Big Delta

DOT Crews Help Reduce Big Delta Flooding with Reinforcement Work on Dike, Channel

By • Jul 29, 2020
Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities

The flooding that closed about a mile of Spengler Road near Big Delta earlier this month has begun to recede. And a state Transportation Department spokesperson says repair work on a side road that had washed-out is helping to deflect the rain-swollen Delta River’s floodwaters.

State Transportation Department Considers Diverting Delta River from Flooded Roadway

By • Jul 23, 2020
Tim Ellis/KUAC

The state Transportation Department hopes to resume work soon on a dike off the Delta River near Big Delta to divert floodwater that’s flooded nearly a mile of the Old Richardson Highway. No one’s been injured, but the flooding north of Delta Junction has swamped at least a couple of homes and cut off access to several others.


Small Dam on Slough Helps Big Delta Man Protect His Home Along Tanana River

By • Aug 2, 2016
Tom Gorman

Big Delta resident Tom Gorman says a small dam he built earlier this year to protect his home from the meandering Tanana River held steady over the past couple of weeks as the river rose to near-flood level, due to recent rains. Gorman now hopes the river falls quickly enough to allow him to finish work on the dam before snow flies.