Living in Rural Utah: Flooding in St. George

Back in the Summer of 2009 I was sent on a detail down to St. George area to help with some reconstruction and protective work in the area of Gunlock, Utah. Back in 2005 there were massive floods that inundated many homes and washed out several bridges. Again in 2007 just the town of Gunlock was affected my more flooding on the Santa Clara River. While I was down there I spent all of my time helping with the reconstruction of rock rip rap walls to protect homes, reconstructing the river, and installing grouted rip rap around bridges that had washed out previously.

Today Saint George area is again affected by mass flooding. They say that the floods that they are currently experiencing are expected to be higher and greater than the flood back in 2005. A bridge has already been wiped out between Veyo and Gunlock and many roads are closed. I heard that Gunlock is completely isolated. I am interested to see and hear if all of the structures and protective measures that I helped with met this challenge.