Flood — Benewah, Idaho

2017-02-10 to 2017-02-14 · near St Maries Muni Arpt, Benewah, Idaho

$5K

Property damage

Event narrative

An ice jam on the St. Joe River flooded portions of the St. Joe River Road making it impassable for travel upstream from the jam. Minor field flooding was reported downstream as the as the ice jam broke up and released the dammed water.

Wider weather episode

On the early morning of February 10th an ice jam developed on the St. Joe River between St. Maries and Calder. Water backed up behind the ice jam causing minor flooding upstream in the town of Calder, but also flooded the St. Joe River Road in places and effectively closed the road which is the main road access to the town of Calder.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 682201. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.