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Santa Rosa Completes Flood Damage Assessment
May 5, 2014
Santa Rosa County has completed flood damage assessments needed in order to seek a federal disaster declaration.
Preliminary assessments show the county has met state and federal damage thresholds for individual assistance for residents and businesses, so the assessment process by state, FEMA and local teams has ended. The following numbers were submitted to the state for use in the federal declaration process:
Residences – 782 total
- Affected – 355
- Minor – 180
- Major – 212
- Destroyed – 1
- Inaccessible – 34
Businesses
- Minor – 16
- Major – 32
Inaccessible – 3
Agricultural damage includes:
- Farm Structures – 5 affected at $50,000 loss
- Land Damages – 10,000 acres affected with a $750,000 loss.
Crop Damage
- Total acres of farmland affected: 55,000 acres.
- Wheat – 1,153 acres planted and affected with 35% yield loss.
- Oats – 70 acres planted and affected with 35% loss.
- Corn – 700 acres planted and affected with 10% loss.
- Grass (Hay) – 1,500 acres planted and affected with 40% loss.
- Vegetables – 350 acres affected with 10% loss
- Yield losses on cotton and peanuts are anticipated due to delayed planting up to 3 to 4 weeks. Fields will have to dry out and many will have to be reworked to repair soil erosion damage before planting can occur.
- Estimated percent of losses covered by insurance is 7.5%
Damage to county facilities overall were minor, with the exception of the Health Department and EOC:
- South Santa Rosa Health Department – 8 to 15 inches of water
- Emergency Operations Center– Water under raised floor, 750 gallons of water extract
- Milton Library – water intrusion
- Roof leaks at Chumuckla Community Center, Administration Building and Whittle Building
Pictured top: Flood damage on Villa Venyce in Santa Rosa County. Pictured below: Damage on Veneitan Way. Courtesy photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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