IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County officials weren’t expecting an emergency declaration issued Friday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to help address the effects of flooding, Controller Brian Bousley said Monday.

Whitmer’s action — which also included Iron, Marquette, Alger, Baraga and Ontonagon counties — was “kind of a surprise,” Bousley said, adding that Pete Schlitt, the county’s emergency services director, did not request it.

On April 14, Whitmer declared a state of emergency for Gogebic and Houghton counties, citing road and bridge closures, damage to culverts and roads, overwhelmed storm water and sewer systems and deposits of silt and debris.

When the declaration was expanded Friday to a wider area of the Upper Peninsula, Whitmer had a news conference in Marquette and was joined by State Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Waucedah Township; state Rep. Greg Markkanen, R-Hancock; and state Rep. Jenn Hill, D-Marquette.

Despite flood warnings after a rapid melting of the snowpack, Dickinson County has yet to experience problems that would require state or federal emergency aid, Bousley said. Dickinson County Road 577 in Vulcan was closed April 15 by high waters but reopened to general traffic two days later.