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USGS 01398500 North Branch Raritan River near Far Hills NJ

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 40°42'30",   Longitude 74°38'10"   NAD83
Somerset County, New Jersey, Hydrologic Unit 020301050204
Drainage area: 26.2 square miles
Datum of gage: 223.72 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1981-10-02  2025-10-24  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1921-10-01  2025-10-23  37309 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1921-10-01  2024-11-21 36973 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1921-10  2024-11  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1922  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1919-07-23  2024-01-10  104 
 Field measurements 1936-03-18  2025-08-01  403 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1923-08-16  1982-05-17  232 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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