“In January and February 20l7 areas of the Stanislaus National Forest received heavy rain, snow and winds that resulted in significant road damage and fallen trees across the forest,” Kuiken said. “While the damage to many roads and areas has been repaired, one area and several roads have not yet been fixed. I anticipate these dangerous conditions will exist through December 31, 2020, until crews successfully mitigate the risks, or until they are otherwise repaired and deemed safe for travel.”
The forest order and accompanying maps can be found at https://go.usa.gov/xUvWQ.
Many of the closed roads suffered extensive damage, including complete washouts and roadbed failures, said Tim Hughes, Stanislaus National Forest engineer. “For example, due to the complexity of the failure on the Beardsley Day Use Road, it qualified under the Federal Highway Administration’s Emergency Relief for Federal Roads program.” The Forest Service contracted with a civil engineering firm to perform a site survey and geotechnical investigation to determine the magnitude of the failure and evaluate proposed repair strategies. “It will take time, but it is our plan to bring all these roads back into service,” Hughes said.
The Beardsley Day Use Area remains closed due to the road’s condition. Other roads that remain closed are:
- Forest Road No. 5N95, from its intersection with FR 5N02, continuing north to its intersection with FR 5N29.
- FR 4N29, from its intersection with FR 5N02 then continuing northeast to its termination at Beardsley Lake Day Use Area.
- FR 5N09X, from its intersection with FR 5N95, then continuing north to its termination at Donnell Dam.
- FR 4N80Y (Candy Rock Road) from the gate approximately 3.5 miles from Highway 4, then continuing to its terminus.
- FR lNlO (Lumsden Road), from its intersection with FR lN0l continuing south to its intersection with the South Fork (Tuolumne River) Campground.
- Forest Road No. 2S30 (Crocker Ridge), from its intersection with the Hardin Flat Road continuing south to its termination point at the intersection of Forest Road No. 2SOI (Five Corners).
- Forest Road No. 2S64, from its intersection with Forest Road No. IS12 continuing south to its termination point at Forest Road No. IS13.
- Forest Road No. 2S02 (Bull Creek) from its intersection with Forest Road No. 2S74 continuing north to its termination point at Forest Road No. 2SOI (Five Corners).
- Forest Road No. IS14, from Deer Lick Creek continuing north to Forest Road No. 2S62.
- Forest Road IS13 (Packard Canyon), from its intersection with Forest Road No. 2S25 continuing east to its termination point at forest Road No. IS12.
