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<br />24. Daaage. iD the headwater area. of the Sevier River included .tock- <br />pond failur.. aud flooded _adow.. In the Panguitch, Utah, area the <br />Sevier Il1ver in floodflow extended to approx1utely one-balf llile in <br />width acro.. pa.ture and bayland., depo.iting .ilt and debri., daaaginl <br />f.nce., and pr.vantinl acce.. to the field.. Thi. floodiDl of the area <br />i. a relatively c~n occurrence, a. there are no main.te. control <br />.tructure. above Piute Re.ervoir. <br /> <br />25. Panguitch Creek, located at Panguitch, Utah, d"'led two .tre.. <br />cro..ing.; one of the.e provide. acce.. to a luaber aill aud it. closure <br />re.ulted in a .hutdown of plant operation. until the cro..iDl vas <br />re.tored. Strea. overflow al.o flooded ba._nU, da_led the yard. of <br />approxillately 25 bo_., clo.ed down two lIOte1s, and flooded U. S. High- <br />way a9, a rac. track, a city park and a ca~iDi area. <br /> <br />26. In the Circleville area one re.idence wa. isolated and .everal <br />hundred acre. of ...dowlaud were inundated by floodwater.. <br /> <br />27. In the Richfield, Utah, area an e.ti_ted 1,000 acre. of pa.ture- <br />land ware flooded, three boll8. bad vater over the floor and .even 110_. <br />bad flooded yard. aud driveway.; also, an irr1&ation canal and road were <br />daaaled. On Cottonvood Creek two hoae., .everal culverts, a culinary <br />vater line, and .everal acre. of irr1&ated pasture were daaaled fro. <br />floodwater. 8Dd .ed1Dentation. Clear Creek damaled approxia8tely one <br />la:l.le of road, va.hed out an irription diver. ion .tructure and eroded <br />.everal acre. of irrilated pa.ture. Cedar Ridge floodflova eroded away <br />a .ection of canal and daaaled a field of barley. Goo.eberry Creek <br />daaaged the ..in Forest Service road, .everal fara bridge., and three <br />irrigation diver.ion .tructure. along with minor acreages of irrigat.d <br />pa.ture. <br /> <br />28. Salina Creek at SaliDa, Utah, eroded approx1utely 100 feet of <br />citY-COUDty road, .&king acce.. to the city a proble. to faraars and <br />rancher. living in outlying .r.... A ...11 bridge va. overtopp.d, <br />cau.iDa ainor ero.ion of city .treet. and daaasins a few nearby hoas.. <br />The heavy runoffs cauaed the creek to .hift away fro. the ..iD channel, <br />va.bing out a .ection of .ewer 1:I.ne; th1a allowed raw .evale fro. <br />approximately one-half the co..unity'. 1,500 inhabitanta to flow into <br />the creek for approxia8tely 30 daya until local intereat could _nage <br />repair of the daaased .ewer line. <br /> <br />29. Flood:l.nS along the San Pitch River va. heavier than DOraal runoff <br />year.; however, there vas DO daaase reported to crops or pa.ture iD <br />this area. A railroad cro..iDg located iD the lover r.ach of Tvalv..ile <br />Creek va. daaaged by floating debris and floodwater; a county road, brids. <br />and culverts ware also cIa_ged by th1a tributary. <br /> <br />11 <br />