Overview

• Upper Pine River Fire Protection ordered immediate evacuations for homes on West Vallecito Creek Drive after reporting west-side levee breaches at 10:08 a.m. Saturday.
• The Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control confirmed evacuations along Vallecito Creek due to the levee failure.
• Bayfield High School at 800 Co Road 501 is open as a shelter for displaced residents.
• La Plata County is distributing free sandbags at three sites: the county fairgrounds in Durango, Upper Pine Station 1 in Bayfield, and Fort Lewis Mesa Fire Station in Hesperus.
• A flood watch remains in effect until 6 a.m. Sunday, with overnight rain having raised Vallecito Creek to 1,920 ft at 6 a.m.