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National Weather Service flood stage for this gage is
5 feet.
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 LOCATION. --Lat 40°53'49", long
74°23'41" referenced to North American Datum of 1983,
Boonton Town, Morris County, NJ, Hydrologic Unit 02030103, on right
bank 2,000 ft downstream from Boonton Reservoir Dam at Boonton, and
0.4 mi upstream from bridge on Greenbank Road.
DRAINAGE AREA. --119 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD. --Gage-height only, March 1903
to February 1904. Monthly discharges only, November 1911 to May
1912 and November 1912 to December 1912. Daily discharges, January
1906 to October 1911, June 1912 to October 1912, and January 1913
to current year. Published as "near Boonton" 1903-4, and
as "at Boonton" 1906-37.
GAGE. --Water-stage recorder. Concrete control
since Nov. 5, 1936. Datum of gage is 195.68 ft above NGVD of 1929
(levels from New Jersey Geological Survey benchmark). Mar. 15, 1903
to Feb. 2, 1904, nonrecording gage at site 1.9 mi downstream at
different datum. Jan. 1, 1906 to Mar. 2, 1918, nonrecording gage on
Boonton Reservoir Dam 2,000 ft upstream at datum 305.25 ft above
NGVD of 1929 (levels from New Jersey Geological Survey benchmark).
Records for Mar. 3, 1918 to Sept. 30, 1924 are based on a recording
gage at present site operated by Jersey City Water Department and
staff gage readings at Boonton Reservoir Dam by Jersey City Water
Department.
COOPERATION. --Funding for this gage is provided
by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
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This station managed by the West Trenton, NJ Water Science Center.
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U.S. Geological Survey
