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As of Wednesday morning, the water level of the Delaware River at Trenton stood at 12.49 feet, and is expected to reach 16.85 feet early Friday before receding. The flood stage is 20 feet.
The Delaware crested in the early hours of June 29 at 32.16 feet (9.80 m) at Milford (as per NOAA hydrograph [16]) The record level of the river at Milford is 35.5 feet (10.8 m), and flood stage is 25 feet (7.6 m). On Friday, June 30, US 209 between Milford and the Monroe County line at Lehman Township was closed.
The Delaware Water Gap Natural Recreation Area closes access points within the park and access to the river until rising water levels recede.
Tocks Island is located in the Delaware River a short distance north from the Delaware Water Gap. In order to control damaging flooding and provide clean water to supply New York City and Philadelphia, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed building a dam.
The weekend will bring sunny skies and highs in the 70s and 80s. Today's rain will make life jackets mandatory on the Delaware River.
The Delaware–New Jersey border is actually at the easternmost river shoreline within the Twelve-Mile Circle of New Castle, rather than at mid-river, mid-channel or thalweg, so small portions of land lying west of the shoreline, but on the New Jersey side of the river, are pene-exclaves under the jurisdiction of Delaware. The rest of the ...
"The Gap" as seen from the Delaware River Viaduct. The namesake feature of the recreation area is the prominent Delaware Water Gap, located at the area's southern end.The Delaware River runs through the gap, separating Pennsylvania's Mount Minsi on Blue Mountain, elevation 1,461 feet (445 m), from New Jersey's Mount Tammany on Kittatinny Mountain, elevation 1,527 feet (465 m).
The Delaware Water Gap is a water gap on the border of the U.S. states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania where the Delaware River cuts through a large ridge of the Appalachian Mountains. [ 2 ] The gap makes up the southern portion of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area , which is used primarily for recreational purposes, such as ...