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USGS 01409810 West Branch Wading River near Jenkins NJ

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SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

LOCATION.--Lat 39°41'17", long 74°32'53" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Washington Township, Burlington County, NJ, Hydrologic Unit 02040301, on right bank 900 ft downstream from Godfrey Bridge on Washington-Jenkins Road, 1.2 mi southwest of Jenkins, and 2.2 mi downstream from Little Hauken Run.
DRAINAGE AREA.--84.1 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Occasional low-flow measurements, October 2004 to September 2005. Continuous-record discharge station, October 1974 to September 1996 and February 2006 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WDR NJ-77-1: 1976. WDR NJ-81-1: 1975(P), 1976(P), 1977(P), 1978(P), 1979(P), 1980(P). WDR NJ-90-1: 1989 (M,m).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder with telemetry and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 10.17 ft above NGVD of 1929.
REMARKS.--Records good, except for estimated discharges, which are fair. Occasional regulation from upstream cranberry bogs and small ponds.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 2,720 ft3/s, Sep 5, 2012, gage height, 16.85 ft; minimum discharge, 12 ft3/s, Sep 14, 1995.

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National Weather Service flood stage for this gage is 15 ft.

This station managed by the New Jersey Water Science Center.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
1981-10-01  2021-07-27
2007-10-01  2021-07-27







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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 70.0 07-27-2021   09:15 EDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Jul 27 based on 37 water years of record more
Min
(1977)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Jul 27		 Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(1979)
27.0 50 63 70.0 84 97 329

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 10.59 07-27-2021   09:15 EDT
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