180 water rescues in a town that just incorporated
When Hurricane Florence hit in 2018, Leland's Stoney Creek Plantation neighborhood was among the hardest hit in the area, with 44 homes flooded outright, and Missouri Task Force 1 worked alongside Leland police and fire to carry out roughly 180 water rescues across town — a flood event large enough to require federal urban search-and-rescue support in a town that had only incorporated in 1989.
New construction meeting old creek floodplains
Leland's population grew 107.9% between 2010 and 2022, from 13,527 to 28,126 residents, so a large share of the housing stock a restoration crew encounters here was built during that recent boom on what was previously flat, rural Brunswick County land — construction young enough that pre-existing moisture problems are less common, but still vulnerable to the kind of creek overflow Stoney Creek Plantation saw in 2018.
Project paths
What to have ready when you call
Note the water's source, how long the area has been wet, its category — clean, gray, or black — and whether you're up against an insurance timeline or need to reoccupy the space quickly.
Drying benchmarks for Brunswick County flooding
Standard restoration practice calls for category-appropriate extraction and monitored drying rather than surface cleanup alone, and given how fast Leland has grown, storm-season demand for local drying equipment and crews can run higher than in slower-growing towns nearby.