| Dam |
Height |
Year removed |
Location |
Watercourse |
Watershed |
Notes
|
| Cedar Creek Weir
|
5 ft (1.5 m)
|
2014
|
Lacey Township
39°52′04″N 74°10′08″W / 39.8678°N 74.1689°W / 39.8678; -74.1689 (Cedar Creek Weir)
|
Cedar Creek
|
Barnegat Bay
|
Dam built for stream gauge purposes. Owned by the United States Geological Survey.
|
| Kincaid Lake Dam
|
16 ft (4.9 m)
|
2018
|
Harrison Township
39°42′26″N 75°11′25″W / 39.7073°N 75.1902°W / 39.7073; -75.1902 (Kincaid Lake Dam)
|
Big Clems Run
|
Delaware River
|
Dam built for recreation. Owned by Gloucester County and several private landowners.
|
| Glenside Dam
|
12 ft (3.7 m)
|
1997
|
Blackwood
39°46′29″N 75°03′14″W / 39.7747°N 75.0539°W / 39.7747; -75.0539 (Glenside Dam)
|
Tributary to South Branch Big Timber Creek
|
|
| Sooy Lake Dam
|
8 ft (2.4 m)
|
2013
|
Woodland Township
39°51′28″N 74°35′51″W / 39.8579°N 74.5975°W / 39.8579; -74.5975 (Sooy Lake Dam)
|
Tributary to Burrs Mill Brook
|
Dam built for agriculture.
|
| Sterling Lake Dam
|
14.5 ft (4.4 m)
|
2011
|
Washington Township, Gloucester County
39°44′08″N 75°06′38″W / 39.7356°N 75.1106°W / 39.7356; -75.1106 (Sterling Lake Dam)
|
Duffield Run
|
Dam built for recreation.
|
| Camp Inawendiwin Lower Dam
|
11 ft (3.4 m)
|
2014
|
Tabernacle Township
39°52′09″N 74°41′36″W / 39.8693°N 74.6932°W / 39.8693; -74.6932 (Camp Inawendiwin Lower Dam)
|
Friendship Creek
|
Dam built for recreation at Camp Inawendiwin, a Girl Scout camp.
|
| Stone's Dam
|
9 ft (2.7 m)
|
2013
|
Milford
40°34′31″N 75°05′39″W / 40.5752°N 75.0942°W / 40.5752; -75.0942 (Stone's Dam)
|
Hakihokake Creek
|
Owned by the Borough of Milford.
|
| Gruendyke Mill Dam
|
7 ft (2.1 m)
|
2007
|
Hackettstown
40°50′56″N 74°49′17″W / 40.8488°N 74.8214°W / 40.8488; -74.8214 (Gruendyke Mill Dam)
|
Musconetcong River
|
Dam built for a grist mill and ice harvesting.
|
| Seber Dam
|
4 ft (1.2 m)
|
2009
|
Hackettstown
40°51′12″N 74°48′43″W / 40.8532°N 74.812°W / 40.8532; -74.812 (Seber Dam)
|
|
| Riegelsville Mill Dam
|
8 ft (2.4 m)
|
2011
|
Holland Township
40°35′54″N 75°10′37″W / 40.5983°N 75.177°W / 40.5983; -75.177 (Riegelsville Mill Dam)
|
Mill dam.
|
| Hughesville Dam
|
17 ft (5.2 m)
|
2016
|
Holland Township and Pohatcong Township
40°37′48″N 75°08′18″W / 40.63°N 75.1384°W / 40.63; -75.1384 (Hughesville Dam)
|
Paper mill dam owned by the International Process Plants and Equipment Corporation.
|
| Finesville Dam
|
9 ft (2.7 m)
|
2011
|
Pohatcong Township
40°36′22″N 75°10′15″W / 40.606°N 75.1707°W / 40.606; -75.1707 (Finesville Dam)
|
Mill dam.
|
| Columbia Lake Dam
|
18 ft (5.5 m)
|
2018
|
Knowlton Township
40°55′27″N 75°05′14″W / 40.9241°N 75.0873°W / 40.9241; -75.0873 (Columbia Lake Dam)
|
Paulins Kill
|
Hydropower dam owned by the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife. NJ00124.
