Runoff

OGDEN — Warm, windy weather has dried greenery and increased the fire threat in northeastern Utah.

But outside of ditch bank and agricultural burns getting away from people, the Weber-Davis area is under no high fire threat, a state fire official says.

Red flag warnings were in effect Thursday for much of western Colorado and the San Luis Valley, as well as parts of Utah, Wyoming, Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico.

OGDEN — Despite recent storms, the snowpack above the Wasatch Front is still well below average, meaning runoffs will also be low.

That does not mean there will be watering or irrigation restrictions this summer, however.

“We’ve talked a lot about it,” said Weber Basin Water Conservancy District Director Tage Flint. “It looks as if the runoff projections show we’re going to settle in about 70 percent of normal.”

OGDEN -- "Nobody cares about their own backyard like the people who own their own backyard."

OGDEN -- Ogden District Ranger Robbin Redman announced that all trails in the Wheeler Creek area near Snow Basin ski resort are closed to all uses until further notice. The closure includes Wheeler Creek, Ice Box, Ogden Valley Overlook, Sardine Peak, Wheeler Creek East Fork and Wheeler Creek Middle Fork.

FARMINGTON -- Mayor Scott Harbertson said heavy runoff this spring poses more than a flooding concern for the city; it also raises the chance for mudslides in his community.

Harbertson is concerned the hillsides on the east of the city have been scarred of enough foliage by two fires in the past decade that heavy runoff will lead to a fallout of mud for people on the east side.