Flooding on Quartz Road in Cache Creek beside the fire station on May 1, 2023. (Photo via Cache Cree Fire Department)
The flooding which has hit Cache Creek has essentially wiped out the one property which had been under the most threat.
Mayor John Ranta says a large-scale jump in the river flow has caused significant damage to the lone property along the TransCanada which had been put under an evacuation order.
“The debris is completely surrounded with debris from the river, the debris is up as high as the windows on that house. A trailer that was on the property has been knocked off its footing.”
Ranta says the water from Cache Creek has now crested above Quartz Road, where a smaller culvert had been attempting to siphon the flow.
He says the village will be looking for longer-term solutions to the flooding.
“Take the culvert out under Quartz Road because it is obviously too small for the water flows that we are getting, and either put a bridge in or a much larger culvert so that we do not have to deal with the overland flooding as we have.”
Ranta does say, however, the rest of the community is OK for the time being, noting they remain hopeful this is the worst of the damage.
“The helicopter came over and flew up Cache Creek to check the snowpack levels and they tell us that things are percolating along fine and the snowpack is disappearing nicely.”
While hopeful, Ranta does say, the nearby Bonaparte River is also on the rise.
He says at this point, most of the major roads and highways to and from Cache Creek do remain open.
Cache creek.
Got evacuated from helping at motel by Fire Dept as expecting worse. Water came up 10” in a matter of minutes due to clog downstream. pic.twitter.com/OIY3SPcSdv
Cache creek flowing onto HWW97 by DQ. pic.twitter.com/5Fj9haBHPB
— Ryan L (@blackties_laker) May 2, 2023
— Ryan L (@blackties_laker) May 2, 2023
#cachecreek 10 minutes ago, downtown. #flood #flooding pic.twitter.com/7ByRAAb3bL
— SpcCch (@Spearacanoe) May 2, 2023
