Jeff Branson shovels dirt onto a berm Thursday next to an irrigation canal behind his home in Hermosa. The ditch was filling up with runoff from Tripp Creek as warm temperatures increased snowmelt in the area. On Wednesday evening, the ditch began to back up and caused minor flooding next to U.S. Highway 550.
Matt Greffly clears an Animas Consolidated Ditch Co. irrigation ditch next to U.S. Highway 550 on Thursday that is carrying runoff from Tripp Creek. The ditch was filling up with runoff from Tripp Creek as warm temperatures increased snowmelt in the area.
