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USGS 01455500 Musconetcong River at outlet of Lake Hopatcong NJ

 

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

 
 

Estimated flood stage for this gage is 4 feet.

Rain gage data are available from this location at this link.

Lake level data for Lake Hopatcong are available at this link.

This gage is funded by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Watershed Management.

 
gage photoLOCATION. --Lat 40°55'02", long 74°39'56" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Roxbury Township, Morris County, NJ, Hydrologic Unit 02040105, on left bank just upstream of highway bridge on Lakeside Boulevard (County Route 607), 300 ft downstream from Lake Hopatcong Dam in Landing.
DRAINAGE AREA. --25.3 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD. --Continuous-record gaging station, July 1928 to September 1975, April 2002 to current year. Annual maximum, water years 1976 to 1995, 2000.
GAGE. --Water-stage and rain recorder and concrete control. Prior to August 24, 1967, concrete control at site 40 ft downstream. Datum of gage is 904.99 ft above NGVD of 1929 (New Jersey Geological Survey benchmark). Streamflow at this station may be occasionally affected by releases from and change in storage in Lake Hopatcong.

 
 
Available Parameters
All 2 Available Parameters for this site
00060 Discharge
00065 Gage height

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Summary of all available data for this site

Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 86   11-23-2009  15:15 EST
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Daily discharge statistics, in cfs, for Nov 23 based on 53 years of record more
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(1965)
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Max
(1933)
7.8 29 54 72 86 128 201

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 2.41   11-23-2009  15:15 EST
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