Navidad River at Sublime

The past week

What floods at each level

• 34 ft

  Major lowland flooding continues with widespread inundation of the floodplain. The river is three quarters mile wide near Highway 90A and several homes along the river are flooded. Primary and secondary roads and low bridges are inundated and closed. Livestock in the floodplain are cut off and potentially drowned.

• 33 ft

  Major lowland flooding continues with the river one third mile wide at the Highway 90A bridge. Primary and secondary roads near the gauge are flooded and low bridges are very dangerous to auto traffic. Livestock are vulnerable to being cut off and drowned in the floodplain.

• 32 ft

  Major lowland flooding continues with the river one quarter mile wide at the Highway 90A bridge threatening livestock from the headwaters to below Speaks.

• 26 ft

  Major lowland flooding begins as two channels under the Highway 90A bridge merge becoming one channel several hundered yards wide. The lowest homes in the floodplain downstream near Vienna and in Jackson County are threatened.

• 25 ft

  Moderate lowland flooding begins threatening livestock, equipment, primary and secondary roads, and low bridges near the river.

• 24 ft

  Minor lowland flooding begins making secondary roads and low bridges near the river dangerous. Livestock and equipment should be removed from flood prone areas.

• 20 ft

  Flows exceed low-lying sections of both banks in the main channel.

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