Water creeps up to the front entrance at Cowboys
Bar and Restaurant in Huntley Wednesday afternoon
as flood waters hit an all-time record of 16’ 5” in Billings.
Here, sand bags are put in front of door entrance
as a preliminary block, but it appears that more sand
bags will be needed as flow water continues to inch
higher Wednesday afternoon at press time. (Jonathan
McNiven Photo)
The Yellowstone River drainage is experiencing a 500-year flood event. “We have never seen anything like this before,” said a Carbon County official.
Notices flew out across Yellowstone County, late Tuesday, that the Yellowstone River was expected to crest at Billings at 15.1 feet by 7 pm. With local folks watching the water come at them for the past couple of days, as it devastated communities upstream, the report was no surprise. Wednesday morning it was being reported that the Yellowstone River had reached 16.4 feet, the highest level ever reported – 15 feet on the Yellowstone is considered flood stage.
Extreme flood waters reached the Billings water plant on Belknap Street on Tuesday night requiring that the water plant be shut down. Residents are being asked to use water very conservatively.
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