Visitors still flock to the Salt Flats, but the unusually high water makes some people, particularly those in the racing community, nervous. "All that salt that dissolves when we have all this rain, it's not going anywhere," Bernau said. Bernau said ice has been spotted on the surface of the floodwaters. The usually desolate, white raceway now looks more like a giant puddle. As you go away from that, it gets a lot thinner out to the edges," he said. "There's a much deeper area that can get maybe one to two feet deep. Last year's Speed Week event was canceled because of it, but Bernau said the amount of water that's collected at the Salt Flats right now is significant. It's not unusual to see some flooding at the Salt Flats. "There's a lot of water that has come into the system recently." He said this is the wettest he's ever seen it. Geologist Jeremiah Bernau with the Utah Geological Survey has studied the Salt Flats for six years. Cloud MN | St.TOOELE - The Bonneville Salt Flats have flooded after all the rain Utah received this winter. Rio Grande St #2072, Salt Lake City, UT 84101 | Artsopolis Network Members: Akron OH | Austin TX | Bainbridge Island WA | Birmingham AL | Boston MA | Cape Cod MA | Charlotte NC | Cincinnati OH | Cleveland OH | Colorado Springs CO | Columbia SC | DuPage County IL | Durham NC | Flagstaff AZ | Flint MI | Fort Lauderdale FL | Indianapolis IN | Kalamazoo MI | Kansas City MO | KeepMovingOKC | Macon GA | Main Line Area PA | Marin County CA | Marquette County MI | Mendocino County CA | Middlesex County NJ | Milwaukee WI | Montgomery County MD | Nantucket, MA | Napa Valley CA | Nashville TN | Niagara County NY | Oklahoma City OK | Orange County CA | Orlando FL | Ottawa IL | Palm Desert CA | Pittsburgh PA | Providence RI | Richardson TX | Roswell GA | Sacramento CA | San Antonio TX | San Diego CA | Sarasota FL | St. © Copyright 2023 - Utah Cultural Alliance.
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