Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Streams

I went to monitor my streams today. I found the road to Us-Wan-Kan-Be stream closed. Last time I was here I was standing on top of 5 feet of snow and the road was hidden but seemed fine. The spring melt washed out the road just like it did last year. The force of water is something to behold.

The intake pipe on the left is above water. The three pipes to the right are submerged. Water is in such a hurry to get into the pipe that whirlpools are formed.

The Cloquet River is high but not flooding.

Here is the bridge that the deer leaped off.

 

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