Panguitch Lake Dam could fail, area officials warn

Officials asked residents of Panguitch to prepare for potential evacuation.. Emergency kits should contain water, food, medications, important documents and any other “essential items,” officials said. And should the dam fail, residents should move east toward Hatch, Utah, as the primary evacuation route.

Officials are warning Panguitch residents they may need to evacuate if the Panguitch Lake Dam fails.On Monday, the sheriff’s office announced that the dam “had sustained damage resulting in transverse cracking on the upper portion of the Dam.” Transverse cracks,Originally a natural body of water covering almost 800 acres, Panguitch Lake became a reservoir when the 28 foot-high dam was completed in 1872, expanding to more than 1,200 acres.

State Route 143, which connects Panguitch and Parowan, remains closed below the dam as a precaution. The highway remains open above Panguitch Lake, which is about 260 miles south of Salt Lake City and about 18 miles southwest of the city of Panguitch.Opinion: Misinformation and profits keep doctors like me from offering Utahns the best care

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