During winter months, cold and ice may
result in inaccurate real-time gage height and streamflow data.
Adjustments or deletions of this data can only be done after detailed
analysis.
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SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
LOCATION.--Lat 40°28'24", long 74°49'40"
referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Raritan Township, Hunterdon
County, NJ, Hydrologic Unit 02030105, on left bank 50 ft downstream
from bridge on Everitts Road, 0.6 mi southwest of Reaville, 1.5 mi
downstream from Third Neshanic River, and 2.2 mi upstream from Back
Brook.
DRAINAGE AREA.--25.7 mi
2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Continuous-record discharge station June 1930
to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1552: 1933, 1934(M), 1936(M), 1938,
1940(M), 1942(M), 1945-46, 1951, 1952(M). WDR US-2011: 1971, 1972(M),
1973(M), 1979(M), 1989(M), 1992(M), 1994(M), 1996(M), 1997(M), 1999,
2004(M), 2006(M), 2007(M), 2008(M), 2010(M).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with telemetry. Concrete control
since Sept. 26, 1935. Datum of gage is 109.46 ft above NGVD of
1929.
REMARKS.--Records good, except estimated discharges and
discharges less than 2.0 ft
3/s, which are fair. Occasional
regulation possibly due to irrigation pumpage.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 9,020
ft
3/s, Sep 16, 1999, gage height, 15.33 ft, from high-water
mark in gage house; minimum discharge, 0.00 ft
3/s, many
days.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water years 1957, 1962, 1979 to current
year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.-- WATER TEMPERATURE: October 1997 to
August 1998.
REMARKS.--Discrete water-quality data were collected as part of
the
New Jersey Ambient Surface-Water-Quality Monitoring Network.
Peak
Flood Chart
National Weather Service flood stage for
this gage is 6.5 ft.