|
| County Line Dam
|
3 ft (0.91 m)
|
2022
|
Stillwater Township and Hardwick Township
41°01′12″N 74°53′12″W / 41.02°N 74.8868°W / 41.02; -74.8868 (County Line Dam)
|
Timber mill dam.
|
| Willever Lake Dam
|
9 ft (2.7 m)
|
2011
|
Mansfield Township, Warren County
40°47′34″N 74°57′23″W / 40.7927°N 74.9563°W / 40.7927; -74.9563 (Willever Lake Dam)
|
Pohatcong Creek
|
Dam built for recreation. National Inventory of Dams ID NJ00130.
|
| Warren Hills Regional School District Dam
|
12 ft (3.7 m)
|
2020
|
Washington Township, Warren County
40°46′23″N 74°59′59″W / 40.773°N 74.9998°W / 40.773; -74.9998 (Warren Hills Regional School District Dam)
|
Tributary to Pohatcong Creek
|
Owned by the Warren Hills Regional School District.
|
| Lake Basgalore Dam
|
13 ft (4.0 m)
|
2018
|
Woolwich Township
39°44′06″N 75°17′01″W / 39.7351°N 75.2835°W / 39.7351; -75.2835 (Lake Basgalore Dam)
|
Tributary to Raccoon Creek
|
Dam built for recreation. Owned by Gloucester County and several private landowners.
|
| Father John's Lane Dam
|
10 ft (3.0 m)
|
2009
|
Lafayette Township
41°05′14″N 74°40′15″W / 41.0873°N 74.6708°W / 41.0873; -74.6708 (Father John's Lane Dam)
|
Tributary to Paulins Kill
|
Dam built for recreation.
|
| Middleville Dam
|
25 ft (7.6 m)
|
2009
|
Stillwater Township
41°03′27″N 74°53′19″W / 41.0575°N 74.8886°W / 41.0575; -74.8886 (Middleville Dam)
|
Tributary to Paulins Kill
|
Dam built for recreation.
|
| Piraneo Lake Dam
|
10 ft (3.0 m)
|
2014
|
Andover
40°59′03″N 74°44′14″W / 40.9841°N 74.7373°W / 40.9841; -74.7373 (Piraneo Lake Dam)
|
Tributary to Pequest River
|
Privately owned, sold to New Jersey after removal.
|
| Pursel's Mill Dam
|
15 ft (4.6 m)
|
2006
|
Phillipsburg
40°40′38″N 75°10′12″W / 40.6772°N 75.17°W / 40.6772; -75.17 (Pursel's Mill Dam)
|
Lopatcong Creek
|
Mill dam.
|
| Flower Hill Dam
|
10 ft (3.0 m)
|
2017
|
Hopewell Township, Mercer County
40°17′19″N 74°46′48″W / 40.2887°N 74.7799°W / 40.2887; -74.7799 (Flower Hill Dam)
|
Tributary to Shabakunk Creek
|
Owned by The College of New Jersey.
|
| No. 10 Watergate Pond Dam
|
16 ft (4.9 m)
|
2021
|
Hardwick Township
41°04′08″N 74°58′41″W / 41.069°N 74.978°W / 41.069; -74.978 (No. 10 Watergate Pond Dam)
|
Van Campens Brook
|
Dams removed as a principal part of the Watergate Wetlands Restoration Project within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.
|
| No. 2 Watergate Pond Dam
|
9 ft (2.7 m)
|
2021
|
Hardwick Township
41°04′08″N 74°58′19″W / 41.069°N 74.972°W / 41.069; -74.972 (No. 2 Watergate Pond Dam)
|
| Upper Blue Mountain Dam
|
26 ft (7.9 m)
|
1995
|
Layton
41°06′14″N 74°55′26″W / 41.1039°N 74.9238°W / 41.1039; -74.9238 (Upper Blue Mountain Dam)
|
Tributary to Van Campens Brook
|
|
| Pool Colony Dam
|
|
1999
|
Newton
41°05′10″N 74°55′49″W / 41.086°N 74.9304°W / 41.086; -74.9304 (Pool Colony Dam)
|
Tributary to Van Campens Brook
|
|
| Lake Success Dam
|
20 ft (6.1 m)
|
1995
|
Walpack Township
41°06′30″N 74°53′24″W / 41.1083°N 74.8899°W / 41.1083; -74.8899 (Lake Success Dam)
|
Tributary to Van Campens Brook
|
|
| Lore's Mill Dam
|
8 ft (2.4 m)
|
2022
|
Commercial Township
39°17′10″N 75°03′48″W / 39.286°N 75.0632°W / 39.286; -75.0632 (New Jersey No Name # 119 Dam (Lore's Mill Dam))
|
Dividing Creek
|
Dividing Creek
|
Owned by the Unimin Corporation and the County of Cumberland.
