HAVRE, Mont. (NMB) – As of Wednesday, the stream gauge at Big Sandy Creek west of Havre reported levels of minor flooding. Disaster and Emergency Services Coordinator Dave Sheppard says the water has hit the lowest level for flooding in the area. While the water levels for the Milk River and Fresno Reservoir have been rising, he says we haven’t seen much flooding yet in Hill County.
“On the 17th of March, which was a Sunday, it was at approximately two feet and today, we’re at 8.47. You know, it looks like right now it’s starting to taper off, so that level’s starting to drop again a little bit.”
Sheppard says that Fresno Reservoir is essentially shut down to help ease flooding that’s occurring further downstream.
“They were showing it was at 53 percent full. So it is filling. The inflow is 2,219 cubic feet per second and the outflow is 44.1, so obviously there’s a lot more coming in than is going out. Still quite a bit of storage space left.”
Sheppard says that most of the water at Big Sandy Creek is staying within its banks, but may be spilling over in some low-lying areas.
