PIKETON, Ohio — Newton Township plans to bring in dumpsters for residents to dispose of debris left behind by this week’s flash flooding, the township’s board of trustees announced in a Facebook post.
The dumpsters, provided with help from the Pike County Solid Waste Department, are tentatively scheduled to be available Sept. 14 at the Newton Township Building, according to the trustees. The date is subject to change.
The offer follows a round of flash flooding that hit Pike County and the surrounding region Sept. 9 and 10, when the National Weather Service recorded several inches of rain in a matter of hours. The heavy rain triggered water rescues and forced the closure of numerous roads across the county before a flood warning was allowed to expire at midday Sept. 10. Additional rain fell that evening as storms moved back through the area.
“We hope this will help our community as we work together through the cleanup and recovery process,” the trustees said in the post.
Newton Township, one of 14 townships in Pike County, is home to about 1,810 residents, according to the 2020 census. It has no incorporated municipality within its borders, though the unincorporated community of Jasper sits in its eastern half. The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees elected to four-year terms.
The information contained in this story was obtained from Newton Township.
