SEQUIM — Clallam County won’t take action to shore up a logjam at the south end of Kinkade Island to keep the Dungeness River from flowing into Kinkade Creek during flood events.
Community Development Director Bob Martin said he fears adding logs and other debris to the logjam might give residents living on or near the island a false sense of security from flooding.
A home at the northern end of the island tumbled into the water and a nearby home at the end of River Road was threatened in January when the Dungeness River raced through holes in the logjam turning Kinkade Creek into a raging torrent.
Martin said the results could be “catastrophic” if the logjam were to blow out during a high water event.
But he didn’t rule out private property owners being allowed to rebuild the logjam on property they own, noting the land where the logjam is located is private property.
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