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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.

Rain gage data are available from this location at this link.

Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1973-05-23 1982-05-17
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1923-08-16 1982-05-17
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1923-08-16 1982-05-17
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1971-09-24 1982-05-17
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1923-08-16 1982-05-17
Microbiological Water-quality 1968-04-29 1982-05-17
Nutrient Water-quality 1923-08-16 1982-05-17
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1978-09-28 1978-09-28
Organics, other Water-quality 1962-08-14 1982-05-17
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1968-10-25 1978-09-28
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1921-10-01 2024-11-27
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1981-02-26 1981-07-08
Sediment Water-quality 1967-08-10 1980-08-06
n/a Peak Measurements 1919-07-23 2022-06-02
n/a Site Visits 1936-03-18 2024-09-06
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2022-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01398500 is associated with a Stream in Somerset County, New Jersey. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1919 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01398500 n/a
Site name
North Branch Raritan River near Far Hills NJ n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 404230 n/a
DMS longitude 0743810 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.7083333 n/a
Decimal longitude -74.6361111 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
New Jersey 34
State
New Jersey 34
County
Somerset County 035
Country US n/a
Land net location description Far Hills Borough n/a
Name of location map Gladstone n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 224.49 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Raritan 02030105
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNYYYNYNNNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20020726 n/a
Drainage area
26.2 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number n/a

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