Flood — Madison, Idaho

2017-04-02 to 2017-04-26 · near Plano, Madison, Idaho

Event narrative

Madison County declared a flood emergency. Action was taken to help mitigate river bank erosion. Erosion occurred due to the high runoff. Some flooding occurred 6 miles east of Lorenzo Highway near Twin Bridges. Over 300 truck loads of riprap rock was delivered to the Sunnydell irrigation canal along the Snake River upstream of Archer Road in the attempt at erosion mitigation. More work was done at the Roth location along the Heise-Roberts levee 1 mile upstream of the Lorenzo Bridge.

Wider weather episode

Some flooding continued throughout the month but not as severe as previous months or the future river flooding in May and June.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 695343. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.