SPANISH FORK CANYON, Utah, Aug. 14, 2022 (Gephardt Daily) — Flooding caught on video Saturday has eased Sunday, says Sgt. Spencer Cannon, Utah County Sheriff‘s Office.
Cannon shared the dramatic videos, shot on Highway 6 in Spanish Fork Canyon. On Sunday, he told Gephardt Daily while the flooding had not yet directly damaged homes in the area the potential was all too real.
“The real risk is that all the logs and rock and dirt will clog culverts that go under bridges and that can block flow and case flooding of roadways. So far, with this series of storms, that has happened only on a small scale.
“But the risk is real that roads will be blocked or culverts or bridges may be washed out,” Cannon said. “Today, fingers crossed, so far so good!”
Mill Fork, at mile marker 197 on US Hwy 6 in Spanish Fork Canyon. Water and debris running high out of the Coal Hollow burn scar from 2018. Dairy Fork, just west of here, also has debris running from a different drainage of that same 2018 fire. Clip #1/3 pic.twitter.com/HeoBWXbvqr
— Spencer Cannon (@SGTCannonPIO) August 14, 2022
The flooding has stopped, he said, but the danger remains due to previous fires.
“The ground has become saturated in the burn scar areas — Coal Hollow figure (2018, Pole Creek (2018), and Bald Mountain (2018) — and they have been having flooding and debris flows regularly.
Mill Fork, at mile marker 197 on US Hwy 6 in Spanish Fork Canyon. Water and debris running high out of the Coal Hollow burn scar from 2018. Dairy Fork, just west of here, also has debris running from a different drainage of that same 2018 fire. Clip #2/3 pic.twitter.com/eqFCfKwvLu
— Spencer Cannon (@SGTCannonPIO) August 14, 2022
Mill Fork, at mile marker 197 on US Hwy 6 in Spanish Fork Canyon. Water and debris running high out of the Coal Hollow burn scar from 2018. Dairy Fork, just west of here, also has debris running from a different drainage of that same 2018 fire. Clip #3/3 pic.twitter.com/C5XWM877W6
— Spencer Cannon (@SGTCannonPIO) August 14, 2022
