Is Port Arthur safe? United States travel risk
Is Port Arthur safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
Port Arthur scores 37/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Port Arthur scores 37/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Port Arthur: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (54/100).
A score of 37 is higher than 35% of the cities we score.
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Local Geographic Profile
Charted at coordinates 29.8554° N, 93.9264° W in Texas, Port Arthur maintains a regional distance of 1,844.7 km NE to Washington.
Texas
29.8554° N, 93.9264° W
2 m
America/Chicago
114,860
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in United States
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Port Arthur happened in September (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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