Water-Resources Investigations Report 80–115
AbstractA 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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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.
Abstract
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Precipitation
Description of flood
Site description data
Flood-crest elevations
Flood damage
Summary
References cited
Selected flood reports