After a big fire last year, one Utah town finds itself dangerously vulnerable to snowmelt flooding this spring.
Back in July, the fire led to three separate flooding incidents and burned an estimated 4,000 acres.Stockton Mayor Nando Meli is well aware of the concerns and says the city has taken precautions heading into the flood season. That includes using federal money it received from the National Resources Conservation Service to protect the town's water well and treatment plant.
"They paid for the berms to be put in place already, and they gave some to the county; some matching funds for doing some work up the canyon," said the mayor.Explaining where water worries exist The plant was temporarily taken out of service in August due to risks of sediment and debris from last summer's fire.
A sand-bagging station has been set up at Alex Baker Memorial Park for residents who are looking to take precautions, especially with rain expected to roll through the area later Tuesday. "It will be here until it's gone, and then when spring comes, we maybe might even still keep it here for the fall when we have the flash floods.
"If the weather continues to do what it's doing right now, it'll bring it down naturally," said Bates."But if it waits until summer just gets here and it gets hotter, we have a rain event or a warm event, then it turns into a disaster."
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