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Daily Flood Situation Report May 3

Other Immediate Concerns ●       Active The most significant rises are forecasted 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. 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. [Bureau of Reclamation, Interagency Correspondence] Active Due to the heavy snowpack, the county has also determined that it is necessary and appropriate to extend the seasonal restrictions on county roads to motorized vehicles until at least May 15th. [Cache County] Morgan County Active The NWS has advised the County that East Canyon Creek will go above flood stage into the first part of this week. [NWS, LNO Correspondence] Rich County New Garden City has activated a partial incident command to monitor flooding. [LNO Correspondence] Update Garden City experienced flooding actively crossing the highway into Bear Lake, though the road has not shut down. The flooding slowed due to the cooler temperatures overnight. [LNO Correspondence]

Region 2 Salt Lake County Update Emigration Canyon – There is some road damage and some culvert damage. No active damage assessments have been conducted thus far. SLCo crews in Emigration Canyon worked all night to clear debris [SLCo Flood Control]Active Sugar House Park will be closed to vehicles through at least May 14th as controlled releases from Mountain Dell and Little Dell Reservoirs continue. [SLCo Parks & Recreation Twitter]Active SR-190 is closed today (5/2) from 11am-3pm due to avalanche hazard. [UDOT Canyons]Active SR-210 closed today (5/2) at 8 am due to avalanche hazards. No ETO for any public travel periods. [UDOT Canyons] Utah County Update SR 89 closure at Highway 6. They have a hard closure in place on both sides of the closure.  We will have troopers in the area monitoring traffic. UDOT is planning on trying to fix the berms and pump out as much water as they can. It is undetermined how long the closure will be. UDOT is also concerned about Spanish fork creek which runs under I-15 at mile 254. Wasatch County New Bench Creek is seeing increased runoff. Public works is working to open and identify culverts.

Region 3 No significant updates to report at this time.

Region 4 Garfield County Active Asay Creek continues to run high and the Sevier River is flooding the lowlands. [LNO Correspondence] New Sevier River is currently above flood stage, but no reports of damage at this time. Continuing to monitor. [LNO Correspondence]

Region 5 No significant updates to report at this time.

Region 6/7 Grand County Active Dolores River – Predicting a rise of greater than 16 feet, putting Dolores River over its bank at the University of Utah’s Bonderman Field Station at Rio Mesa. This is earlier than anticipated, before the spill release of the McPhee on May 4th. [LNO Correspondence] San Juan County New Seeing higher flows on area rivers and streams. They are seeing some flooding in some roadways and near subdivisions that have been developed next to historic agricultural ditches or subdivisions that have not been properly developed for drainage (Specifically Spanish Valley). [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.