Rivers in New Jersey

Saddle River at Upper Saddle River

Bergen County, New JerseyNWS SADN4USGS 01390450Upton office

Below flood stage
2.15ftStage

Observed Sun, Sep 20, 4:15 PM EDT

Flood stage
4.50 ft
Record crest
5.64 ft1999

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood5.50 ft
Moderate flood5.00 ft
Minor flood4.50 ft
Action4.00 ft
  1. 5.50 ftRoad closed due to major flooding at the intersection of West Saddle River road and East Allendale Road. Major flooding at Water Fords Gardens. Road closed due to major flooding on Lake Street between East and West Saddle River road. Lions Memorial Park under water.
  2. 5.00 ftAllendale road between East and West Saddle River road closed due to flooding. Flooding into Water Ford Gardens and flooding across Lions Memorial Park. Lake Street between East and West Saddle River road closed due to flooding.
  3. 4.50 ftFlooding between West and East Saddle Road between Allendale Road and Lake Street. Flooding begin at Lion Memorial Park.

Crest history

10 crests on NOAA’s list since 1973.

#DateStage
1September 16, 19995.64 ft
2November 8, 19775.25 ft
3February 2, 19735.02 ft
4April 15, 20074.86 ft
5August 22, 20104.64 ft
6September 18, 20044.58 ft
7November 28, 19934.57 ft
8August 4, 20034.55 ft
9October 8, 20054.51 ft
10August 12, 20004.26 ft

Most recent crests

  • August 22, 2010: 4.64 ft
  • April 15, 2007: 4.86 ft
  • October 8, 2005: 4.51 ft
  • September 18, 2004: 4.58 ft
  • August 4, 2003: 4.55 ft
  • August 12, 2000: 4.26 ft
  • September 16, 1999: 5.64 ft
  • November 28, 1993: 4.57 ft
  • November 8, 1977: 5.25 ft
  • February 2, 1973: 5.02 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow and the daily record from the U.S. Geological Survey.