Gianforte looks to include Flathead in disaster declaration

A U.S. Army Chinook flies over flooding along the Flathead River on Tuesday, June 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

Dave Johnston and Ken Jarvis take photographs of the flooding along Wagner Lane on Tuesday, June 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

A deputy with the Flathead County Sheriff's Office speaks with Verdell Jackson near Jackson's residence along Wagner Lane on Tuesday, June 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

Robert Miller paddles a kayak away from his residence on Wagner Lane to survey flooding from the Flathead River on Tuesday, June 21. Miller measured 28 inches of standing water in some places near his property. He and five other residences at the end of Wagner Lane have chosen to stay through a pre-evacuation notice issued by the Flathead County Sheriff's Office.(Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

Sandbags are piled at the end of a driveway along Wagner Lane after a pre-evacuation notice was issued by the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, June 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

Robert Miller paddles out from his property on Wagner Lane to survey flooding from the Flathead River on Tuesday, June 21. Miller measured 28 inches of standing water in some places near his property. He and five other residences at the end of Wagner Lane have chosen to stay through a pre-evacuation notice issued by the Flathead County Sheriff's Office.(Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

Two boats are tied in the flooded driveway of residences along Wagner Lane near the Flathead River on Tuesday, June 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

Residents of Wagner Lane walk along the roadway surveying flooding from the Flathead River behind a roadblock set up by the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, June 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

Verdell Jackson stands in the backyard of his residence along Wagner Lane as floodwaters from the Flathead River rise up around his deck on Tuesday, June 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)