Flood — Custer, Idaho

2018-03-13 to 2018-03-31 · near (u15)challis Arpt, Custer, Idaho

$65K

Property damage

Event narrative

Sheet flooding and minor ice jam flooding occurred throughout March as snow began to melt with the warmer temperatures along with periods of rain the latter half of the month. County road and field damage occurred with damage estimates over 60 thousand dollars.

Wider weather episode

A return to heavy mountain snows in late February and early March added significantly to the snow pack especially in the Upper Snake River Highlands and snow melt and heavy rains occurred sporadically from the middle of the month onward. The worst of the flooding occurred in Clark and Madison which were both declared state disaster areas by the end of the month. Low elevations in the central mountains also began to experience with extensive damage also occurring in Blaine County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 747615. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.