Utah Department of Public Safety

Daily Flood Situation Report May 10

Region 1 Box Elder County Active Bear River went over the banks last Thursday. Pacificorp raised the release of Cutler Dam to 8000 cfs with indication that it will continue to go up incrementally.  It takes almost 2 days for flow increases to travel from the Dam to Corinne. All river bottom agricultural lands are currently flooded. We are in communication with the following potentially impacted entities / infrastructure:Old Barn Community Theatre near CollinstonBear Hollow Ski resort community just south of SR 30SR 102 bridgeCorinne City sewer treatment plant One residenceUpdate Garland City culinary water treatment plant continues to be impacted by flooding. They are continuing to pump overflow from the treatment facility and will continue to monitor all locations. 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 Extending the seasonal restrictions on county roads to motorized vehicles 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 Millcreek City has extended their Emergency Declaration until June 30th. Update Salt Lake County is working with UDOT to safely protect the Big Cottonwood Water Treatment Plant from possible flooding. [LNO Correspondence]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.. [UDOT Cottonwood Canyons] Utah County Active Nightly closures of SR-89 at MP 311 are expected. [UDOT] Wasatch County Active  K-Rails from UDOT for flood diversion are expected to be delivered 5/10. This is for protection of US-40 in Heber City. Summit County Active Summit County has moved to a Level 2, Partial Activation and is closely monitoring their water levels. [LNO Correspondence]

Region 3 New Juab County has extended their Emergency Declaration until August 31st.

Region 4 Garfield County Active Road at John’s Valley Road through Black Canyon south of Antimony is now open but could close if water rises. Washington County New Washington Assist fire has been 100% contained.

Region 5 No significant updates to report at this time.

Region 6/7 No significant updates to report at this time.

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.