Flooding blocks roads near Gunlock and Grass Valley Road, Pine Valley UT
Road ClosureFlooding near Gunlock and Grass Valley Road caused road blockages and debris on the roads. Rescue and brush units blocked the roads and instructed people to return home. Water on roads remained six to eight inches deep with debris, causing vehicles to be stuck. Crews prepared equipment to clear debris and reopen roads when water levels drop.
Audio|Source: Washington County Sheriff, Fire and EMS - East
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Transcript:
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Control Chief 161, brush 16100, route to Gunlock.
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10-4[1].
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24.
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Chief 161 and Brush 161, they're over on Ops 14, again Ops 1-14 on the Gunlock loading.
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Copy that, switching to Ops 14.
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1X 201, Pine Valley Command.
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Go ahead.
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Status report.
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So, Chief,
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supposedly there was a front coming through, just coming over the top of the burn scar that could drop about a quarter inch.
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But I think it may have just slightly missed it because it was coming at the time I did that report.
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How's the water on the road where you are?
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It hasn't subsided yet. We're still stuck.
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All the rescues are stuck there.
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Probably got...
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1505 white swath that's just running like crazy.
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How deep do you estimate the water is? Control, engine 1A1.
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Probably 6 to 8 inches, lot of debris.
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Agent 181, go ahead.
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That's a good copy, thank you.
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Shill is en route.
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Okay, 4.
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Just an FYI, I've got one of our rigs that's blocking the highway there, Grass Valley, so there'll be no traffic coming that way. Is there any traffic on the other side from you that's stalled there?
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Control?
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That's you.
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I don't know that we want to throw any resources at it, but we do have some.
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The Rescue 141 is going to block the road, then they're going to come down there to investigate that,
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and they can go ahead and instruct the people that they're not going to be getting out and they can just come back home.
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On your side, on the church side?
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That's a good copy, yes.
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All right. We've got resources here if this will ever come down. I've got an equipment operator and all of the swift water folks are here.
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Do you have any signage that you can put on that side of the road to warn people coming into town when we do get it open?
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Please repeat.
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Control brush 413.
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Negative. We don't, we have signs, just have resources to get them here at the moment.
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I'll see what I can do.
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That's a copy.
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Rescue 141, did you copy the traffic on instructing the people on Grass Valley Road to go home?
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Brush 43, which call did you respond to?
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Tocryl. Rescue 141,
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command? R Usherty 3rd413. All right there, can you repeat.
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Hig1 is already over here in Toquerville.
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Rescue 141 command.
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Go ahead for Rescue 141.
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After you block the road there at the church and you head up toward the flooding road,
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I understand there are some cars that are kind of standing there.
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Go ahead and tell them to head back home. They're not going to be getting out tonight, probably.
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Okay,
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copy.
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Control, this is Squad 182.
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Squad 182, go ahead.
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Chill us and out.
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10-4[1].
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Cross 43GC. You're available.
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14613, engine 1414-14-122.
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Go ahead, 142.
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We're going to pick you up and head back to the station to stage and figure out the next steps.
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Good copy.
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Engine 142, command?
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Gofer 142. I just talked to Jimmy, he's going to bring his backhoe to the station. We're going to stage it here as soon as the water's off the road and we can start clearing the debris, we'll send him up there to start clearing those roads off.
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I can knock some of this out too with a skid steer as well.
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That's a good copy.
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Advise me when we can send him up.
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He can come up now and take out some of the debris near the branding iron.
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Did you want Dally to stay here and give him lights and help him out?
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Affirmative.
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Command from T-Pros.
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Go for command.
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Yeah, just be advised that that intersection right there is completely passable now. There is just a few logs in the road that, when they clear that out, should be fine. So that's the update.
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Repeat what road that is?
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Main Street and Meadow View Drive.
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Do you mean Meadowview by the branding iron?
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Meadowview, correct, yes.
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I'll send Jimmy that way with his backhoe. We want to get that road open first, and then we'll set him on East on Main Street to get that road opened toward Spring Creek Estates.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement/OK
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Location mentioned:
Near E Main St, Pine Valley, UT 84781
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