Delaware River at Montague, Pike County NJ (MTGN4)
Gage Location: Pike County, Pennsylvania Site Location: Sussex County, New Jersey
Latitude: 41.309Longitude: -74.795Elevation: 369.93 ft. MSLDrainage Area: 3480 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 25 ft. Moderate Stage: 28 ft.Major Stage: 33 ft.
First Flood: 1903-10-10Last Flood: 2006-06-28 Crest: 32.15 ft.Datum change: 1940-02-09Number of Floods: 8

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Height Above Flood Stage for Entire Period of Record
Height Above FSTotal OccurencePercent of Crest OccurrenceCumulative Total Flood OccurrencePercent of Floods above Listed Value
25 ft to 26 ft112.525 ft or above 8100.0
26 ft to 27 ft112.526 ft or above 787.5
27 ft to 28 ft00.027 ft or above 675.0
28 ft to 29 ft225.028 ft or above 675.0
29 ft to 30 ft00.029 ft or above 450.0
30 ft to 31 ft00.030 ft or above 450.0
31 ft to 32 ft225.031 ft or above 450.0
32 ft to 33 ft112.532 ft or above 225.0
33 ft to 34 ft00.033 ft or above 112.5
34 ft to 35 ft00.034 ft or above 112.5
35 ft to 36 ft112.535 ft or above 112.5
Height Above Flood Stage After Datum Change
Height Above FSTotal OccurencePercent of Crest OccurrenceCumulative Total Flood OccurrencePercent of Floods above Listed Value
25 ft to 26 ft116.725 ft or above 6100.0
26 ft to 27 ft116.726 ft or above 583.3
27 ft to 28 ft00.027 ft or above 466.7
28 ft to 29 ft116.728 ft or above 466.7
29 ft to 30 ft00.029 ft or above 350.0
30 ft to 31 ft00.030 ft or above 350.0
31 ft to 32 ft116.731 ft or above 350.0
32 ft to 33 ft116.732 ft or above 233.3
33 ft to 34 ft00.033 ft or above 116.7
34 ft to 35 ft00.034 ft or above 116.7
35 ft to 36 ft116.735 ft or above 116.7





Codes and description

C1|Crest information looks unreliable and incomplete and not used in frequency calculations. Some of the floods are based on current flood stage and nearby gage information.
C2|Crest information looks reliable despite potential problems. This data was used in frequency calculations.
C3|Crest height estimated by the USGS.
C4|Crest height is from the National Weather Service.
C5|Crest height affected by backwater.
C6|Crest occurred at a previous flood stage that is lower than the current flood stage. The crests below the new flood stage are not used in flood frequency calculations.
C7|Crest from USGS yearly peak and/or date is different than the crest we provide. In many cases MARFC uses crest based on backwater or ice effects.
C8|Crest month or day of occurrence has been estimated by The Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center usually based on nearby gage information.
C9|Crest date (day) in the month is unknown.
F1|Flow is an estimate.
F2|Flow affected by regulation or diversion and in some cases to an unknown degree.
F3|Flow effected by snow-melt, ice jam or debris jam break up.
F4|Flow affected by dam failure.
F5|Flow - All or part of the record affected by urbanization, mining, agricultural changes, channelization or other factors.
G1|Gage height at a different site and/or datum.
G2|Gage is not an official USGS gage with crests provided by the NWS. Crest information looks unreliable and incomplete and not used in flood frequency calculations.
G3|Gage datum changed during this year.
none,No code; Good Data

Updated: 08:09 AM Feb 08, 2013