Leo Martinez, with McCarty Excavation & Construction at Vallecito Reservoir, builds a levee to keep Vallecito Creek from causing additional flooding near homes in northern Vallecito. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Jean Earp, with McCarty Excavation & Construction at Vallecito Reservoir, talks on Tuesday about flooding in northern Vallecito. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
All kinds of machinery has been deployed to Vallecito to deal with flooding. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
One of two houses torn down to prevent them from falling into the creek and causing other problems downstream, including taking out bridges. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
A foot bridge used to cross Vallecito Creek is no longer accessible. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
A home along Vallecito Creek. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
A home with water flowing around it on Tuesday in northern Vallecito. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
The hot tub that washed down Vallecito Creek on Saturday is seen floating in Vallecito Reservoir on Tuesday. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Logan Mosher, a firefighter with Upper Pine River Fire Protection District, places caution tape across a closed road on Tuesday. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
A home with flowing water around it on Tuesday in northern Vallecito. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Someone’s deck and other debris sit near Vallecito Creek in northern Vallecito on Tuesday. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
A tree floats down Vallecito Creek on Tuesday. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
One of two houses torn down to prevent it from falling into the creek and causing other problems downstream, including taking out bridges. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
An excavator repairs a levee on Tuesday along Vallecito Creek. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
One of two houses torn down to prevent it from falling into the creek and causing other problems downstream, including taking out bridges. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
The clubhouse in the Mountain River subdivision is surrounded by floodwaters Tuesday near the northern end of Vallecito Reservoir. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
The flooding Pine River on Tuesday next to 5 Branches Camper Park at the northern end of Vallecito Reservoir. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
The Pine River barely flows on Tuesday around the bridge that leads to Five Branches Camper Park in north Vallecito. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
The Pine River barely makes it under a bridge on Tuesday in Vallecito. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Logan Mosher, a firefighter with Upper Pine River Fire Protection District, talks about the decision to tear down a house before it fell into Vallecito Creek. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
