USA: Oregon offers new online resource for potential flooding around the state

By Dylan Darling

The Oregon Office of Emergency Management last month released a new online dashboard. The tool includes an interactive map and a list of how many stream gauges are expected to be nearing flood stage, or have minor flooding, moderate flooding or major flooding. As of early this week, no gauges around Oregon indicated flooding.

Last month, a storm brought heavy rain to parts of Oregon. Daniel Stoelb, the geographic information system coordinator for the state Office of Emergency Management, created the stream gauge dashboard so people could quickly check how high water was rising.

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Anyone with a home or other property along a river or creek, as well as river guides and people who fish, will find the new dashboard useful, said Lane County spokeswoman Devon Ashbridge.

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The state's new tool isn't the only online resource for people looking to know more about river levels in Oregon. The U.S. Geological Survey maintains stream gauges around the United States, which provide real-time river level readings. And the National Weather Service's Northwest River Forecast Center predicts stream levels in Oregon, as well as Washington and other parts of the Northwest.

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