The risk of major flooding in the Parkland is minimal.
Jeff Thiele, from the Intermountain Conservation District, expects only localized flooding this year.
“Right now the lakes are at, kind of a good level. They can accept quite a bit of water. But i think it would depend on what the spring precipitation is like." Thiele continues, "I think they can accept this snow melt. A lot of the soil going into the fall is dry, so the water seems to be going in so far, into the ground.”
With the night time temperature dropping below freezing each night and with the warm days the snow is melting nicely.
As long as we don’t get two weeks of rain in a month, we shouldn't have a problem. If we do, Thiele says Dauphin Lake could be in trouble.
Thiele says with the weather we've been having farmers will have a good start going into spring seeding.
IMCD now has three flood control dams in operation that will help reduce peak flows and flood damages. They are planning to construct another one this summer.
