Hawks Hill Road in Loleta. Photo by Andrew Goff

UPDATE, 5 p.m.: The newest local roads closure, from Humboldt County Public Works

• Camp Kimtu Road flooded across.
• Slide activity Dyerville Loop Road m.p. 14.75.

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Photo of flooding on Highway 36. Shannon Coates.

UPDATE, 4:15 p.m.: The newest local roads closure, from Humboldt County Public Works

• Fickle Hill Road open, tree removed at m.p. 10.
• Hatchery Road closed at West End intersection, flooding.
• Freshwater Road closed ¼ mile in from Old Arcata to Garfield School.
• Dyerville Loop Road unpassable at m.p. 14.75 due to slide.
• Sprowel Creek tree removed and passable.
• McCann Ferry shut down, possible start-up on Tuesday, January 19.
• Alderpoint Road down to one lane at m.p. 32.4 near Charles Bar.
• Redwood Drive completely closed between Evergreen and Bear Canyon. (Bluff area south of Redway. 
• Redwood Drive slide activity between Dean Creek and Redway, road now open and passable. (Bluff area north of Redway.)
• Ettersburg Road updated:  One lane open south of elementary school; slide signs posted.
• Holmes Flat at Chad Creek flooded.
• End of West Coast Road flooded, Southern Humboldt
• Old Arcata Road flooded at Ole Hanson, drive appropriately for conditions.
• Fieldbrook Road flooded across near Park Lane.
• Hatchery Road & West End Road flooded entirely across. 
• Freshwater Road flooded at m.p. 39.8 & 39.7.
• Howard Heights Road closed.
• Hookton Road at Eel River Drive closed.
• Crannell Road closed at Dows Prairie due to flooding.
• Glendale Drive closed; Stagecoach Road closed. 
• Mitchell Road now open (Weitchpec).

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UPDATE, 4 p.m.: The newest local roads closure, from Humboldt County Public Works

• Dyerville Loop Road unpassable at m.p. 14.75 due to slide
• Sprowel Creek tree removed and passable.
• Freshwater Road closed. 
• McCann Ferry shut down, possible start-up on Tuesday, January 19.
• Alderpoint Road down to one lane at m.p. 32.4 near Charles Bar.
• Redwood Drive completely closed between Evergreen and Bear Canyon.
• Redwood Drive slide activity between Dean Creek and Redway, road now open and passable.
• Ettersburg Road updated:  One lane open south of elementary school; slide signs posted.

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UPDATE, 3:11 p.m.: The newest local roads closure, from Humboldt County Public Works

• McCann Ferry shut down, possible start-up on Tuesday, January 19.
• Alderpoint Road down to one lane at m.p. 32.4 near Charles Bar. 
• Redwood Drive completely closed between Evergreen and Bear Canyon.
• Redwood Drive slide activity between Dean Creek and Redway, road now open and passable. 
• Sprowel Creek unpassable, tree down ½ west of Garbervilee, just beyond bridge.
• Ettersburg Road updated:  One lane open south of elementary school; slide signs posted. 
• Holmes Flat at Chad Creek flooded. 
• End of West Coast Road flooded, Southern Humboldt 
• Fickle Hill Road closed at m.p. 10, tree down. Should reopen 4:15 p.m.
• Old Arcata Road flooded at Ole Hanson, drive appropriately for conditions.
• Fieldbrook Road flooded across near Park Lane.
• Hatchery Road & West End Road flooded entirely across.
• Freshwater Road flooded at m.p. 39.8 & 39.7.
• Howard Heights Road closed.
• Hookton Road at Eel River Drive closed. 
• Crannell Road closed at Dows Prairie due to flooding.
•  Glendale Drive closed; Stagecoach Road closed.
•  Mitchell Road now open (Weitchpec).
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UPDATE, 3 p.m.: The newest local roads closure, from Humboldt County Public Works

