There are a few hardwoods located around the head of the creek and pines around the tribal center. However, the majority of the land has been cleared for agricultural production. One parcel of land was once a gravel pit that is now targeted for a land reclamation project. The climate of the Poarch area is generally moderate, but rapid variations in the daily weather and the occasional extremely severe weather experienced along the Gulf Coast make a generalization about the climate misleading. The average temperature is 77 degrees with an average daily minimum temperature of 85 degrees in July.
Summers are hot, humid and nearly unbearable.
The Poarch area is rural with most of the roads being county and state roads. Some of the roads are in a bad state of disrepair with unmarked curves and potholes. Interstate 65 was completed in 1992 which passes close to the Poarch Community with access to the reservation. A total of 1,622 Tribal members resides within the five county service area. Escambia County has the largest population of Tribal members totaling 885.