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Passaic River at Pine Brook, NJ (PINN4)


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Inundation Levels
NAVD88 Stage

179.431.1
177.228.9
176.428.1
175.026.7
174.025.7
173.425.1
172.824.5
Record Crest: 24.12 ft
171.823.5
171.122.8
170.322.0
169.721.4

Major Flooding Begins

169.120.8

Moderate Flooding Begins

168.320.0
167.519.2

Minor Flooding Begins

166.618.3

Near Flooding Begins

166.318.0

Below Flooding Begins

* = Extended rating
Weather Forecast Office Philadelphia/Mount Holly, NJ Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center
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Current Stage:
17.5 ft at 04/19/2024 18:15:00 UTC
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 21
Moderate Flood Stage: 20
Flood Stage: 19
Action Stage: 18
Low Stage (in feet): 0

Historic Crests
(1) 24.12 ft on 08/30/2011
(2) 23.20 ft on 10/10/1903
(3) 22.90 ft on 04/07/1984
(4) 22.32 ft on 03/16/2010
(5) 22.32 ft on 04/18/2007
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 21.04 ft on 01/12/2024
(2) 19.86 ft on 12/29/2023
(3) 21.52 ft on 12/20/2023
(4) 19.84 ft on 05/04/2023
(5) 20.11 ft on 04/09/2022
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
Currently none available.

Graphical representation of flood inundation for NWS flood categories are based on steady state hydraulic modeling of water surface elevations for incremented discharges. Map shows approximate inundation areas for given water surface elevations and should not be used for navigation or permitting or other legal purposes, but strictly as a planning reference tool.

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22 Flooding stretches up to the southern portions on Montville. Lower Hook Mountain Road is subject to closures.
21 Widespread flooding in Fairfield, including Bloomfield Avenue. Residences between Route 80 and Route 46 flood. Route 46 East in Wayne is shut down. Commercial properties on Bloomfield Avenue in West Caldwell are flooded.
20.5 Bloomfield Avenue in West Caldwell floods. Matt Drive, Brook Street and Oak Road in Fairfield are flooded and subject to closures.
20 Eagle Rock Avenue in Roseland is subject to flooding. Camp Lane Road, River Edge Drive and Broadway Lane in Fairfield are flooded. Stewart Place is closed.
19.5 Horseneck Road in Fairfield is subject to flooding and closures.
19 Street flooding begins in Fairfield including Camp Lane Road. Two Bridges Road is closed going into Lincoln Park and Wayne.
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Graphical representation of flood inundation for NWS flood categories are based on steady state hydraulic modeling of water surface elevations for incremented discharges. Map shows approximate inundation areas for given water surface elevations and should not be used for navigation or permitting or other legal purposes, but strictly as a planning reference tool.