Heavy rains hit Emery County on Saturday and continuing into Sunday. State Route 31 from Huntington to Fairview was closed. Several mud and rock slides covered the highway. Crews worked to clean off the road below the gated area at Crandall Canyon. The road was reopened to Crandall late on Sunday.
Emery County Sheriff Greg Funk said, “Each community in our county got nailed. We are in Green River right now and a wall of water is coming this way. In the midst of all the flooding we had a man who broke his leg in a slot canyon near Goblin Valley. We extracted him and transported him. We caution people to stay out of the canyons in this weather. Cottonwood Creek was jammed up with logs with flooding in Orangeville and Castle Dale. Mark Williams’ house had water come inside. In Huntington Canyon, UDOT is working on the road within the burn area. There is a log jam at the mouth of Left Fork. We haven’t had a chance yet to fly over Left Fork to check on the condition of those log jams. This flood coming out of Huntington Canyon is the worst we’ve seen yet.”
In Huntington Canyon the Rilda canyon road had mud, rocks and debris flows across the road in several places. The log jams along the mouth of Mill Fork Canyon have grown with new ones forming. The Little Bear Campground road has washed out with mud and debris in the campground area.
Wet weekend causes flooding damage
"This pile of debris came from the upper debris basin in Huntington Canyon. The basin continues to catch logs as they flow down the river."