USDA NRCS, FSA Announce Florida Office Closures Ahead of Hurricane Milton

OFFICE CLOSURE UPDATE: October 11, 2024

The following NRCS Florida offices are closed due to the effects of Hurricane Milton: Bartow, Brooksville, Cocoa, Deland, East Palatka, Fort Myers, Fort Pierce, Kissimmee, LaBelle, Madison, Palmetto Area Office, Plant City, Sarasota, Sebring, Tavares, and Wauchula. Please call before visiting your USDA local service center, to ensure it is open.

OFFICE CLOSURE UPDATE: October 10, 2024: 

The following NRCS Florida offices were closed as a result of Hurricane Milton: Bartow, Brooksville, Cocoa, Deland, East Palatka, Fort Myers, Fort Pierce, Kissimmee, LaBelle, Madison, Okeechobee, Palmetto Area Office, Plant City, Royal Palm Beach, Sarasota, Sebring, Tavares, and Wauchula.

GAINESVILLE, Florida, October 7, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced the following Florida offices will close today by 2 p.m., in anticipation of approaching Hurricane Milton which is predicted to reach Florida by Wednesday evening.

NRCS Service Center – Office Closures:
•    Baldwin
•    Bartow
•    Brooksville (Field Office & Plant Materials Center)
•    Cocoa 
•    Deland
•    East Palatka
•    Florida City
•    Ft. Meyers
•    Ft. Pierce
•    Gainesville (Field Office and State Office) NRCS
•    Kissimmee 
•    LaBelle 
•    Ocala NRCS
•    Okeechobee
•    Palmetto (Area 3 Office)
•    Plant City
•    Royal Palm Beach (Field Office & Area Office)
•    Sarasota
•    Sebring 
•    Tavares 
•    Trenton
•    Wauchula

FSA Service Center – Office Closures:
•    Gilchrist/ Trenton
•    Alachua/ Gainesville
•    STO/ Gainesville
•    Putnam/ East Palatka 
•    Duval/ Baldwin
•    Marion/ Ocala
•    Lake/ Tavares
•    Osceola/ Kissimmee
•    Volusia/ Deland
•    Sumter/ Bushnell
•    Hernando/ Brooksville
•    Hillsborough/ Plant City
•    Polk/ Bartow
•    Lee/ Ft. Myers
•    Hardee/ Wauchula
•    Okeechobee
•    St. Lucie/ Ft. Pierce
•    Glades/ Moore Haven
•    Palm Beach/ Royal Palm Beach
•    Miami Dade/ Florida City
 

USDA Service Centers will tentatively reopen by noon Thursday, as local conditions allow. Office closures may be added or changed based on the changing trajectory of the storm and local emergency mandates. After the storm, please call ahead before visiting a local office to ensure it is open.

For the latest on USDA efforts, visit the Hurricane Recovery webpage on farmers.gov. 
Find your local USDA Service Center.

What DHS and FEMA are doing: https://www.fema.gov/disaster/current  

What the U.S. government is doing: https://www.usa.gov/disasters-and-emergencies  

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Contacts:
Juan Hernandez, NRCS State Conservationist, juan.hernandez@usda.gov 
Deborah Tannenbaum, FSA State Executive Director, Deborah.Tannenbaum@usda.gov 

Cynthia Portalatin, Public Affairs Specialist, cynthia.portalatin@usda.gov