Pew Creek at Patterson Road near Lawrenceville

The past week

What floods at each level

• 17 ft

  Major flooding begins. The water level reaches the top of the bridge causing severe erosion and potentially a washout.

• 16 ft

  The water level begins to cover Patterson Road just south of the bridge.

• 14 ft

  The Patterson Road bridge begins to form an obstacle and act like a dam causing some backwater and erosion eddies to the sides of the bridge.

• 13 ft

  Moderate flooding begins. The water level reaches the bottom of the bridge on Patterson Road.

• 11 ft

  Minor flooding of the natural flood plain begins. The parking lot of the Saratoga Swim and Tennis Club downstream from the river gauge begins to flood.

• 9 ft

  Bankfull is reached upstream and downstream from the river gauge at Patterson Road.

Highest crests on record