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Prepared in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Water Resources

Flood of August 31 - September 1, 1978, in Crosswicks Creek Basin and Vicinity, Central New Jersey

By A.A. Vickers

Abstract A thunderstorm during the evening of August 31, 1978, caused flooding in a small area of south central New Jersey. Maximum peaks of record occurred on the upper Crosswicks Creek basin in the vicinity of Fort Dix, Wrightstown, and New Egypt. At New Egypt, high water crest elevations for Crosswicks Creek were approximately 4 feet higher than the previous maximum recorded on August 28, 1971. Total damages were in excess of 2 million dollars, with 70 houses and 14 businesses affected.

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Suggested citation:

Vickers, A.A., 1980, Flood of August 31 - September 1, 1978, in Crosswicks Creek basin and vicinity, central New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 80–115, 20 p.

Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Acknowledgments

Precipitation

Description of flood

Site description data

Flood-crest elevations

Flood damage

Summary

References cited

Selected flood reports