State and county highways to the north of this site continue to be blocked by rock and mud slides and extensive road washouts. These flows caused localized flooding in the Emmett area of Gem County. On the Weiser River in Washington County, the approaches to several bridges have been washed out and one or more bridges have collapsed as a result of high flows. State and county highways continue to be blocked with mudslides and highway washouts. It may be another week before the roads are opened again to traffic.
Repairs are dependent on the receding flows and on the weather cooling to allow soils to stabilize.
The city of Weiser has had considerable flood damage. Further downstream, the Snake River below Hells Canyon Dam peaked on Jan. 2 at near 102,000 cfs, a new peak of record. Further north on U.S. Highway 95, mudslides have isolated the community of Pinehurst and the Little Salmon River has threatened the stability of the highway at several locations. This main highway is severed in at least a dozen places, including a 1000-foot long washout. Reservoirs in the Boise River Basin have been filling rapidly.