LOCATION.--Lat 40°13'18", long 74°46'41"
referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Trenton City, Mercer
County, NJ, Hydrologic Unit 02040105, on left bank 450 ft upstream
from Calhoun Street Bridge at Trenton, 0.5 mi upstream from
Assunpink Creek, 0.9 mi north of Morrisville, PA, and at river mile
134.5.
DRAINAGE AREA.--6,780 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--February 1913 to current year. October
1912 to February 1913 monthly discharge only, published in WSP
1302. Gage-height records collected in this vicinity since 1904 are
contained in reports of the National Weather Service.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 0.00 ft NGVD
of 1929, and determined to be approximately -1.05 ft below NAVD of
1988 through the use of Vertcon. Prior to Sep 30, 1965, at datum
7.77 ft higher. Feb 24, 1913 to Oct 2, 1928, nonrecording gage on
downstream side of highway bridge at site 450 ft downstream.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of Oct 11, 1903
reached an elevation of about 28.5 ft above NGVD of 1929,
discharge, estimated at 295,000 ft3/s. Maximum elevation known,
30.6 ft above NGVD of 1929, Mar 8, 1904 (from floodmark; due to ice
jam).
COOPERATION.--Funding for this gage is provided by the
Delaware River Basin Commission, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Philadelphia District and the U.S. Geological Survey.
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May 23, 2013 10:45 EDT: Update:
The outage of the GOES-13 East satellite that occurred on May 22, 2013 which has kept some USGS Water Data current condition data from being updated is only affecting a few sites presently.
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