Storm damage restoration across Santa Rosa County

Storm Damage 911 is a free matching service connecting homeowners in all 6 Santa Rosa County communities we cover with vetted, licensed, insured storm damage restoration contractors. Santa Rosa County sits in the northwest Florida Panhandle and is one of the most hurricane-exposed counties in the state, facing direct Gulf of Mexico landfalls and impacts from storms tracking through the eastern Gulf.

Santa Rosa County sits in the northwest Florida Panhandle and is one of the most hurricane-exposed counties in the state, facing direct Gulf of Mexico landfalls and impacts from storms tracking through the eastern Gulf. The southern coastal zone - including Navarre Beach on Santa Rosa Island and the Gulf Breeze peninsula - faces severe storm surge risk, with Hurricane Ivan (2004) producing 10-15 foot surges along the barrier island coast and Hurricane Dennis (2005) delivering 7-10 foot surge at Navarre Beach. Hurricane Sally (2020) compounded surge flooding with over 20 inches of rainfall in 24 hours, inundating bay-side and sound-side properties across Gulf Breeze and Navarre and causing major flash and river flooding well inland. Inland communities in the northern county are not immune: the Blackwater River and its tributaries channel heavy rainfall into significant freshwater flooding events during and after landfalling storms, and the county's low-lying terrain amplifies both coastal surge intrusion and inland ponding.