Lackawanna River at Parker St Bridge

The past week

What floods at each level

• 19 ft

  Approximate average gage height of the levee protection at the Plot neighborhood.

• 18.5 ft

  Approximate average height of the levee protection for the Albright and Green Ridge mitigation projects.

• 15 ft

  The river exceeds the banks outside of levee protected areas downstream of E. Parker Street. Significant flooding occurs in several parts of the Lower Green Ridge and Providence neighborhoods.

• 14 ft

  Flooding affects properties and homes in the Mavine Dutch Gap neighborhood closest to Wells, Watkins and North Main, especially if Leggetts Creek is high.

• 12.8 ft

  Albright, Olive and Poplar Street bridges are flooded.

• 12.5 ft

  Water is out of the banks upstream of the gage between E. Parker Street and I-81. The WWTP and Recycling Center may become surrounded by water.

• 9.5 ft

  Olive Street area floods without levee closures in place.

• 9 ft

  Poplar Street area floods without levee closures in place.

• 7.5 ft

  Albright Avenue area floods without levee closures in place.

• 6 ft

  City officials begin activating flood gate procedures.

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