing options, and your exit valuation. Buyers underwriting acquisitions are checking. Operators who haven't should.
The other piece is the evacuation plan itself. Who calls guests? In what order? Where do they go? Wednesday's evacuation had a shelter ready because someone coordinated with county emergency management before the storm. That's not luck.
What It Means
Water access sells sites. It also floods. If your park is near a river or creek and you don't have a documented emergency plan, you're one bad storm away from finding out what that costs. Review your flood map designation, confirm your insurance, and build the plan before you need it.
Source: KVUE — May 27, 2026