No flood warnings for Sudbury so far

While the winter's dry snowfall should reduce the risk of serious flooding in Sudbury, Jorgensen said the high amount of rainfall before the winter was less favourable.

"What we've got now is a really saturated landscape," he said. "If it was to melt quickly, it would have nowhere else to go but to run off and find the nearest stream, lake or wetland. There's always a potential for flooding."

But while Greater Sudbury's watershed has gradually risen in the past few weeks, it has remained at a safe level, so far.

"We're not in a flood warning or watch, or anything like that yet," Jorgensen said.

Conservation Sudbury continues to monitor water levels at key low-lying areas that are more prone to flooding in the spring.

Jorgensen said that while a lot of snow has melted within the city of Greater Sudbury -- where temperatures are warmer - the surrounding area still looks like a winter landscape.

Most of the watershed, he added, is in areas where the snow has not melted as rapidly as in the city.

In mid-April 2014, dozens of homes were impacted by flooding when rapid spring melting combined with 45 millimetres of rain to overwhelm the city's drainage capacity.

Problems were mainly in the New Sudbury, Flour Mill and Coniston areas, although large pools of water accumulated across the city at that time.

Additionally, about 50 to 60 homes reported sewage backups in Azilda, Coniston, Garson and Wahnapitae at that time.