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.

 

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
LOCATION.--Lat 39°58'12", long 74°41'04" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Pemberton Borough, Burlington County, NJ, Hydrologic Unit 02040202, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on Hanover Street (County Route 616) in Pemberton, 1,000 ft south of intersection of Hanover Street and Elizabeth Street in Pemberton, and 12 mi upstream from confluence with South Branch Rancocas Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--118 mi².
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Continuous-record discharge station, September 1921 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1302: 1922-23. WSP 1382: 1933. WDR NJ-82-2: Drainage area. WDR NJ-05-01: 2004(M).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with telemetry above concrete dams. Datum of gage is 31.19 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Jun 9, 1923, non-recording gage. Jun 9, 1923 to Aug 9, 1951, water-stage recorder at site 600 ft downstream at datum 6.54 ft lower.
REMARKS.--Records fair, except for estimated discharges, which are poor. Flow regulated occasionally by cranberry bogs and ponds above station. Water diverted for water supply upstream from gage.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 2,400 ft³/s, Aug 29, 2011, gage height, 4.91 ft; minimum discharge, 9.0 ft³/s, Sep 29, 1932.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--1923-25, 1958, 1960-71, 1974-97, 2000-01, 2005, 2007-08.

Peak Flood Chart

National Weather Service flood stage for this gage is 2.5 ft.

Forecasts for this gage are issued by the National Weather Service routinely year-round.
Forecast information is available here.