Jun 5, 2017
Warming temperatures in June brought rapid snow melt of mountain snow pack and led to flooding around portions of Sublette County, especially along the New Fork and Green Rivers as well as some of it's tributaries. Several low lying BLM roads were damaged or washed out during the flooding, with some roads having over 2 feet of water on them. In addition, many low lying areas had several days of flooding. However, all major state highways and bridges remained open during the flooding. There was n
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 705532). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Sublette County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.