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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1978-10-04 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1978-10-04 1981-08-04
n/a Peak Measurements 1938-09-21 2021-10-26
n/a Site Visits 1959-05-05 2021-08-06
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01399830 is associated with a Stream in Somerset County, New Jersey. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1938 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01399830 n/a
Site name
North Branch Raritan River at North Branch NJ n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 403600 n/a
DMS longitude 0744026 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.6 n/a
Decimal longitude -74.67388889 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
New Jersey 34
State
New Jersey 34
County
Somerset County 035
Country US n/a
Land net location description Bridgewater Township n/a
Name of location map Raritan n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 56.94 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Raritan 02030105
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20060908 n/a
Drainage area
174 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number n/a

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