Emergency Tree Service in Santa Rosa County, FL

Santa Rosa County has more trees per house than almost anywhere on the coast.

Santa Rosa County runs from Navarre Beach on Santa Rosa Island north to the Alabama line, with Milton, the county seat, in the middle on the Blackwater River. The south end is the Gulf Breeze peninsula, Tiger Point, Midway, Holley, and Navarre, with live oaks, sand live oaks, and pines over waterfront homes. Pace and East Milton are fast-growing suburbs built into former pine land, and north of Milton the county opens into Chumuckla, Munson, Jay, and the Blackwater River State Forest.

Hurricanes have hit the county directly. Hurricane Dennis made landfall on Santa Rosa Island near Navarre Beach in July 2005, a year after Hurricane Ivan battered the area. Hurricane Sally in September 2020 dropped well over a foot of rain on the county and pushed the Blackwater River into major flooding. The April 2014 rain event flooded much of the county as well.

Wind is only half the problem. Saturated and flooded soil loosens roots, so pines and oaks tip over at wind speeds they'd normally survive, and in the newer subdivisions, pines left standing when the land was cleared are often tall, thin, and exposed. The National Weather Service Mobile/Pensacola office covers the county, and tornadoes in tropical rain bands bring trees down too.