Produced by Chuck Greif, Mark C. Orton, Linda McKeown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Water-Supply and Irrigation Paper No. 92 Series M, General Hydrographic Investigations, 8 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CHARLES D. WALCOTT, DIRECTOR THE PASSAIC FLOOD OF 1903 BY MARSHALL ORA LEIGHTON [Illustration] WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1904 CONTENTS. Page. Letter of transmittal 7 Introduction 9 Precipitation 11 Descent of flood 14 Highland tributaries and Central Basin 14 Flood at Macopin dam 15 Flood at Beattie's dam, Little Falls 16 Flood flow over Dundee dam 17 Damages 23 General statements 23 Highland tributaries 23 Ramapo River 23 Pequanac and Wanaque rivers 24 Central Basin 25 Lower Valley 25 Paterson 26 Passaic and vicinity 27