More Recent Delaware River Floods

Though 1955 remains the record holder for flood crests and flood-related deaths on the Delaware, there have been several other flooding events since then.

Most recently, the Delaware has been the scene of three moderate to severe flooding events in the 21-month period from September, 2004 through June, 2006. Interestingly, two of these events were triggered, at least in part, by the remnants of tropical cyclones. These three events are:

• Hurricane Ivan Flood: September 17-23, 2004. The remnants of Hurricane Ivan dropped 4-6 inches of rain in the Valley, causing the highest water levels recorded since 1955.
  • Summary of the Hurricane Ivan flood of 2004 from the USGS with a photo and a data table.
  • A rather large gallery of cool shots from the Hurricane Ivan flood of September 2004 and the April Fool's flood of 2005 at PBase.com
  • Our own Ivan flood page

 

• April Fool's Flood: April 2-4, 2005. Up to 5 inches of rain that began falling on April Fool's Day evening led to the highest recorded water levels since 19
  • Very kewl album from the April Fool's flood of 2005 by RayBo at the Weather Underground.
  • Photo Safari with Charlie Fineran
    Shots from the Middle Delaware during the April Fool's Flood of 2005
  • Interesting re-cap of the April Fool's flood of 2005, with some cool shots from the US Geological Survey
  • Our own April Fool's flood page

 

• June 2006 Flood: June 28-29, 2006. Rainfall that began on June 23 dumped 3-6.5 inches in New Jersey, 7-15 inches in northeastern Pennsylvania and 6-14 inches in the New York part of the basin.
• Summary of the June flood of 2006 from the USGS with a data table.
• Kathleen Connally's Photoblog of Durham Township - Shots from Upper Bucks County, PA
• SkipLib's Webshots album of the flood of June 2006
• A couple shots of Hunterdon County towns during the June 2006 flood on the Delaware River Basin Commission's website
• Wikipedia's entry for the June 2006 flood in the Mid-Atlantic

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