Flooding and Stormwater
Pinellas County is here to help you prepare your home for a potential flood and help you know what to do during and after a flood occurs.
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Stormwater & Vegetation Division
Stormwater and Vegetation, a division of Public Works, operates and maintains the county's stormwater infrastructure, maintains right-of-ways, easements and other lands through the practice of urban forestry, landscape services, and vegetation management. The division also provides countywide mosquito control for public health protection, is responsible for watershed management and surface water quality as well as the administration of the county's floodplain management program.
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Order Extending the State of Local Emergency Resolution 24-69
WHEREAS, Hurricane Helene caused substantial damage to public buildings, public streets and roads, public drainage systems, commercial and residential buildings, and constitutes......
Pinellas County Order Lifting Hurricane Helene Barrier Island Evacuations
WHEREAS, evacuations were ordered due to the threats posed by Hurricane Helene pursuant to Pinellas County Resolution 24-68 for the protection of......
Pinellas County Order Lifting Hurricane Helene Evacuations
WHEREAS, the primary threats of the hurricane have passed. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND DECLARED in accordance with Resolution No. 24-68,......
Storm Recovery Permitting
Goal Our goal is to help residents stay in their homes and businesses reopen as quickly as possible by streamlining the permitting......
Pinellas County seeks input on community flooding
Pinellas County is assessing sea level rise and storm surge flooding and is seeking input from those who live and work in......
Annual Update of Local Mitigation Strategy plan complete
Pinellas County and most of its municipal partners participate in FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) Community Rating System (CRS). Submittal of......
Pinellas County recognized by FEMA administrator for flood rating
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell and members of her team, including Region 4 Administrator Robert Samaan, recognized Pinellas County on Tuesday for attaining......
County invites residents to Local Mitigation Strategy workshop
Input will help shape 5-year update to County’s Hazards Mitigation Plan Pinellas County invites residents and business owners to participate in a......
Cherokee Drive Drainage Improvements
Project Overview The Cherokee Drive (48th Avenue North) neighborhood predominantly consists of single-family homes that were built as early as the 1950s.......
Roosevelt Creek Channel 5 Improvements
Project Overview The objective of the project is to establish a more natural connection between Roosevelt Creek Channel 5 and Old Tampa......