The Putnam County Office of Public Safety says it’s all a waiting game to see how bad the Blanchard river will flood or not. The levels of the river are relatively low as of now, but several factors in the spring will contribute to how high the waters will get. The director of public safety, Mike Klear, says portions of the river flood every year no matter what, but it’s up to the weather this spring to determine.

Rivers in the area are reaching capacity after all this wet weather we have seen recently. The Blanchard River crested earlier this afternoon. While most of the flooding has happened in green spaces or farm land, some roads were closed due to flooding.