Escambia County officials are seeking federal funding for two projects to help reduce flooding in the Bristol Park, Bristol Creek and Ashbury Hills communities along Eleven Mile Creek. More than 160 homes flooded during an April 2014 rainstorm, and it is estimated that more than 70 homes flooded during Hurricane Sally. After the 2014 flood, the county used about 5.8 million dollars of a FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant to acquire and demolish 17 properties and let them revert back to a natural state with native vegetation. The county is planning to request additional FEMA funding to purchase more homes along the creek and to fund a regional stormwater pond project, but it will take several years.