USGS Water-Year Summary 2025
405123074375701 271191 Roxbury 1 Obs NJ Permit Number 25-33680-1
Sand and gravel aquifers (glaciated regions)
Stratified Drift
LOCATION - Lat 40°51'23", long 74°37'57" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Roxbury Township, Morris County, NJ, Hydrologic Unit 02030105, 600 ft south of Horseshoe Lake, between the Roxbury Municipal Building and the Lamington River.
REVISIONS HISTORY - A correction was noted as applied incorrectly after the period of record was approved from 11/7/2024 to 2/4/2025. The correction was fixed and the data was double checked and reapproved.
GROUNDWATER RECORDS
WELL CHARACTERISTICS - Depth 154 ft. Upper casing diameter 6 in; top of first opening 134 ft, bottom of last opening 154 ft. Drilled observation well.
DATUM - Land-surface datum is 704.2 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Measuring point: Transfer MP created for migration, 0 ft above land-surface datum, Oct. 6, 1989 to Nov. 3, 1989; RECORDER ON WELL, 2.2 ft above land-surface datum, Nov. 2, 1989 to Oct. 3, 2002; Top of hole in well seal, 2.1 ft above land-surface datum, Oct. 3, 2002 to present.
PERIOD OF RECORD - November 1989 to current year.
GAGE - Water-level recorder.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Highest water level, 16.14 ft below land surface datum, Apr 17, 1993; lowest, 53.54 ft below land surface datum, Aug 15, 2005.