Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service: Passaic River at Little Falls Significant interruption to businesses and transportation has also resulted in hardship in the basin and region after each flood event. The April 2005 flood caused over $100 million dollars in damages in the basin. From January 22-24 2016, a historic Noreaster produced large snowfall totals, damaging winds, and substantial coastal flooding from across the Hurricane Irene moved up the eastern seaboard making landfall for a second time at Little Egg Inlet New Jersey early Sunday morning August 28, 2011 New Jersey experienced record flooding at 7 USGS gages during August 14-16, 2011. E-mail:Jason.a.shea@usace.army.mil Over the past three decades, hundreds of homes in Wayne, Pequannock, Lincoln Park and other towns have been bought and razedby the state. The current state of the river ecosystem reflects the type of long-term degradation often associated with heavily urbanized watersheds. . All rights reserved. The Passaic River, which runs through Hudson, Essex, Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Union and Somerset counties, is expected to stay above flood levels at many locations and was not falling fast. On the north end of Paterson, it turns abruptly south, flowing between Paterson and Clifton on the west and Hawthorne, Fair Lawn, Elmwood Park, Garfield on the east, next through the city of Clifton. Some 80 miles (130 km) long and with a drainage area of 935 square miles (2,422 square km), the river has been intensively developed as a source of power and water. One of the recommendations was #13, which recommended that New Jersey submit a reevaluation request to USACE to study and analyze larger potential engineering projects for long-term flood damage reduction. Safety1325 East West HighwaySilver Spring, MD 20910Comments? Lessons from an Unlikely Place - the Passaic River