Protect lives and property from the imminent hazards of post fire flooding and debris flows

The Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service awarded a Cooperative Agreement worth $5,193,712.86 to County of Sevier on April 17, 2026, under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (CFDA 10.923) to protect lives and property from imminent hazards of post-fire flooding and debris flows that threaten drinking water springs and distribution infrastructure, hydroelectric intakes and penstocks, irrigation systems, homes, wells, roads, bridges, culverts, and other critical public and private infrastructure.

The award obligates $5,193,712.86 with a period of performance extending through September 25, 2026. Work is performed in Utah. County of Sevier, a local government entity based in Richfield, Utah, serves as the project sponsor responsible for implementing emergency recovery measures for runoff retardation and erosion prevention. The Emergency Watershed Protection Program assists sponsors in responding to watershed emergencies created by natural disasters; the program funds runoff retardation and soil erosion prevention practices that safeguard lives, property, and infrastructure threatened by sudden watershed impairment. Project sponsors are responsible for furnishing local cost-share and accomplishing work installation, either through federal or local contracts, and for maintaining records and carrying out operation and maintenance responsibilities for the life of the project.

These events threaten drinking water springs and distribution piping hydroelectric intakes and penstocks irrigation systems homes wells roads bridges culverts and other critical public and private infrastructure.