Everglades City sits at sea level on Chokoloskee Bay with nothing between it and the Gulf but the Ten Thousand Islands. Barron Collier built it from 1922 and it was the county seat until 1962, when it lost that role after Hurricane Donna.
It is the most surge-exposed municipality in Collier County by elevation, and the record backs that up. Irma put six feet of water at the park visitor centre, Wilma put four, Ian gave four to six feet and Milton two to four. Roofing here assumes water is coming back.