Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson has ended the county's state of emergency for flooding after four months.
At a news conference overlooking a debris basin at Wheeler Farm on Monday, the mayor thanked residents who volunteered to fill over 500,000 sandbags and help prevent what could have been a catastrophe.
Utah experienced a record-breaking winter with snow totals 200% of normal. That prompted flooding fears across the state. Mayor Wilson declared a state of emergency to free up resources. Crews worked around the clock to clear water ways of debris to help prevent disaster. What also helped was a cooler than usual spring which kept the snowmelt even and significant infrastructure improvements statewide as a result of the 1983 floods that created a river down State Street in Salt Lake City and caused catastrophic damage totaling over $1 billion. Thanks to those infrastructure improvements, Mayor Wilson said 2023 damages were around $4 million.
She said over half of Utah's streams are still running at above-average conditions where, at this same time last year, only 2% were above-average conditions. Those conditions prompted Salt Lake County's flood control director Kade Moncur to issue a warning:"Going into July and August, there will still be a lot of water in the creeks so just be aware to keep small children and pets in close eye and keep them away.
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