Wind River at Riverton

The past week

What floods at each level

• 12.5 ft

  Water may begin to flow over Highway 789 south of the Riverton Bridge. Continuous monitoring and/or repair of levees and berms is necessary. The river may overtake and overflow irrigation canals upstream of Riverton.

• 12 ft

  Flood waters continue to invade low lying areas west of Highway 789. Highway 789 may be sand leveed by wydot on the south side of the river. Widespread and very extensive agricultural flooding downstream of Riverton near the Black Bridge and Hidden Valley area. Need to monitor closely irrigation canals upstream of Riverton for possibe overflow problems.

• 11 ft

  Major flooding of homes along the right bank. Water begins to encroach low lying areas west of Highway 789.

• 10 ft

  Extensive agricultural flooding downstream of Riverton near the Black Bridge and Hidden Valley area. Water begins to encroach homes along the right bank.

• 9 ft

  Flood stage. Minor flooding along the right and left banks upstream of the Highway 789 Bridge. Agricultural flooding downstream of Riverton near the Black Bridge and Hidden Valley area intensifies.

• 8 ft

  Bankfull stage. Minor flooding downstream along left bank near Black Bridge begins.

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