|
| Unexpected Road Dam
|
7.5 ft (2.3 m)
|
2014
|
Buena Vista Township
39°33′58″N 74°55′34″W / 39.566°N 74.9262°W / 39.566; -74.9262 (Unexpected Road Dam)
|
Tributary to Hospitality Branch
|
Great Egg Harbor River
|
|
| New Jersey No Name # 125 Dam
|
8 ft (2.4 m)
|
2010
|
Hamilton Township, Atlantic County
39°28′53″N 74°42′45″W / 39.4813°N 74.7124°W / 39.4813; -74.7124 (New Jersey No Name # 125 Dam)
|
Race Branch
|
Irrigation dams.
|
| New Jersey No Name # 126 Dam
|
7 ft (2.1 m)
|
2010
|
Hamilton Township, Atlantic County
39°28′54″N 74°42′53″W / 39.4817°N 74.7146°W / 39.4817; -74.7146 (New Jersey No Name # 126 Dam)
|
| Wrubel Swimming Pool Dam
|
8 ft (2.4 m)
|
2013
|
Demarest
40°56′43″N 73°56′35″W / 40.9453°N 73.9431°W / 40.9453; -73.9431 (Wrubel Swimming Pool Dam)
|
Cresskill Brook
|
Hackensack River
|
Dam built for swimming.
|
| Westecunk Creek Barrier
|
8 ft (2.4 m)
|
2015
|
Eagleswood Township
39°38′29″N 74°18′31″W / 39.6414°N 74.3086°W / 39.6414; -74.3086 (Westecunk Creek Barrier)
|
Westecunk Creek
|
Little Egg Harbor
|
Located within Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge.
|
| Burnt Mills Dam
|
8 ft (2.4 m)
|
2019
|
Bedminster
39°31′56″N 75°02′41″W / 39.5323°N 75.0447°W / 39.5323; -75.0447 (Burnt Mills Dam)
|
Burnt Mill Branch
|
Maurice River
|
Grist mill dam owned by the Township of Bedminster. NJ00632.
|
| Westor Dam
|
19 ft (5.8 m)
|
2016
|
Holmdel Township
40°20′23″N 74°11′13″W / 40.3398°N 74.187°W / 40.3398; -74.187 (Westor Dam)
|
Tributary to Willow Brook
|
Navesink River
|
Irrigation and farm pond dam.
|
| Fullenkamp Dam
|
6.4 ft (2.0 m)
|
2011
|
Harding Township
40°45′57″N 74°30′19″W / 40.7658°N 74.5052°W / 40.7658; -74.5052 (Fullenkamp Dam)
|
Catfish Brook
|
Passaic River
|
Dam built for agriculture.
|
| Patex Pond Dam
|
20 ft (6.1 m)
|
1990
|
Montville
40°55′01″N 74°22′58″W / 40.917°N 74.3827°W / 40.917; -74.3827 (Patex Pond Dam)
|
Crooked Brook
|
|
| Lake Hudsonia Dam
|
10 ft (3.0 m)
|
2021
|
Morris Township
40°57′58″N 74°29′47″W / 40.966°N 74.4964°W / 40.966; -74.4964 (Lake Hudsonia Dam)
|
Hibernia Brook
|
Built for recreation at a Girl Scout Camp. Owned by the Township of Rockaway. NJ00753.
