Pequannock River at Oak Ridge, NJ

River level and flood forecast · Passaic County

Normal4.2 ftas of Tue 5:15 AM

The river is 6.3 ft below flood stage (10.5 ft).

Flow: 26 cubic feet per second (USGS).

The last 7 days and the forecast

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NWS forecast issued Mon, Jan 1, 12 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.

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Flood stages

Flood stage10.5 ft
Action stage9.5 ft
Record crest (August 28, 2011)9.21 ft

What floods at each level

From the National Weather Service, highest first.

  • 10.5 ftOak Ridge Road begins to flood.

Highest crests on record

  1. 9.21 ft — August 28, 2011
  2. 7.62 ft — December 21, 2012
  3. 7.51 ft — May 1, 2014
  4. 7.47 ft — November 3, 2018
  5. 7.12 ft — January 31, 2013

Recent crests: 7.47 ft (November 3, 2018) · 5.96 ft (April 7, 2017) · 6.78 ft (February 25, 2016) · 5.73 ft (April 5, 2015) · 7.51 ft (May 1, 2014)

Up and down the river, and nearby

Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (ORGN4); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.