PHOTOS: Perkiomen Creek Floods To All-Time Historic High Levels

PERKIOMEN TOWNSHIP, PA — The Perkiomen Creek flooded to its highest point in recorded history following Tropical Storm Isaias on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.

The creek rose 19.14 feet by around 8 p.m. Tuesday evening at an observation point at Graterford in Perkiomen Township, nearly a foot higher than the previously highest recorded crest 85 years ago.

That happened on July 9, 1935, when the creek flooded to 18.26 feet, NWS data shows.

Numerous roads were shut down and creekside homes and towns were flooded in Schwenksville, Skippack, Collegeville, and elsewhere. First responders worked around the clock answering numerous water rescues, as vehicles became trapped in flooded roadways and residents were stranded in flooded homes.

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In downtown Collegeville, flood waters rose up to the bridge over the creek and swept across the intersection of Main and First Street.

Schwenksville also saw major flooding on Main Street.

For those with property immediately along the creek, the damage from the storm appeared devastating.

The flooding was significantly higher at Graterford and points downstream than it was upstream, NWS said. Still, the creek rose to 9.57 feet at East Greenville, which was also an all-time high there.

Historic flooding also hit several other area waterways, with the Schuylkill River rising to its fifth highest point in recorded history in Norristown, according to NWS data.