Driveway paving in Sunrise, FL

The ground in Sunrise

The USDA soil survey maps Sunrise mostly as Margate (35%), Hallandale (32%) and Matlacha (25%), from 25 points sampled across the town. It rates Margate, the most common, "Very limited" for local roads and streets, citing depth to hard bedrock, depth to saturated zone, ponding and soluble bedrock.

The survey maps 10% of the sampled ground as urban land or fill, which it does not rate; the shares above leave it out.

Sources: USDA NRCS Soil Survey, Soil Data Access, "ENG - Local Roads and Streets" interpretation; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files (places) for the town's land area (16.2 sq mi) and center point.

Flood zones in Sunrise

FEMA's flood map puts 1 of the 24 land points sampled in Sunrise (4%) in a Special Flood Hazard Area, zone AH. The rest are zone X.

That matters for permits. Since July 1, 2026, section 553.79(1)(g) of the Florida Statutes exempts single-family owners from a building permit for work valued under $7,500, after a written exemption request, but not on property partly or entirely in a flood hazard area. The points above are a town-wide picture, not a reading for any one address.

Driveway permits in Sunrise

The City of Sunrise lists its permits on its "Building/Permitting" page. City of Sunrise: Building/Permitting.

Driveway connections to state roads go through the Florida Department of Transportation.

Winter weather near Sunrise

The nearest NOAA normals station is Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, about 10 miles away. Its 1991 to 2020 averages for the months All County works here:

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airport. More on what the weather means for sealcoating on the Florida sealcoating page.