“The primary damage to our county is unpaved roads,” he said. “We’ve seen a lot of erosion from where water has stood or runoff that has beat down the roads.”

The county has been grading and hauling in dirt to try to repair them.

County Administrator Rusty Moye, who said the county will be following the declaration process to see what develops, said more rain events like the one the area was experiencing Monday afternoon hurt the process.

“We’ve been trying to repair roadways, ditches and washouts, but when we have another storm like today that comes in and drops a bunch of water at one time, it creates more washouts because the water does not have a chance to soak in and top soil and debris clogs up the drains,” he said.