Little Colorado River near Winslow

The past week

What floods at each level

• 25 ft

  Levee is overtopped. Major flooding of portions of winslow including ames acres and bushman acres.

• 22 ft

  Lowland flooding on right bank. Damage on left bank to ames acres and bushman acres in the event of levee failure.

• 19 ft

  Overflow on right bank. Water approaches ames acres and bushman acres on left bank in winslow area. Erosion is likely on the levee on the left bank. Downstream, with approximately 18 hour lag time, the approaches to the bridge over the river on route 71 near bird springs will flood and evacuations of homes near the intersection of route 2 and route 71 are conducted.

• 18 ft

  Flow above this level for approximately 6 hours or more may cause erosion to the levee and eventual leakage or failure.

• 17 ft

  Downstream, the approaches to the bridge over the river on route 71 near bird springs will flood, and leupp will be within 3 feet of flooding problems. River will crest at route 71 approximately 18 hours after the river crests at winslow. Minor lowland overflow on right bank at winslow.

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