Feb 8, 2017
Rain on a much above normal snow pack combined with frozen ground caused extensive flooding across northern Nevada, especially across Elko county. The excessive runoff caused the Twenty One Mile dam north of Montello to fail sending flood waters 2-3 feet deep down Twenty One Mile Creek flooding buildings at the Gamble Ranch and washing out a section of State Route 233 and railroad tracks. Flooding also stopped trains traveling through northern Elko County as tracks were underwater. About 30 home
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 681489). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Elko County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.