Dam near Yosemite at risk of “imminent failure”
A flash flood warning has been issued for south central Tuolumne County on Moccasin Creek after the operators of Moccasin Creek Dam reported the dam’s imminent failure Thursday afternoon.
CBS 13 in Sacramento reports that flood waters will move down Moccasin Creek to Don Pedro Reservoir, and as a result, facilities downstream of the dam along the creek, including the Moccasin Point Campground, have been evacuated, according to a National Weather Service statement issued Thursday afternoon.
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The Tuolomne County Sheriff said a hatchery and other facilities downstream have been evacuated and a precautionary evacuation was underway at the Moccasin Point campground.
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Highway 49 will continue to be affected by the flooding due to outflow from the emergency spillway. Highway 120 may be impacted.
The town of Moccasin is above the dam and will not be affected.
