Aerial drone image of Cowboys Bar & Restaurant in Huntley taken Wednesday morning with very high winds pushing debris, logs and water all around Cowboys property, driveway and into outbuildings. Officials recorded the river volume to be flowing at 82,800 cubic feet per second (CFS), and a high mark of 16 ft. 5 in. on Wednesday, June 15 This 500-year flood level is effecting Huntley worse than both the 2011 and 1997 flood levels, according to officials. (Drone image by Jonathan McNiven). See more drone images and flooding pictures throughout the paper.
The Yellowstone River drainage is experiencing a 500-year flood event. “We have never seen anything like this before,” said a Carbon County official.
Notices flew out across Yellowstone County, late Tuesday, that the Yellowstone River was expected to crest at Billings at 15.1 feet by 7 pm. With local folks watching the water come at them for the past couple of days, as it devastated communities upstream, the report was no surprise. Wednesday morning it was being reported that the Yellowstone River had reached 16.4 feet, the highest level ever reported – 15 feet on the Yellowstone is considered flood stage. read more
