3 Utah counties receive funding to help recover from last year's floods

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved more than $6 million in Public Assistance grant funds as part of ongoing recovery work from flooding in Utah last year. A major disaster declaration was granted for five Utah counties on Dec. 23, 2023, for flooding that occurred the previous May. In the five months since the declaration, the state and FEMA have worked together to help communities in Iron, Morgan, Sanpete, Utah and Wasatch counties with recovery projects, FEMA said in a release.

The funds are designated to help with projects in three Utah counties:

In Utah County, monies are designated for debris removal in the Hobble Creek Basin, the Payson Basin, the Thistle Basin and the Santaquin Basin. Approximately 213,000 cubic yards of sand, mud, silt, gravel, rocks and boulders will be removed and hauled to disposal sites.

In Morgan County, funding will be used for replacement of a large culvert that is a critical part of the county’s storm water drainage infrastructure.

Damaged debris barriers along Guardsman Pass in Wasatch County will be replaced.