Delaware River & Floodplains

You can open Map No. 6 in the Comprehensive Plan to see where FEMA has designated floodplains, or you can visit the Township's interactive Geographic Information System (GIS), click on the "Layers" tab in the upper left and select "Flood Plains."

You can find Delaware River flood monitoring stations on the USGS website. Click here for the Stockton Gage, located beneath Bridge Street off of Upper York Road. From there you can use the arrows above the map to view upstream and downstream gages.

If you are in a river floodplain it is suggested that you make a notation where the flood waters came in the last event and reference this against the river's peak for that flood. In the future, you may be able to determine where a flood level may occur on your property, according to the USGS website's river flood forecast. The gages at Stockton and Riegelsville are good references for our area.

In-depth, up-to-date information, studies and activities covering the Delaware River include:

• Delaware River Basin Commission
  drbc.net is a searchable website. Phone: 609-883-9500
• Lower Delaware Scenic River Wild & Scenic Group
  lowerdelawarewildandscenic.org
• US National Parks Service
  nps.gov/lode
• Pa. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
  www.dep.pa.gov Phone: 717-783-2300