Utah Department of Public Safety

Daily Flood Situation Report May 9

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Significant State Activity

New Governor Spencer Cox has announced that he is calling the legislature into a special session on May 17th to discuss ongoing flooding and the need to possibly extend the State Emergency Declaration. [Utah Legislature]

Other Immediate Concerns Active The most significant rises are forecasted for the South Fork of Ogden River and Sevier River near Hatch. See Flood Warnings here [NWS Twitter]Active Current flood risk is spring runoff, increasing streamflows, and snowmelt. Some reported flood-related landslides are being monitored.

Region 1 Box Elder County Active Potentially impacted infrastructure near Bear River: Old Barn Community Theatre, Bear Hollow Ski Resort community, Garland City Culinary Water Facility, Corinne City Sewer Treatment Plant, and one residence. [LNO Correspondence] 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 extending the seasonal restrictions on county roads to motorized vehicles is necessary and appropriate until at least May 15th. [Cache County] Weber County Active The Bureau of Reclamation is actively monitoring the Causey Reservoir, overflow into the spillway began during the morning of 5/4/23 and is ongoing.  [Bureau of Reclamation, LNO Correspondence]

Region 2 Salt Lake County New Received “no swimming” buoys from DNR for Sugarhouse Park and that mission has been marked complete 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 and SR-210 are being monitored and assessed daily to determine if/when road closures are needed for land/mudslides, avalanches, or other hazards. Closures are possible at any time, be prepared & check the road status. [UDOT Cottonwood Canyons] Utah County Active Nightly closures of SR-89 at MP 311 are expected. [UDOT] Wasatch County New Successfully acquired some K-Rails from UDOT for flood diversion and will receive more on Wednesday. [LNO Correspondence] Summit County New Summit County has moved to a Level 2, Partial Activation and is closely monitoring their water levels. [LNO Correspondence]

Region 3 No significant updates to report at this time.

Region 4 Garfield County New Asay creek and Mammoth creek are running high but have lowered because of cooler weather.  They both are the headwaters for the Sevier River.  The Sevier is still running high but. below flood stage. [LNO Correspondence] Active Road closure at John’s Valley Road thru Black Canyon south of Antimony due to flooding. [LNO Correspondence]

Region 5 No significant updates to report at this time.

Region 6/7 Carbon County Active Some concern with Clear Creek flowing into the Scofield Reservoir. The local emergency manager will assess at the beginning of this week. [LNO Correspondence] Grand County Active Water is flowing over the roadway at Stocks Drive. [LNO Correspondence] Active Water is flowing over the low water crossing at Sunny Acres. [LNO Correspondence] San Juan County Active Pack Creek is running lower this week compared to last. Active monitoring. [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.