02-05-2025
Logan Co. Emergency Management monitoring flood situation amid rainy month
LOGAN COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR)— Record rainfall left several areas flooded in recent days amid the wettest April in Oklahoma history. One of the hardest-hit areas that tends to flood often is Logan County, and emergency management there said they have plenty of work to do when the water recedes.
'That's just life in Logan County,' a rural Logan County resident said.
Heavy rain and flooding is no foreign site to residents like Lindley. He's lived in his home in rural Logan Co. since 1998. This go-round, he said he has to wait to get home because part of the road is washed out and he can't make it through.
'In this car, I'm certainly not going to try that,' he said.
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Despite that, the spot near Broadway and Seward at Cottonwood Creek, a notoriously flood-prone area, isn't the worst he's seen it of course.
'I have seen it right here, where all with this pasture of hay out here was underwater,' Lindley said, pointing to a field.
It's been quite the busy past few days in that area during an incredibly rainy month.
'When it happens, it's usually all hands on deck, our county commissioners get involved,' Deputy Emergency Management Director Shawn Pierce said.
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On Thursday, Guthrie Public Schools posted on their Facebook page that due to current flooding conditions and the cresting of Cottonwood Creek, they had to cancel school.
Pierce said the creek crested at around 12:45 a.m. Thursday at about 29.5 feet. Flood stage there is considered to be 30 feet. By 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Pierce said it started going down.
'We were sitting at about 26 and a half feet,' Pierce said.
It's something they've become accustomed to, according to Pierce.
With more rain expected Thursday night and into Friday morning, they do plan to monitor it with U.S. Geological Survey and Mesonet sites in the area. Lindley wasn't really concerned. He said he would just head into town and wait it out.
'Get dinner, check on the place, walk in tomorrow if we don't get too much rain tonight,' Lindley said.
About 22 Logan Co. roads were closed as of Thursday morning. KFOR was told the Flood Warning was canceled in Logan County, but they are still in a Flood Advisory.
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