Yellowstone River Flood Response Update

Volunteer cleanup at a Livingston residence.

Record flooding on the Yellowstone River on June 13th impacted Park County, and much of the region. 

As we walk around town and talk to members across the county, it seems that many people will be cleaning up from this week’s flood physically, financially, and emotionally for a long time.

There are a lot of immediate needs that we are still figuring out and a lot of people that want to help. We are reaching out to help support these neighbor-to-neighbor efforts, and it will take some time for people to know what help they need.

Are you wanting to volunteer? Click here. 

Do you need help? Call 211 The call center will take down your information in a database shared by all of us who are helping organize volunteer response, so all the various organizations are coordinated.

Right now, we are organizing volunteers who can respond to the needs of our local neighbors.

Be a neighborhood leader:

We are not coordinating flood assistance and we cannot promise resources. We want to encourage folks to check in on one another. That's how we start building community resilience.

Here are some resources about the community response underway:

If you need help and assistance with cleanup call 211

For non-emergency questions, call 406-222-4131. 

You can find up-to-date info on the Park County Flood - June 2022 Facebook Group. 

For immediate housing, the HRDC warming center is open, call 406-333-2537. The address is 121 South 2nd Street, Livingston, Montana.

Here is a resource for sharing information in Gardiner and Mammoth.

Here is the Gardiner Chamber of Commerce's most recent newsletter with a lot of information about flood response and issues.

The Community Closet in Livingston opened up the "Cleanup Closet" a place for community members to pick up free flood clean-up materials. They are also accepting donations of cleanup materials — fans, shovels, gloves, sponges, etc. Open from 9am-1pm, Monday-Saturday.

What's next for the river:

We don't know. If you want to talk to Max about changing river dynamics, he is available on his cell at 406-223-3892. The state hydrologist sent another update this morning. The Upper Yellowstone Watershed Group is sharing those updates here.

We recommend keeping your sandbags for now. And stay tuned for what to do with them next.

Sandbags on the Sacagawea Park levee in Livingston still in place after the flooding that occurred on June 13th