Tag Archives: Highway One closed by Garcia River

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Rick and I ventured out into the storm to take a look at the Gualala River. We received 4.55 inches of rain yesterday, and the watershed received much more. Here's what it looked like around noon today.

The Gualala River Bridge has never flooded, according to local expert Steve McLaughlin. Steve said in the early 1980's it came within a few feet of the bridge deck, but it didn't flood. It's not expected to flood during this storm either. But here's a look at it - I took these photosfrom the bend in the road at Gualala Point Regional Park.

Highway 1 is closed north of Point Arena due to flooding of the Garcia River. You can get reports on this closure at this Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/236967076730512/

As this morning, we have received 42 inches of the wet stuff - rain! - season to date. No drought here, not this year. Hooray!

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We are fortunate to have a lovely, seasonal creek on our property, Quinliven Creek. Yesterday, Sunday, it was running fast and muddy after the heavy rain. We only went down and gazed at it - no crossing it when it was doing its best imitation of a mighty river. This morning we walked alongside it and I took a few videos. I have shared one below - you just need to click on the highlighted text to watch it.

Quinliven Creek by Jeanne Jackson

Highway One is still flooded and closed by the Garcia River, at least as of 1 pm this afternoon. If you are on Facebook, go to the Point Arena Update page, as locals post their observations on whether the highway is open or not. https://www.facebook.com/groups/642728659107251/?ref=bookmarks Cal Trans has promised a live camera, which is to be installed next month. Now we  need plans for a permanent fix!

UPDATE: The Highway opened late this afternoon! But more rain could change things again.

UPDATE Wednesday Jan. 10, 8:30 am...Highway One is closed above Point Arena with three to four feet of water. High tide, a King Tide, occurs at 9:16 this morning.

More rain today and tomorrow. Batten down the hatches!