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Daily Flood Situation Report April 30

Significant State Activity

Other Immediate Concerns

●New The most significant rises are currently forecast for the Lower Weber River at Plain City, the Little Bear at Paradise, and East Canyon Creek near Jeremy Ranch downstream to East Canyon Reservoir. See Hydrologic Outlook here [NWS Twitter]
● Active Current flood risk is spring runoff, increasing streamflows, and snowmelt. Some reported flood-related landslides are being monitored.

Current State (SERT) Actions

• Active The State EOC is now at Activation Level 2-Partial Activation.

Region 1

Cache County
● Active The Bureau of Reclamation, Utah Division of Water Resources, and Cache County are actively monitoring the Hyrum Dam for potential high-flow releases in the Little Bear River that may exceed the safe channel capacity. [Bureau of Reclamation, Interagency Correspondence]
● Active Due to the heavy snowpack, the county has also determined that it is both necessary and appropriate to extend the seasonal restrictions on county roads to motorized vehicles. [Cache County]
Morgan County
● Active The National Weather Service (NWS) has advised the County that East Canyon Creek will go above flood stage on Sunday and into the first part of next week. The County is preparing and monitoring. [LNO Correspondence]

Region 2

Salt Lake County

● New Sugar House Park is closed through the weekend for continued controlled releases. [SLCo Parks & Recreation]
● New SR-190 to close today (4/30) from 12pm – 5pm due to avalanche hazard [UDOT Canyons]
● New SR-210 will be Closed today (4/30) at 9am due to avalanche hazard. No ETO for any public travel periods. [UDOT Canyons]
● Active Due to current hillside conditions, Ann’s Trail in Draper is indefinitely closed to public use [Draper City].

Region 3

● No significant updates to report at this time.

Region 4

Garfield County
● Update A foot of the river bank remains in Old Town Hatch before it starts flowing over the banks. Current sandbagging efforts from homeowners in the area have been preventing this issue.  [LNO Correspondence]
Kane County
● New Home and cabin damage were reported in the Duck Creek area. Streams are rising currently but no flooding. [LNO Correspondence]

Washington County
● New Rivers are still high and gradually getting a little more flow at their peak flow times but still staying in their banks and not threatening any structures. [LNO Correspondence]

Region 5

● No significant updates to report at this time.

Region 6/7

Grand County

● Active High potential of flooding at the University of Utah’s Field Station at Rio Mesa along the Dolores River. The site has many structures at risk for flooding due to spring runoff combined with big spill releases from McFee Reservoir scheduled for May 4th and is factored into the river forecast. Another release is scheduled for May 5th but has not yet been factored into the calculations. No additional requests at this time. [LNO Correspondence]

Tribal Nations

● No significant updates to report at this time.

Impact and activity information is provided by Local Emergency Management partners, the State Emergency Response Team (SERT), and private and non-profit partners through various coordinating communication channels. This is a developing situation, and information may quickly become outdated. Additional situation reports may be made as verified information becomes available.