Mar 15, 2017
Periodic heavy rain and mountain snow melt caused the Coeur D'Alene River to flood. The town of Cataldo experienced extensive flooding of roads, fields, yards and outbuildings in the river bottom lands. Some homes and businesses experienced basement and shallow first floor flooding.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 688600). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Kootenai County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.