The crest of the dam at Lake Hopatcong is 9.0 feet. NJSP high-water level is 9.5 feet when boat speeds are greatly restricted and no wakes are allowed. Rain gage data are available from this link.
Lake Hopatcong at Landing NJ - 01455400
Available location images
The table below summarizes the discrete field and laboratory sample results that have been collected at this monitoring location. The sample results can be downloaded from the Download Discrete Sample Data page or by clicking the observed property link in each row of the table. The sample data are now identified by observed property, replacing the parameter and pcode USGS has used for many years. Additional information and explanation is provided in the Observed Properties and Parameter Codes section of the Code Dictionary tools .
The summary of sample data table is produced with the summary service API
USGS Parameter Group | Data Types | Start Date | End Date |
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Physical | Daily Values, Unit Values | 2007-10-01 | 2025-01-04 |
n/a | Peak Measurements | 1887-08-04 | 2023-07-10 |
n/a | USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site | 2006-01-01 | 2023-01-01 |
Monitoring location 01455400 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Morris County, New Jersey. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1887 are available online.
Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
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Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
Site identification number
|
01455400 | n/a |
Site name
|
Lake Hopatcong at Landing NJ | n/a |
Site type
|
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
|
LK |
DMS latitude | 405503 | n/a |
DMS longitude | 0743951 | n/a |
Decimal latitude | 40.9175 | n/a |
Decimal longitude | -74.6641667 | 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
|
Morris County | 027 |
Country | US | n/a |
Land net location description | Roxbury Township | n/a |
Name of location map | Stanhope | n/a |
Scale of location map | 24000 | n/a |
Altitude of Gage/land surface | 914.57 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
|
Middle Delaware-Musconetcong | 02040105 |
Drainage basin
|
n/a | |
Topographic setting
|
n/a | |
Flags for instruments at site | NNNNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN | n/a |
Date of first construction
|
n/a | |
Date site established or inventoried | 20020625 | n/a |
Drainage area
|
25.3 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 |