Passaic River at Little Falls, Passaic County NJ (LTFN4)
Gage Location: Passaic County, New Jersey	Site Location: Passaic County, New Jersey
Latitude: 40.885	Longitude: -74.226	Elevation: 120 ft. MSL	Drainage Area: 762 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 7 ft.	Moderate Stage: 8 ft.	Major Stage: 9 ft.
First Flood: 1903-10-10	Last Flood: 2011-09-09 Crest: 11.05 ft.	Datum change: 1955-09-30	Number of Floods: 60

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Month Number of Floods After Datum Number of Floods Total Cumulative Total After Datum Cumulative Total January 3 3 3 3 February 3 3 6 6 March 11 11 17 17 April 15 15 32 32 May 6 6 38 38 June 3 3 41 41 July 2 2 43 43 August 2 2 45 45 September 4 4 49 49 October 4 5 53 54 November 1 1 54 55 December 5 5 59 60 Seasonal Totals Winter (Dec-Jan-Feb) 11 Spring (Mar-Apr-May) 32 Summer (Jun-Jul-Aug) 7 Fall (Sep-Oct-Nov) 10

Codes and description

C1|Crest information looks unreliable and incomplete and not used in frequency calculations. Some of the floods are based on current flood stage and nearby gage information.
C2|Crest information looks reliable despite potential problems. This data was used in frequency calculations.
C3|Crest height estimated by the USGS.
C4|Crest height is from the National Weather Service.
C5|Crest height affected by backwater.
C6|Crest occurred at a previous flood stage that is lower than the current flood stage. The crests below the new flood stage are not used in flood frequency calculations.
C7|Crest from USGS yearly peak and/or date is different than the crest we provide. In many cases MARFC uses crest based on backwater or ice effects.
C8|Crest month or day of occurrence has been estimated by The Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center usually based on nearby gage information.
C9|Crest date (day) in the month is unknown.
F1|Flow is an estimate.
F2|Flow affected by regulation or diversion and in some cases to an unknown degree.
F3|Flow effected by snow-melt, ice jam or debris jam break up.
F4|Flow affected by dam failure.
F5|Flow - All or part of the record affected by urbanization, mining, agricultural changes, channelization or other factors.
G1|Gage height at a different site and/or datum.
G2|Gage is not an official USGS gage with crests provided by the NWS. Crest information looks unreliable and incomplete and not used in flood frequency calculations.
G3|Gage datum changed during this year.
none,No code; Good Data

Updated: 08:09 AM Feb 08, 2013