Passaic River at Little Falls, NJ

The last 7 days and the forecast

NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 3:02 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.

Flood stages

What floods at each level

From the National Weather Service, highest first.

• 12 ftWagaraw Road in Hawthorne, between Lafayette Avenue and Lincoln Avenue, is closed. Passaic Avenue, Schoon Avenue and Vincent Street are also closed. Homes and businesses flood.
• 11.5 ftTyler Street, Shady Street, Arch Street, Lowe Street, Wood Street, and Bleeker Street in Paterson are closed due to flooding.
• 11 ftThe West Broadway Bridge in Paterson is subject to closures.
• 10.5 ftBusinesses along Route 46 in Wayne begin to flood. Route 23 floods. The Willowbrook Mall experiences flooding. Haledon Avenue bridge in Paterson is subject to closures. Also in Paterson, portions of Straight Street, Union Avenue, West Broadway, Ryle Avenue, East Main Street, North Main Street, and Haledon Avenue are also subject to closures due to flooding.
• 10 ftWagaraw Road in Hawthorne is closed. Homes and businesses in Hawthorne, directly along the river, begin to flood. Water begins to flow over the Temple Street bridge in Paterson.
• 9.5 ftRoute 46 in Wayne is subject to closures. Riverside Drive in Wayne floods. Flooding in Little Falls worsens as homes on William Street and Zeliff Avenue take on water. Arch Street and Temple Street bridges in Paterson are subject to closures. Also in Paterson, portions of Watson Street, Hillman Street, Bergen Street, east Holsman Street, North 1st Street, Fifth Avenue, Sixth Avenue, and Goodwin Street are also subject to closures due to flooding.
• 9 ftWidespread flooding occurs throughout Lincoln Park and Wayne with many evacuations. In Paterson, portions of River Street, Presidential Boulevard, Bridge Street, Tyler Street, Totowa Avenue and Mclean Boulevard are flooded.
• 8.5 ftWidespread flooding occurs in Fairfield.
• 8 ftFlooding occurs in the "Old" Wayne area of Wayne. The recycling center and Wagaraw Road ball field complex in Hawthorne begins to experience flooding.
• 7 ftMinor flooding begins in Lincoln Park, Wayne and Little Falls.
• 6.5 ftLow lying areas in the vicinity of Two Bridges in Wayne are flooded. The lower end of Bergen Street in Paterson, closest to the river, begins to flood.
• 6 ftPortions of Hoffman Grove in Wayne sustain some nuisance flooding.
• 5.5 ftThe lower end of East-Holsman Street in Paterson, closest to the river, begins to flood.

Highest crests on record

1. 14.19 ft — August 30, 2011
2. 12.91 ft — April 7, 1984
3. 11.88 ft — April 18, 2007
4. 11.87 ft — March 16, 2010
5. 11.81 ft — March 13, 2011

Recent crests: 8.56 ft (January 15, 2024) · 7.47 ft (December 30, 2023) · 10.29 ft (December 20, 2023) · 7.44 ft (April 10, 2022) · 9.3 ft (September 4, 2021)

Up and down the river, and nearby

• UpstreamPassaic River at Singac, NJ
• DownstreamPassaic River at Clifton (Dundee Dam), NJ
• Passaic River above Beatties Dam, NJ
• Peckman River at Verona, NJ
• Beaver Dam Brook at Lincoln Park, NJ
• Molly Ann Brook at N. Haledon, NJ
• Passaic River at Pine Brook, NJ
• Third River at Bloomfield, NJ