|
| Cooke's Pond Dam
|
6.9 ft (2.1 m)
|
2010
|
Franklin Lakes Borough
41°01′48″N 74°10′20″W / 41.0299°N 74.1723°W / 41.0299; -74.1723 (Cooke's Pond Dam)
|
Tributary to Ho-Ho-Kus Brook
|
|
| Lake Hartung Dam
|
10 ft (3.0 m)
|
2021
|
Jefferson Township
41°02′28″N 74°32′01″W / 41.041°N 74.5337°W / 41.041; -74.5337 (Lake Hartung Dam)
|
Russia Brook
|
|
| Knox Hill Dam
|
18 ft (5.5 m)
|
1996
|
Morristown
40°48′24″N 74°30′30″W / 40.8067°N 74.5083°W / 40.8067; -74.5083 (Knox Hill Dam)
|
Tributary to Whippany River
|
|
| Bodine Pond Dam
|
6 ft (1.8 m)
|
2011
|
Franklin Township, Hunterdon County
40°33′51″N 74°56′10″W / 40.5643°N 74.9361°W / 40.5643; -74.9361 (Bodine Pond Dam)
|
Tributary to Capoolong Creek
|
Raritan River
|
Dam built for recreation.
|
| Pottersville Dam
|
20 ft (6.1 m)
|
1985
|
Califon
40°43′21″N 74°45′12″W / 40.7226°N 74.7533°W / 40.7226; -74.7533 (Pottersville Dam)
|
Cold Brook
|
|
| Weston Mill Dam
|
5 ft (1.5 m)
|
2017
|
Manville and Franklin Township, Somerset County
40°31′49″N 74°35′17″W / 40.5302°N 74.588°W / 40.5302; -74.588 (Weston Mill Dam)
|
Millstone River
|
Hydropower dam owned by New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry.
|
| Nevius Street Dam
|
2.45 ft (0.75 m)
|
2013
|
Raritan
40°33′53″N 74°38′11″W / 40.5648°N 74.6364°W / 40.5648; -74.6364 (Nevius Street Dam)
|
Raritan River
|
Dam built for aesthetics. Owned by Duke Farms.
|
| Roberts Street Dam
|
7.5 ft (2.3 m)
|
2012
|
Bridgewater Township
40°33′24″N 74°38′55″W / 40.5566°N 74.6486°W / 40.5566; -74.6486 (Roberts Street Dam)
|
Dam built for irrigation and recreation. Owned by the Park Commission of Somerset County.
|
| Calco Dam
|
7 ft (2.1 m)
|
2011
|
Bridgewater Township
40°33′03″N 74°33′07″W / 40.5508°N 74.5519°W / 40.5508; -74.5519 (Calco Dam (Diffusion Weir))
|
Chemical dispersion dam owned by the Somerset Raritan Valley Sewerage Authority.
|
| Fieldsville Dam
|
10 ft (3.0 m)
|
1990
|
Somerset
40°32′27″N 74°30′46″W / 40.5409°N 74.5128°W / 40.5409; -74.5128 (Fieldsville Dam)
|
|
| Sylvan Lake Dam
|
|
2012
|
Skillman
40°24′45″N 74°41′45″W / 40.4124°N 74.6957°W / 40.4124; -74.6957 (Sylvan Lake Dam)
|
Rock Brook
|
|
| Camp Beisler Dam
|
17.1 ft (5.2 m)
|
2021
|
Lebanon Township
40°45′24″N 74°51′51″W / 40.7568°N 74.8641°W / 40.7568; -74.8641 (Camp Beisler Dam)
|
Spruce Run
|
National Inventory of Dams ID NJ00141.
|
| Jericho Pond Dam
|
5.5 ft (1.7 m)
|
2021
|
Stow Creek Township
39°28′15″N 75°21′08″W / 39.4707°N 75.3523°W / 39.4707; -75.3523 (Jericho Pond Dam)
|
Stow Creek
|
Stow Creek
|
Owned by the County of Cumberland. NJ00631.
|
| Kazmar Pond Dam
|
6 ft (1.8 m)
|
2017
|
Vernon Township
41°12′10″N 74°24′32″W / 41.2027°N 74.4088°W / 41.2027; -74.4088 (Kazmar Pond Dam)
|
Tributary to Wawayanda Creek
|
Wallkill River
|
Dam built for recreation, owned by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry.
|
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