|
 On
September 16, 1999, Hurricane Floyd, a tropical storm
by the time it hit New Jersey, combined with a weather
system from the west to drop significant rainfall in portions
of the state. Click
here to see the hurricane path.
Hardest
hit was the Raritan River Basin. Click
here for Hurricane Floyd data center. Although the
state's dams were spared the worst and no loss of life
or significant property damage was attributed to the failure
of a dam in the state, the storm did not go away without
leaving behind a trail of damage to the state's dams.
In
the weeks following the storm, the NJDEP Dam Safety Section
inspected over 50 dams to assess the impact of the storm.
To date, the Section documented complete failure of three
dams and notable damage to an additional 21 dams. The
following table identifies the dams that were damaged
by the storm:
|
Dam
Name
|
Township
|
County
|
|
Kirbys
Mill Dam *
|
Medford
Township
|
Burlington
|
|
Amwell
Dam No. 2
|
West
Amwell Twp.
|
Hunterdon
|
|
Bostwick
Lake Dam *
|
Upper
Deerfield Twp.
|
Cumberland
|
|
Lambertville
Dam No. 1
|
West
Amwell Twp.
|
Hunterdon
|
|
Lamberville
Dam No. 2
|
West
Amwell Twp.
|
Hunterdon
|
|
Laurel
Lake Dam
|
West
Milford Twp.
|
Passaic
|
|
West
Milford Lake Dam
|
West
Milford Twp.
|
Passaic
|
|
Watchung
Lake Dam
|
Borough
of Watchung
|
Somerset
|
|
Shongum
Lake Dam
|
Randolph
Twp.
|
Morris
|
|
Lake
Winona Dam
|
Jefferson
Twp.
|
Morris
|
|
Skillman
Dam
|
Montgomery
Twp.
|
Somerset
|
|
Mountain
Creek Pond Dam
|
Vernon
Twp.
|
Sussex
|
|
Singley
Dam
|
Borough
of Runnemede
|
Gloucester
|
|
Stowaway
Lake Dam
|
West
Milford Twp.
|
Passaic
|
|
Amwell
Dam No. 1
|
West
Amwell Twp.
|
Hunterdon
|
|
Amwell
Dam No. 3
|
West
Amwell Twp.
|
Hunterdon
|
|
Sunset
Lake Dam
|
Bridgewater
Twp.
|
Somerset
|
|
Pinecliff
Lake Dam
|
West
Milford Twp.
|
Passaic
|
|
Whites
Pond Dam
|
Borough
of Waldwick
|
Bergen
|
|
Orange
Reservoir Dam
|
West
Orange Twp.
|
Essex
|
|
Diamond
Mill Dam
|
Millburn
Twp.
|
Essex
|
|
Shackamaxon
Dam
|
Scotch
Plains Twp.
|
Union
|
|
Gordon
Lake Dam
|
West
Milford Twp.
|
Passaic
|
|
Seeley's
Pond Dam
|
Scotch
Plains Twp.
|
Union
|
|
Hudsonia
Dam
|
Rockaway
Twp.
|
Morris
|
|
Spencer
Detention Basin Dam*
|
Morris
Twp.
|
Morris
|
|
Bloodgoods
Dam
|
Clark
Twp.
|
Union
|
*
indicates complete failure of dam
|
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