Harney County flooding update and evacuation notice
By Mindy Gould on Friday, March 21st, 2025 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News More Top Stories
HARNEY COUNTY(Released from Harney County Emergency Management)-๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ as of March 21, 2025 at 3:25pm:
Yesterday, the Army Corps of Engineers was in Burns to consult and assess the current flooding situation, including the integrity of the dike/levee and discuss future planning. The dike/levee is holding up as it should.
City of Burns Public Works has made progress on the water levels that caused the North Broadway flooding. Water levels dropped yesterday by approximately a foot from the previous day. Youโve probably noticed that what had become Triangle Lake, has returned to its former glory of Triangle
Partners including ODHS Office of Emergency of Resilience and Management (OREM) and Harney County Emergency Management continue to work nonstop to coordinate and provide resources to our area, including showers for impacted residents.
Current NOAA predictions are forecasting that the Silvies River will reach minor flood staging by mid-morning March 25. Keep in mind, in some areas we had up to 215% snowpack and we will likely see more runoff than projected with the warmer temps leading into next week. You can view this here: https://water.noaa.gov/gauges/BUSO3.
In preparation for next weekโs warmer weather and anticipated increase of flooding, Level 1 Evacuation notices are being made. HCSO Deputies will be making contact with residents in the area for notification as well as collecting information about any needs should we get to the point of an actual evacuation. If no one is home, a notice will be left on the door.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐๐ง ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐, ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ.
๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐ (๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ): Residents should be aware of the danger in your area and stay informed by monitoring local city and county websites, social media, and radio for updates.
The County Information Line is being reestablished:
๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐: ๐๐๐-๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐
