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SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
LOCATION.--Lat 40°17'42", long 74°52'05"
referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Hopewell Township, Mercer
County, NJ, Hydrologic Unit 02040105, at Bridge on Washington
Crossing/Pennington Road, 0.3 mi west of Washington Crossing (NJ), 0.8
mi southeast of Titusville, and 3 mi upstream of Interstate 95 Bridge
crossing the Delaware River.
DRAINAGE AREA.--6,735 mi
2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Annual maximum gage, water years 1903,
1936-61, 2005-06. Continuous-record gage-height station, water years
2011 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WDR US-2012: 2011(M), WYS 2014: 2011(M),
2012(M), 2013(M)
GAGE.--Water-stage and precipitation recorder with telemetry.
Datum of gage is 26.14 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to 2011, annual
peak gage-heights are maximum of hourly readings by Delaware River
Joint Toll Bridge Commission. Datum of gage between 1903 to 1961, 0.14
ft above NGVD of 1929. Online peaks have been adjusted to current
datum.
REMARKS.--Annual peak data can be obtained by selecting Peak
streamflow from the 'Available data for this site' drop-down
menu above or by using this
link.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum gage height, 27.77 ft,
Aug 20, 1955.
REVISIONS.--Revisions prior to water year 2014 available from
Water Data Reports (WDR) listed above in Revised Records. Revisions
subsequent to Water Year 2014 can be obtained by using this
link.
Peak
Flood Chart
National Weather Service flood stage for this
gage is 16.0 ft.
Forecasts for this gage are issued by the National Weather Service
routinely year-round.
Forecast information is available here.
Rain gage data is available from this location at this
link