Winter Storm 2004

24” Snowfall20 Days of Freezing Rain

Vehicles Sliding off Road State Highway 26

First Impact of Storm

Pickup Truck Off Side of RoadBIA Route 33

Weather During Storm

Simnasho Fire Hall After Storm

Note Height of Piles of Snow Removed

Simnasho LonghousePicture taken Jan 16, 2004

Snowpile at Kahneeta Casino Parking Lot

Picture taken Jan 16, 2004Note Height of Snow Pile

Entrance to Golf Pro Shop

Picture taken Jan 20, 2004

Detail of Sign at Entrance to Golf Pro Shop Kahneeta

Sander and Plow Carries 7 CuYd. Sanding Material Cleans 60-100 miles of road per shiftRemoves loose snow and sands hazardous areas

Snowplows in Equipment Shed

Sanding Boxes in Shed

Rear View of Dump Truck Plows

Front of Snowplow

Note Rubber Cutting Edge

Detail of Rubber Cutting Edge

Wheels to Keep Plow Above Roadway

Located between Snowplow and Cab of TruckTwo Wheels (One on left and right side of plow)

BIA Route 24 Well Maintained Paved Road

BIA Route 33 Well Maintained

Aggregate Surface

BIA Route 25 Seekseequa CanyonLittle Snow and Ice

BIA Route 15 Snowplow Removal Only

BIA Route 7 Snowplow Removal

Over 2” Packed Snow and Ice (16+ days freezing weather)

BIA Route 24 Over 2” Packed Snow and Ice

BIA Route 27 Over 2” Packed Snow and Ice

BIA Route 76 Over 2” Packed Snow and Ice

Steep Grades

Sanding Shed After Storm

Simnasho Cinder Pile After Storm

BIA Route 4 Cinders in Shoulder Berms

Junction Route 4 + 53Hollywood and Tenino

Cinders in Melting Berms

BIA Route 16 Paiute StreetCinders in Melting Berms

on Side of Roadway

Cinders Arriving to Replenish Stockpile

Cinders DeliveredOutside Shed to Permit Drying

Road Grader Leaving Shop

to Clear Roadways

Note: Chain all 6 Wheels

Road Grader Leaving Yard For Snowplow Operations

Carbide Tipped Cutting Edge

Used to Shave Packed Snow and Ice From Roadways

Grader Removing Packed Snow and Ice From Junction

Routes 4 + 75

Berm of Shaved Ice On BIA Route 4

Road Grader Removing Ice From Junction Routes 4 + 53

Note Broken Stop Sign in Stop Bar

Grader Damage to Paiute Street BIA Route 16

Road Grader Shaving Ice

Cleans 5-10 miles of road surface per shift Uses Carbide Tipped Cutting Edge

BIA Route 7 After Ice Shaving Note Clean Berms (No Aggregate Loss)

BIA Route 35 School Bus Route After Ice Shaving

BIA Route 9 1 Day After Ice Shaving

BIA Route 51 Simnasho After Plowing with Road Grader

BIA Route 51 After Plowing With Road

Grader

BIA Route 51 Cul-de-sac After Plowing With Road Grader

BIA Route 3 4 Days After Plowing

BIA Route 3 4 Days After Plowing

(U-pick Snowmen Parts)

BIA Route 79 Wolfe Point After Snow Removal

BIA Route 45 After Snow Removal

Junction Routes 45 + 451 After Snow Removal

Entrance Water Treatment PlantBIA Route 451

After Snow Removal

Backhoe Removing Snow From Road

Intersection

Backhoe Dumping Snow Behind Extruded Curb

Unimog Snowplow

Useful in small areas

Snowplow Wheel Unimog

Sanding Salt

Applied to intersections and sidewalks.

BIA Facilities Maintenance Plow and 4WD Pickup

Road Conditions

Before and After Snow and Ice Removal

BIA Route 1 Packed Snow and Ice

BIA Route 1 After Snow Removal

Charley Canyon Route 20 Packed Snow and Ice

Charley Canyon Route 20 Mostly Melted

Charley Canyon Route 20 After Snow and Ice Thaw

Wolfe Point Route 79 Packed Snow and Ice Ruts

Wolfe Point Route 79 After Ice Removal

Wolfe Point Route 79 Packed Snow and Ice

Wolfe Point Route 79 After Ice Removal

Potholes

After storm freeze thaw cycles, asphalt fails in form of various potholes due to expanding water in pavement voids.

Next operation for road maintenance is cold patching of potholes along paved routes.

Cold Mix Pile Road Crew Shop

Move Cold Patch into Warm Shop to Thaw and Heat Up

Potholes Route 53

Patched Pothole Route 53

Potholes Route 53 Junction Hollywood and Tenino Road

Potholes Route 3

Pothole Route 3

Patched Pothole Route 3

Melting Road Breakup

Charley Canyon Route 20

Charley Canyon Muddy Road After Snow and Ice Melt

Tire Buildup Charley Canyon

BIA Route 10 Muddy Ruts

High Water Runoff Operations

• Clean Culvert Inlets and ditches of obstructions to reduce upstream flooding and damage.

• Sign all hazards to warn public of damaged roadways.

• Remove signs when damage is repaired.

BIA Route 7 Cleaning Culvert of Ice

Junction Routes 7 and 12 Cleaning Culvert of Ice and Snow

BIA Route 12 Highwater Runoff

BIA Route 7 Driveway Flooding

Setting Traffic Cones on Washed Out Shoulder Route 7

Completed Cone Placement

Runoff At Potters Pond Bridge Site

BIA Route 7

Washout of Guardrail Posts BIA Route 4

BIA Route 10 Poorly Maintained

Leadoff Ditch

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