221:, September 30, 2015. Accessed February 1, 2024. "After Hurricane Irene in 2011, when nine inches of rain fell in less than 24 hours, causing the Pompton River to crest at a record 25.24 feet, more than a quarter of the town was submerged under several feet of water. Hundreds of families were temporarily displaced, and Mayor Cathy Winterfield said some are still recovering.... While the township’s flat plain made it an ideal site for the farmers who moved there some 275 years ago, and lends itself nicely to strolling today, its position at the low point where the Pequannock, Pompton and Wanaque Rivers meet has meant frequent, sometimes devastating flooding."
170:. Accessed February 1, 2024. "Shortly thereafter, the Passaic is joined by the Pompton River in Wayne in the 'Two Bridges' area. Here, near the Passaic-Pompton confluence, the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission withdraws from both rivers and pumps it to the Wanaque Reservoir. The Pompton River boasts a large, important watershed itself, claiming the Ramapo, Pequannock and Wanaque Rivers as tributaries. The Pequannock and Wanaque Rivers, both originating in the near pristine Highlands, support several very large drinking water reservoirs that serve millions of people in northern New Jersey."
186:, June 27, 2002. Accessed February 1, 2024. "Dreading additional traffic that would be dumped into Fairfield, and suspicious that the township is being set up by the New Jersey Department of Transportation to expand the Route 80 interchange there to relieve the "Spaghetti Bowl" junctions of Route 23, 46, and 80, Mayor Muriel E. Shore and council members rejected six alternate proposals for Passaic and Morris counties to improve traffic flow over the Pompton and Passaic River crossings. The area, known as Two Bridges, is at the confluence of the Pompton and Passaic rivers."
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1183:Saddle River
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976:Midland Park
926:Little Falls
921:Lincoln Park
831:Florham Park
806:Elmwood Park
791:East Hanover
759:The Chathams
702:Bloomingdale
619:Rainbow Lake
609:Pompton Lake
554:Estling Lake
513:Weasel Brook
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1081:West Orange
1066:East Orange
1061:The Oranges
811:Essex Fells
796:East Newark
754:Cedar Grove
717:Bridgewater
634:Verona Lake
614:Ramapo Lake
584:Lake Tappan
574:Indian Lake
508:Third River
376:Great Brook
366:First River
346:Canoe Brook
341:Black Brook
334:Tributaries
284: /
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1696:Categories
1278:Wood-Ridge
1248:Washington
1233:Wallington
1173:Rutherford
1108:Pequannock
1016:Morristown
931:Livingston
856:Hackensack
846:Glen Ridge
697:Bloomfield
677:Belleville
665:New Jersey
544:Cedar Lake
471:Salt Brook
356:Dead River
272:74°16′57″W
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1466:Main Line
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941:Long Hill
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749:Carlstadt
672:Allendale
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1292:New York
1228:Waldwick
1163:Roseland
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1103:Paterson
996:Montvale
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1429:PD Draw
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1283:Wyckoff
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1238:Wanaque
1098:Passaic
1088:Paramus
1056:Oakland
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871:Harding
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1071:Orange
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1036:Newark
956:Mahwah
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722:Butler
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