Jefferson County, Colorado, floodwaters are rising and are causing problems for city water treatment plants in Evergreen, it was reported.
KDVR said that evacuations remain in Jefferson County, namely residents living downstream from the Leyden dam. A shelter was set up in Arvada High School. The borders of 82nd to 66th and Alkire to McIntyre in Arvada are affected.
Indiana and Alkire roads in Arvada had road barricades.
The Denver Post reported Friday that that there were road closures, including Colorado 74 is closed westbound from Kittredge to Evergreen. Golden Gate Canyon was also closed down.
Along the swelling Bear Creek from Evergreen to Morrison, residents were encouraged to leave their homes, officials told the paper.
“They are letting one or two local vehicles through at a time. Cactus Jack’s is a river right now,” local Dean Dalvit said Friday morning, referring to a popular downtown bar. “It probably is 2-3 feet full of water. It looks like an island with the river flowing around it.”
Students at Evergreen High School were taken from the school to Evergreen Middle School due to high waters, reported CBS Denver.
Bear Creek also forced the closure of Highway 74, 9 News reported.
KDVR reported that downtown Evergreen was flooded.
Police also told drivers to avoid 80th Avenue from Kipling to Hoyt after Farmers Highline Canal in Arvada.
Locals told the station that the Evergreen Lake has overflown towards the city.
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