River / Flood Information

Level and flow charts

Information provided by the US Geological Survey: Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and
living resources, natural hazards, and the environment
Hurricane Ivan photos from the Lackawanna River Corridor Association

Archbald  Gauging station River data

Forest City Gauging station River data

National Weather Service River Level Graph
National Weather Service Weather

Past flooding information

June 27, 2006

The river level in Archbald  rose to over 10 Ft
Photos looking downstream towards the bridge 1 2 3 4

April 2, 2005

The river guage in Archbald topped out  at 8.8 Ft, at 10:45 PM
The water was just splashing off the bottom of the Lackawanna Ave bridge.
Although the flood gate was closed, the water was still between 1 and 2 feet from coming onto the street.

Sept 2004

This link shows many river images from Hurricane Ivan - sept, 2004.
At  the end of the page, there are river level charts from that time frame.
Lackawanna river topped out in Archbald at around 9 Ft.

Newpaper article
Olyphant Flood Gate Passes First Test - 3/5/2004