Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-05-19 | Page 3 | State Watches Against Floods

S 81 STATE A TE W WATCHES A AGAINST FLOODS Highways In III Davis Dayis and andr r Morgan Olg Counties Threatened SALT LAKE May olay 19 Crews Cres Crews of the state road department are sta eta stationed stai i nt at Farmington creek and anI andI I ford Pard creek k k at North Clearfield to protect the state highway from damage by b the unusually heavy runoff creek threw threw- ened to overflow o the highway Wednesday edneeda while a freshet 20 0 feet teet wide has been sue ewer u pIng across th highway for the last two days near the mouth of oC Ford Kord creek Weber river threatens highways In Morgan county Early l- l arly Wednes Wednesday Wednesday day the road In the vicinity or Strawberry below the point where I Little Cottonwood creek Joins the tho Weber eber river was In danger th the waters aten being at the very ery edge of the road A rise of at an additional six Inches Inch's would have hate covered ered H e estrip If strip of ot road approximately a mile mill millI I in length I Flood water Is present In small quantities between the South Weber ebEr road and Uintah and also als 0 on the old road between Uintah Uinta h I and Ogden but not of oC sufficient t t volume to cause serious damage