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Roofing in McIntosh, Florida

McIntosh was platted in 1885 and incorporated in 1913, and Orange Lake forms its eastern edge. Roofing in McIntosh is work on older houses in a town of 463 people, along a permit path that starts with the town's written sign-off before Marion County issues anything.

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Updated October 2026

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At a glance

McIntosh homes at a glance

People (2020 Census): 463
Median year homes were built: 1977
Share of homes built before 2000: 83.1%
Share of homes built 2010 or later: 0%
Owner-occupied share of occupied homes: 84.5%
Mobile homes, share of housing units: 14.7%

Census figures; each one is listed in the sources at the end of this page.

Your roof

Old houses in a small town: what McIntosh's numbers say

The Census Bureau's 2020-2024 survey counts 177 housing units in McIntosh. Their median build year is 1977, 83.1 percent were built before 2000, and the survey found none from 2010 or later. Samples this small carry wide margins, plus or minus 5 years on the median alone, but the picture holds together: this is housing from well before Florida's first statewide code took effect on March 1, 2002.

On a house that old, the date of the last full roof replacement matters more than the build year. If the roof was replaced to the 2007 code or a later edition, in force from March 1, 2009, a repair covering a quarter or more of it only has to bring the repaired part up to current code. If not, Florida's 25 percent rule means a large repair can require redoing the whole roof section. The McIntosh roof replacement page covers what a new roof must include.

Most McIntosh homes are lived in by their owners: 84.5 percent of occupied units, against 77.5 percent across Marion County. Mobile homes are 14.7 percent of the housing, below the county's 18.2 percent, and the median resident is 58.1 years old.

Local rules

Permits in McIntosh: the town first, then the county

The Town of McIntosh states on its own website that written authorization from the town is required before Marion County issues any permit. That makes a re-roof a two-step job: get the town's sign-off, then apply to Marion County Building Safety, the office the county permit comes from. The county's pages could not be read by our research tools, so confirm its current re-roof steps directly.

Once the permit is issued, the building code's inspections follow: a sheathing check, made at dry-in or separately, and a final roofing inspection of the dry-in, insulation, covering and flashing. Reroofs are exempt from plan review.

Every roofing product used must carry Florida statewide product approval, and the Florida Building Commission's public search finds a product by its FL number or its maker (section 553.842(5)).

Bordered to the east by Orange Lake; platted in 1885 and incorporated in 1913.
Written authorization from the Town of McIntosh is required before Marion County issues any permit.

Weather

Lake country weather and the storm record

Water covers 4.7 percent of Marion County's area, in rolling country that tops out near 200 feet, and Orange Lake borders McIntosh on the east. The county's largest natural-disaster threats are high winds and flooding, and tornadoes are a concern too.

The Ocala airport recorded gusts of 36 knots in Nicole in 2022 and 35 knots in Milton in 2024. Milton and Irma both brought FEMA assistance to households across the county, and Irma pushed rivers in the county to major or record flood stage in 2017.

For rain, NOAA Atlas 14 gives McIntosh a 10-year, 24-hour total of 6.21 inches and a 10-year, five-minute burst of 9.59 inches an hour. The McIntosh gutters page works out what that means for gutter size.

Permits

Roof permits for McIntosh

Building permits

Marion County Building Safety

Official building page

Office names and links only. Fees, forms and timing change; check the official page.

Services

Roofing services in McIntosh

Questions

McIntosh roofing questions

Do I need the town's permission to re-roof in McIntosh?

Yes. The Town of McIntosh's website states that written authorization from the town is required before Marion County will issue any permit, and the Florida Building Code requires a permit to alter or repair a building, which covers a re-roof. Get the town's sign-off first, then apply to Marion County Building Safety. The county's own permit pages could not be read when this was written, so confirm its checklist when you apply.

Source: Town of McIntosh home page, read October 5, 2026; FBC-Building 105.1.

Related: Roof replacement

How old are roofs on McIntosh homes likely to be?

The houses are older than the county's. The median McIntosh home was built in 1977 and none of the 177 units in the Census survey date from 2010 on, while Marion County's median is 1993. A house's age is not its roof's, though: Florida counts roof age from the last date 100 percent of the roof was built or replaced, under section 627.7011(5)(d). The permit record for that replacement is the proof insurers ask about, and Citizens' 4-point form has a line for it.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 tables B25035 and B25034 via Census Reporter; Fla. Stat. 627.7011, read October 2026.

What wind rules apply to a roof in McIntosh?

McIntosh is not in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, which the Florida Building Code limits to Broward and Miami-Dade counties. Wind design comes from the ASCE 7-22 hazard map for each address, the same source the state's wind mitigation form uses to place a home in Region 1 (140 mph or more), Region 2 (130 to 139) or Region 3 (under 130). Marion County's own design wind figure could not be read from its Building Safety pages when this page was written, so ask the county which value it applies.

Source: FBC-Building chapter 2; Florida OIR form OIR-B1-1802 (Rev. 04/26), read October 2026.

What does Marion County's hurricane record mean for a McIntosh roof?

It points to wind and water. FEMA declared major disasters naming Marion County for Hermine (2016), Irma (2017), Ian and Nicole (2022), Idalia (2023) and Debby, Helene and Milton (2024); Irma and Milton brought individual assistance to households. After Ian, FEMA's assessment team found hips and ridges were the most common roof damage, on newer and older roofs, as the International Code Council summarized it. That makes the ridge line the first place to look on a McIntosh roof after any named storm.

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA declarations; ICC Building Safety Journal, February 7, 2024, read October 5, 2026.

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