• McCann Ferry shut down, possible start-up on Tuesday, January 19.
• Alderpoint Road down to one lane at m.p. 32.4 near Charles Bar.
• Redwood Drive completely closed between Evergreen and Bear Canyon.
• Redwood Drive slide activity between Dean Creek and Redway. Road now open and passable.
• Sprowel Creek unpassable, tree down ½ west of Garbervilee, just beyond bridge.
• Ettersburg Road updated:  One lane open south of elementary school; slide signs posted.
• Holmes Flat at Chad Creek flooded.
• End of West Coast Road flooded, Southern Humboldt
• Old Arcata Road flooded at Ole Hanson, drive appropriately for conditions.
• Fieldbrook Road flooded across near Park Lane.
• Hatchery Road & West End Road flooded entirely across.
• Freshwater Road flooded at m.p. 39.8 & 39.7.
• Howard Heights Road closed.
• Hookton Road at Eel River Drive closed.
• Crannell Road closed at Dows Prairie due to flooding.

Be careful out there! Lots of flooded roads!

Posted by Mark Lovelace on Sunday, January 17, 2016

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UPDATE, 1 p.m.: The newest local roads closure, from Humboldt County Public Works

• McCann Ferry shut down, possible start-up on Tuesday, January 19.
• Alderpoint Road down to one lane at m.p. 32.4 near Charles Bar.
• Redwood Drive completely closed between Evergreen and Bear Canyon.
• Ettersburg Road slide activity south of elementary school, basketball size rocks. (Humboldt Co. Road Crew enroute).
• Old Arcata Road flooded at Ole Hanson, dangerous, travel at own risk.
• Freshwater Road flooded at m.p. 39.8 & 39.7.
• Howard Heights Road closed.
• Hookton Road at Eel River Drive closed. 

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Reports of slides, slipouts and rain-related crashes keep coming in hot and heavy on the CHP dispatch page, which is likely the place you will find out soonest if the road you plan to travel is impacted.

This morning’s 101 slide at Loleta continues to shut down northbound traffic, but Caltrans is currently expecting to have one lane open by noon. 

Meanwhile, the Humboldt County Department of Public Works just issued a list of its roads that it knows to be impacted at the moment. Redwood Drive between Garberville and Redway is completely shut down. Old Arcata Road at Ole Hanson is “travel at your own risk”:

From the Humboldt County Department of Public Works:

• McCann Ferry shut down, possible start-up on Tuesday, January 19.
• Alderpoint Road down to one lane at m.p. 32.4 near Charles Bar.
• Redwood Drive completely closed between Evergreen and Bear Canyon.
• Old Arcata Road flooded at Ole Hanson, dangerous, travel at own risk.
• Hookton Road and Eel River Drive flooded.
• Flooding at Glendale Drive; Stagecoach Road closed.

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Fernbridge, 11:15 a.m., from our comprehesive webcam page.

UPDATE, 12:30 p.m.: County roads says that Mitchell Road in Weitchpec is also closed due to a slide.

The National Weather Service has upgraded its flood watch for several North Coast rivers — including the Eel and the Van Duzen to a “flood warning,” meaning that flooding is to be expected. We’ve put the flood-watch monitors at the top of our homepage and at LoCO Earth.

Here’s the statement from the Weather Service as it pertains to the Eel River Delta:

The National Weather Service in Eureka has issued a FLOOD WARNING for the Eel River At Fernbridge from this evening to late Monday night…or until the warning is cancelled.

At 8:15 AM Sunday the stage was 10.7 feet. * Moderate FLOODING IS FORECAST. * Flood stage is 20 feet. * Forecast to crest near 22.5 feet late Monday morning. * IMPACTS…At 22 feet…The western half of the Eel Delta may be completely flooded, especially if at or above this level for an extended period of time. This includes areas northwest of Loleta and the western portion of Cannibal Island Road.

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UPDATE: Reader Sarah Daniels sends along this video of driving through the Hookton Road offramp at the moment. Don’t do this, probably!

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