One of the few sites within Logan city limits to report major flooding during the recent state of emergency was the Creek Side RV Park along the BlacK Smith Fork River.
LOGAN – The danger of major springtime flooding in Logan is past, according to Mayor Holly Daines.
Daines officially cancelled her late-May Executive Order 23-01 on June 8, ending the declared state of emergency due the risk of flooding and reopening recreation activities along the Logan River.
“The Logan and Blacksmith Fork rivers are no longer in flood stage and the continued recession of these rivers is forecasted,” the major explained. “The State of Emergency and Executive Order are no longer necessary.”
In an abundance of caution, Daines declared a state of emergency and issued Executive Order 23-01 on May 25 in response to local flooding conditions and the risk of continued flooding in Logan City.
That order closed the Logan River and its banks within city limits to all recreational activities and uses for the following 30 days.
The emergency declaration also gave city officials the authority to request state funds and other resources to respond to flooding in some of Logan’s low-lying neighborhoods.
Daines issued those orders after the depth of Logan River reached 5.2 feet, which was considered to signal the river’s minor flood stage.
The river depth eventually reached 5.34 feet and was predicted to reach 6 feet, which would have been considered to signal a major flood stage.
Utah received record-breaking snow levels during the winter of 2022-2023, according to the city’s emergency declaration, with snowpack levels in the mountain surrounding Cache Valley close to or exceeding 150 percent of normal.
City officials warned that flooding in some Logan neighborhoods might cause extensive damage to public and private property, roads, bridges, homes, businesses, utilities and other facilities.
In the end, however, the mayor’s action proved to be largely precautionary.
One of the few sites in Logan to report major flooding was the Creek Side RV Park at 447 West, 1700 South. That picturesque location was inundated by the Black Smith Folk River.
That river’s depth rose to 7 feet, narrowly missing its flood stage at 7.6 feet, according to the National Weather Service.
Cache County officials issued a similar state of emergency declaration on May 17, but have yet to rescind that order.