Winter is on its way in the northern hemisphere. Make sure to clear all those things that are meant to channel water: culverts, ditches, eaves, and the like. An ounce of prevention saves a ton of rock fill.
If memory serves, this damage happened on Boggs Road 400 above Spikenard Creek near John’s Trail. (see map below) I and a volunteer went out in a torrential rainstorm opening culverts, clearing inside ditches, with shovels. We just couldn’t be everywhere at once on the state forest’s 26 miles of dirt roads.
For a copy of the new Boggs Mountain State Forest map (PDF) go here.
Boggs Mtn State Forest (click to enlarge & use back arrow to return)
Looks as if plenty of water went through there, Norm. We have a similar problem in my job – to give our teams advance notice to get out and make sure the grilles on drains and culverts are clear before the storm comes, water backs up and houses are flooded.
K
Hi K,
We knew the storm was on its way and would be a big one. I seem to recall it being from the “Pineapple Express.” My volunteer and I were out the day before shoveling, making sure culvert throats were open, and pulling leaves out of ditches. I forget what happened with this one, perhaps some dirt sloughed into the ditch and diverted the flow. We caught it before it grew worse. Add on that that when it rains we have folks who want to “bog at Boggs” that is they want to take their 4-wheel drive trucks and muck around (locked gates slow them down)…well it’s hard to keep erosion to a minimum.
A shovelful of dirt can prevent a ton of rock repairs.