Is Watauga safe? United States travel risk
Is Watauga safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Watauga scores 39/100 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.
Watauga scores 39/100 (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 Watauga: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (60/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 39 is higher than 40% of the cities we score.
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Local Geographic Profile
Coordinates 32.8719° N, 97.2515° W place Watauga within Texas at an elevation of 185 meters. Heading to Washington: 1,937.3 km ENE.
Texas
32.8719° N, 97.2515° W
185 m
America/Chicago
23,336
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in United States
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (36 °C avg high); Wettest: May (119 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 13° | 16° | 20° | 25° | 28° | 33° | 36° | 35° | 32° | 26° | 19° | 14° |
| Low °C | 4° | 5° | 10° | 14° | 19° | 23° | 26° | 26° | 23° | 16° | 10° | 5° |
| Rain mm | 71 | 59 | 94 | 116 | 119 | 55 | 37 | 60 | 52 | 82 | 82 | 71 |
Normals: Dallas (46.1 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Watauga happened in June and August (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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